Most notably the Shure SLX and BLX bands H5, H8 and H9 which now have no available spectrum to operate in. This affects several brands of wireless microphone systems that operate in the range of 494-548MHz. October 18, 2019: Chicago metropolitan area TV station reallocation per Phase 6 of the FCC Digital Transition Schedule 2012-2019: FCC had sales, auctions repacking and reallocations of frequencies for digital TV and other services it’s a long drawn out process that you can read about here:.
2012: FCC to commence with the first phase of spectrum reallocation.all VHF transmissions (stations 2–13) and most full-power UHF analog transmitters were shut down on 12 June 2009.2008-2009: ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committee) replaced the analog NTSC television system.2008: United States 700MHz wireless spectrum auction – UHF TV stations lose the 700MHz spectrum to the highest bidders, including: Verizon, US Cellular, AT&T, and others.What does this mean for wireless microphones? Now that Phase 6 of the FCC changes have taken place, the Chicago metro area must be ready for the next phase of over the air TV station re-allocations due this summer.
