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KEEP YOUR 4.9 GHz LICENSE:
Did you know that if you don’t relicense your 4.9 GHz license by June 9, 2025, you will lose your license. Read the public notice from the FCC here.

FCCA will be happy to assist you in relicensing your system to ensure that you preserve it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

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FCC 4.9 GHZ Band Manager Selection Committee

The FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau and Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (the Bureaus) have announced their intent to establish the 4.9 GHz Band Manager Selection Committee (4.9 GHz Committee or Committee), a new federal advisory committee dedicated to advising the Bureaus on selecting a Band Manager for the 4.9 GHz band (4940-4990 MHz). The FCCA will nominate a member to represent our organization on the advisory committee.

SAFECOM Program

The Forestry Conservation Communications Association is an active participant in SAFECOM. President Lloyd Mitchell is the vice-chair of the funding and sustainment committee, and immediate past president Anton Damm is our alternate member.

National Wireless Communications Council

The Forestry Conservation Communications Association is a member of the National Wireless Communications Council. Executive Director Ralph Haller represents the FCCA on this council. 

FirstNet Authority

The Forestry Conservation Communications Association is a participant in the FirstNet Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC). 
Immediate past president Anton Damm is our representative on the PSAC.

In MEMORIAM
The FCCA regrets to announce that FCCA Vice President Joseph William Schaefer, 64, died October 23, 2021, at his home.
Joseph retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service and had been with the Virginia Department of Forestry for over 20 years.  He was a volunteer EMT for Louisa County for many years.  

SERVICE AWARD 

The FCCA board is pleased to award Janet Muncy the ‘Max Guiberson Award of Merit’.  This award is given in recognition of meritorious service to FCCA from 1999-2020.  The presentation was made at the 2021 FCCA board meeting in conjunction with our attendance at IWCE.

Janet’s FCCA work greatly contributed to the ongoing success of FCCA, and we sincerely appreciate her continuing service on the board.