Meeting land mobile spectrum requirements—An enigmatic task!

Subsequent to its decision in March of 1964 in Docket No. 11997 which retained the present eighty-two channel television allocation, the Federal Communications Commission has taken several actions and is actively considering a number of other proposals which, together or singly, show promise of affording varying degrees of spectrum relief for the burgeoning land mobile services. These actions, together with related studies of frequency occupancy and utilization undertaken by the Commission, are discussed.