The Office of Telecommunications Radio Spectrum Measurement System

Abstract

Sin ce 1973 the O f f i c e o f Telecommunications has been o p e r a t in g a Radio Spectrum Measurement System (RSMS) f o r the O f f i c e o f Te lecommunications P o l i c y (OTP) in su pp or t o f f e d e r a l frequency management pro­ c e s s e s . The RSMS i s a v an-d ep lo yed , computer -con­ t r o l l e d r e c e i v i n g sys tem desi gned to make many d i f ­ f e r e n t ty pes o f measurements between 100 MHz and 12 GHz. The RSMS has been used in measurement programs on s e l e c t e d Federal Government land mo bi le radio (LMR) and radar bands in th e areas around Washington, D .C . , N o r fo lk , Los A n g e le s , and San F r a n c i sc o . This paper d i s c u s s e s the c a p a b i l i t i e s o f the RSMS van and u ses some measured data as examples o f th o s e c a p a b i l i t i e s . THE VEHICLE