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FCC 22.859
Revised as of
Goto Year:1996 | 1998
Sec. 22.859  Geographical channel block layout.

    Except as provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, ground 
station locations must be within 1.61 kilometers (one mile) of the 
locations listed in this paragraph. The channel block allotted for each 
location must be used to provide service to airborne mobile stations in 
flight and may be used to provide service to airborne mobile stations on 
ground.

                                                                                                                
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                                                                                                         Channel
                 Location                           N. latitude                    W. longitude           block 
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Alaska:                                                                                                         
    Anchorage............................  61 deg.11'06'                  149 deg.54''42'                      8
    Cordova..............................  60 deg.33'00'                  145 deg.43'00'                       5
    Ketchikan............................  55 deg.21'20'                  131 deg.42'33'                       5
    Juneau...............................  58 deg.21'18'                  134 deg.34''30'                      4
    Sitka................................  57 deg.03'30'                  135 deg.22'01'                       7
    Yakutat..............................  59 deg.30'30'                  142 deg.30'00'                       8
Alabama: Birmingham......................  33 deg.23'24'                  86 deg.39'59'                        2
Arizona:                                                                                                        
    Phoenix..............................  33 deg.35'39'                  112 deg.05'12'                       4
    Winslow..............................  35 deg.01''17'                 110 deg.43'02'                       6
Arkansas: Pine Bluff.....................  34 deg.10'56'                  91 deg.56'18'                        8
California:                                                                                                     
    Blythe...............................  33 deg.36'39'                  114 deg.42'24'                      10
    Eureka...............................  40 deg.42'59'                  124 deg.12'09'                       8
    Los Angeles..........................  33 deg.56'45'                  118 deg.23'03'                       4
    Oakland..............................  37 deg.51'12'                  122 deg.12'30'                       1
    San Francisco........................  37 deg.41'15'                  122 deg.26'01'                       6
    Visalia..............................  36 deg.19'36'                  119 deg.23'22'                       7
Colorado:                                                                                                       
    Colorado Springs.....................  38 deg.44'39'                  104 deg.51'46'                       8
    Denver...............................  39 deg.46'45'                  104 deg.50'49'                       1
    Hayden...............................  40 deg.29'04'                  107 deg.13'08'                       6
Florida:                                                                                                        
    Miami................................  25 deg.48'27'                  80 deg.16'30'                        4
    Orlando..............................  28 deg.26'53'                  81 deg.22'00'                        2
    Tallahassee..........................  30 deg.24'02'                  84 deg.21'18'                        7
Georgia:                                                                                                        

