NTIA Report TR-97-334

Broadband Spectrum Survey at San Diego, California

December 1996

Frank H. Sanders, Bradley J, Ramsey, and Vincent S. Lawrence

Abstract: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is responsible for managing the Federal Government's use of the radio spectrum. In discharging this responsibility, NTIA uses the Radio Spectrum Measurement System to collect data for spectrum utilization assessments. This report details such a data collection effort spanning all of the spectrum from 108 MHz to 19.7 GHz in the metropolitan area of San Diego, California, during February and March of 1995.

Keywords: land mobile radio (LMR); radar emission spectrum; radio frequency environment; Radio Spectrum Measurement System (RSMS); spectrum resource assessment; spectrum survey

• Report, include Appendices

• Data Graphs Only

• Appendix A: Radio Spectrum Measurement System (RSMS);
  Appendix B: Data Acquisition (DA) Software;
  Appendix C: Interpretation of Spectrum Survey Data;
  Appendix D: Calibration of the Measurement System

Disclaimer: Certain commercial equipment, components, and software are identified in this report to specify adequately the technical aspects of the reported results. In no case does such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, nor does it imply that the equipment or software identified is necessarily the best available for the particular application or uses.

To request a reprint of this report, contact:
Margaret Luebs, Publications Officer
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
Voice: (303) 497-3572
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For technical information concerning this report, contact:
Frank Sanders, Electronics Engineer
Institute for Telecommunication Sciences
Voice: (303) 497-7600
fsanders@its.bldrdoc.gov