Since the February 1st deadline  has passed, was your STL authorization one of those which was cancelled?  As we noted last month, the FCC now requires licensees to notify the FCC when their STL and RPU facilities have been built.  For modifications of existing licenses that propose to add a frequency or for new stations, the FCC must be notified that the facility is built or modified within eighteen months for STL systems and twelve months for RPU (remote pick-up) stations.  There was a lot of confusion regarding which licenses needed the required  notification.  We even received conflicting date information from the ULS Tech Support on which stations did or did not have to be concerned.  We continually find that STL’s listed in the Commission database do not accurately reflect the true location of the station, as transmitter sites have been changed, frequencies altered, or in some cases, the licensed facility is no longer actually in place, but the license was never cancelled.  When you receive notification from other stations proposing to make changes to their STL systems, the notices are being sent to you because the database showed you have a system within the range of the station sending the notice.  If your STL is correct in the database, it will be considered properly in any analysis.  If not, someone may turn up on your frequency, close enough to you to override your system.  Make sure that all of your STL licenses are correct, and cancel those no longer in use.

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