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    Atlanta..............................  33 deg.39'05'                  84 deg.25'54'                        5
    St. Simon Island.....................  31 deg.09'22'                  81 deg.23'14'                        6
Hawaii: Mauna Kapu.......................  21 deg.24'24'                  158 deg.06'02'                       5
Idaho:                                                                                                          
    Blackfoot............................  43 deg.11'34'                  112 deg.20'57'                       8
    Caldwell.............................  43 deg.38'45'                  116 deg.38'44'                      10
Illinois:                                                                                                       
    Chicago..............................  41 deg.46'49'                  87 deg.45'20'                        3
    Kewanee..............................  41 deg.12'05'                  89 deg.57'33'                        5
    Schiller Park........................  41 deg.57'18'                  87 deg.52'57'                        2
Indiana: Fort Wayne......................  40 deg.59'16'                  85 deg.11'31'                        7
Iowa: Des Moines.........................  41 deg.31'58'                  93 deg.38'54'                        1
Kansas:                                                                                                         
    Garden City..........................  37 deg.59'35'                  100 deg.54'04'                       3
    Wichita..............................  37 deg.37'24'                  97 deg.27'15'                        7
Kentucky: Fairdale.......................  38 deg.04'48'                  85 deg.47'33'                        6
Louisiana:                                                                                                      
    Kenner...............................  30 deg.00'44'                  90 deg.13'30'                        3
    Shreveport...........................  32 deg.27'09'                  93 deg.49'38'                        5
Massachusetts: Boston....................  42 deg.23'15'                  71 deg.01'03'                        7
Michigan:                                                                                                       
    Bellville............................  42 deg.12'17'                  83 deg.29'09'                        8
    Flint................................  42 deg.58'21'                  83 deg.44'22'                        9
    Sault Saint Marie....................  46 deg.28'45'                  84 deg.21'31'                        6
Minnesota: Bloomington...................  44 deg.51'30'                  93 deg.13'19'                        9
Mississippi: Meridian....................  32 deg.19'10'                  88 deg.41'33'                        9
Missouri:                                                                                                       
    Kansas City..........................  30 deg.18'37'                  94 deg.41'07'                        6
    St Louis.............................  38 deg.42'45'                  90 deg.19'19'                        4
    Springfield..........................  37 deg.14'28'                  93 deg.22'54'                        9
Montana:                                                                                                        
    Lewistown............................  47 deg.02'56'                  109 deg.27'27'                       5
    Miles City...........................  46 deg.25'30'                  105 deg.52'30'                       8
    Missoula.............................  47 deg.01'05'                  114 deg.00'41'                       3
Nebraska:                                                                                                       
    Grand Island.........................  40 deg.58'00'                  98 deg.19'11'                        2
    Ogallala.............................  41 deg.07'11'                  101 deg.45'37'                       4
Nevada:                                                                                                         
    Las Vegas............................  36 deg.05'35'                  115 deg.10'25'                       1
    Reno.................................  39 deg.25'13'                  119 deg.55'52'                       3
    Tonopah..............................  38 deg.03'43'                  117 deg.13'24'                       9
    Winnemucca...........................  41 deg.00'39'                  117 deg.45'58'                       4
New Mexico:                                                                                                     
    Alamogordo...........................  32 deg.54'46'                  105 deg.56'41'                       8
    Albuquerque..........................  35 deg.03'05'                  106 deg.37'13'                      10
    Aztec................................  36 deg.48'42'                  107 deg.53'48'                       9
    Clayton..............................  36 deg.27'29'                  103 deg.11'16'                       5
New Jersey: Woodbury.....................  39 deg.50'01'                  75 deg.09'21'                        3
New York:                                                                                                       
    E. Elmhurst..........................  40 deg.46'21'                  73 deg.52'42'                        1
    Schuyler.............................  43 deg.09'09'                  75 deg.07'50'                        2
    Staten Island........................  40 deg.36'05'                  74 deg.06'35'                        9
North Carolina:                                                                                                 
    Greensboro...........................  36 deg.05'54'                  70 deg.56'42'                        9
    Wilmington...........................  34 deg.16'10'                  77 deg.54'24'                        3
North Dakota: Dickinson..................  46 deg.51'05'                  102 deg.47'35'                       7
Ohio: Pataskala..........................  40 deg.04'38'                  82 deg.41'57'                        1
Oklahoma:                                                                                                       
    Warner...............................  35 deg.29'31'                  95 deg.18'25'                        4
    Woodward.............................  36 deg.24'42'                  99 deg.28'50'                        9
Oregon:                                                                                                         
    Albany...............................  44 deg.38'24'                  123 deg.03'36'                       5
    Klamath Falls........................  42 deg.06'30'                  121 deg.38'00'                       2
    Pendleton............................  45 deg.35'45'                  118 deg.31'02'                       7
Pennsylvania:                                                                                                   
    Coraopolis...........................  40 deg.30'33'                  80 deg.13'27'                        4
    New Cumberland.......................  40 deg.11'30'                  76 deg.52'02'                        8
South Carolina: Charleston...............  32 deg.54'10'                  80 deg.01'20'                        4
South Dakota:                                                                                                   
    Aberdeen.............................  45 deg.27'21'                  98 deg.25'26'                        6
    Rapid City...........................  44 deg.02'36'                  103 deg.03'36'                       5
Tennessee:                                                                                                      

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    Elizabethton.........................  36 deg.26'04'                  82 deg.08'06'                        7
    Memphis..............................  35 deg.01'44'                  89 deg.56''15'                      10
    Nashville............................  36 deg.08'44'                  86 deg.41'31'                        3
Texas:                                                                                                          
    Austin...............................  30 deg.16'37'                  97 deg.49'34'                        2
    Bedford..............................  32 deg.50'19'                  97 deg.08'03'                        1
    Houston..............................  29 deg.54'37'                  95 deg.24'39'                        9
    Lubbock..............................  33 deg.37'06'                  101 deg.52'14'                       7
    Monahans.............................  31 deg.34'58'                  102 deg.54'18'                       6
Utah:                                                                                                           
    Abajo Peak...........................  37 deg.50'21'                  109 deg.27'42'                       7
    Delta................................  39 deg.23'15'                  112 deg.30'44'                       2
    Escalante............................  37 deg.45'19'                  111 deg.52'27'                       5
    Green River..........................  38 deg.57'54'                  110 deg.13'40'                       3
    Salt Lake City.......................  40 deg.39'11'                  112 deg.12'06'                       1
Virginia: Arlington......................  38 deg.52'55'                  77 deg.06'18'                        6
Washington:                                                                                                     
    Seattle..............................  47 deg.26'08'                  122 deg.17'35'                       4
    Cheney...............................  47 deg.33'14'                  117 deg.43'35'                       1
West Virginia: Charleston................  38 deg.19'47'                  81 deg.39'36'                        2
Wisconsin: Stevens Point.................  44 deg.33'06'                  89 deg.25'27'                        8
Wyoming: Riverton........................  43 deg.03'37'                  108 deg.27'23'                       9
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    (a) Carriers authorized to construct and operate air-ground 
radiotelephone systems on the channels listed in Sec. 22.857 may also 
construct and operate low power ground stations designed to provide 
service to airborne mobile stations on the ground, provided that no 
interference is caused to service provided by ground stations located in 
accordance with the geographical channel block layout or with paragraph 
(b) of this section. The antenna location of each such low power ground 
station may be anywhere that is at least 483 kilometers (300 miles) from 
all antenna locations of ground stations using the same channel block(s) 
in accordance with the geographical channel block layout or with 
paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) Ground station locations may be more than 1.61 kilometers (one 
mile) from all of the locations listed in this section, provided that 
they are at least 885 kilometers (550 miles) from all antenna locations 
of ground stations using the same channel block(s) in accordance with 
the geographical channel block layout or with this paragraph.


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