It has taken four years, but broadcast stations apparently may get long-awaited FCC approval to begin using digital microwave studio-to-transmitter links (STLs) without the need for special temporary authority (STA) every six months or a waiver. "Broadcasters need to convert their studio-to-transmitter links to digital or hybrid analog-digital if they're going to carry a high-definition signal," says Dr. Dane Ericksen, chairman of the FCC Liaison Committee of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE). "The FCC is choosing to interpret its rules to allow digital modulation only in the 18 GHz band, which very few broadcasters use for STLs."
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