Sec. 24.130  Paging response channels.

    (a) The channels listed in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this section 
are available

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to licensees of conventional one-way paging base stations licensed 
pursuant to part 22 or part 90 of this chapter as of the application 
filing deadline for the paging response channels. Eligibility for 
response channels shall be based on the authorized service area of each 
existing paging licensee. This service area is defined as the area 
within a 32.2 kilometer radius of the licensee's base stations or, in 
the case of ``F,'' ``G,'' ``H,'' or ``K'' class stations under 
Secs. 22.502(c) and 90.495(b)(1) of this chapter, as the area that is 
within the service area radius specified in Sec. 22.504(b)(2) of this 
chapter. Existing paging licensees are eligible to bid for any response 
channel in any BTA or MTA which encompasses an authorized base station 
or which is partly or wholly overlapped by a licensee's service area. 
These channels shall be used only in paired communications with existing 
paging channels to provide mobile-to-base station communications. Until 
two years after the date of initial license grant, eligible paging 
licensees are limited to a maximum of two response channels within the 
same geographic area. Licenses for paging response channels are not 
counted toward the multiple ownership restrictions of Sec. 24.101.

                       Unpaired Frequencies (MHz)                       
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                                                    License area        
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Mobile transmit \1\ (12.5 kHz bandwidth):                               
  901.90625, 901.94375, 901.98125,                                      
  901.91875, 901.95625, 901.99375,                                      
  901.93125, 901.96875....................  BTA                         
Base or mobile transmit (50 kHz                                         
 bandwidth):                                                            
  940.775, 940.825, 940.875...............  Nationwide                  
  940.925, 940.975........................  MTA                         
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\1\ Limited to paging licensees authorized under parts 22 and 90 of this
  chapter.                                                              

    (b) The following four 12.5 kHz unpaired channels are available for 
assignment on a MTA basis:

A: 901.9000-901.9125 MHz;
B: 901.9125-901.9250 MHz;
C: 901.9250-901.9375 MHz; and
D: 901.9375-901.9500 MHz.

    (c) The following four 12.5 kHz unpaired channels are available for 
assignment on a BTA basis:

E: 901.9500-901.9625 MHz;
F: 901.9625-901.9750 MHz;
G: 901.9750-901.9875 MHz; and
H: 901.9875-902.0000 MHz.
[ 59 FR 14119 , Mar. 25, 1994;  59 FR 15269 , Mar. 31, 1994, as amended at 
 59 FR 44069 , Aug. 26, 1994;  59 FR 46200 , Sept. 7, 1994]