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                       FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                              ENFORCEMENT BUREAU
                             South Central Region

                                 Dallas Office
                         9330 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1170
                             Dallas, Texas, 75243
                                (214) 575-6361

                                April 28, 2016

Fastlane Internet
Francesville, Indiana

                      NOTICE OF UNLICENSED OPERATION AND
                     NOTIFICATION OF HARMFUL INTERFERENCE

					  Case Number:
					  EB-FIELDSCR-16-00021371
	Document Number:  W201632500006


The Dallas Office, in response to information received from the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) that the Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
(TDWR) serving the Dallas Love Field Airport was receiving interference
on or adjacent to 5.600 GHz, conducted an investigation in the area. On
March 31, 2016, an agent from this office confirmed by you that the
radio signal on frequency 5.600 GHz was emanating from the tower at
1591 Bryson Lane, Midlothian, Texas.  Your system was using Ubiquiti
Networks Rocket M5s Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure
("U-NII") devices. One of these devices was programmed to operate on
5.600 GHz. You changed the operating frequency of the system and the
interference to the FAA radar ceased.

Radio stations must be licensed by the FCC pursuant to 47 U.S.C. §
301.  The only exception to this licensing requirement is for
certain transmitters using or operating at a power level or mode of
operation that complies with the standards established in Part 15 of
the Commission's rules.  Non-licensed operation pursuant to Part 15
of the Commission's rules, however, is conditioned upon compliance
with all applicable regulations in the subpart, 47 C.F.R. § 15.1(b).
All intentional radiators operating pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC's rules
must be certified for use as a Part 15 device, 47 C.F.R. § 15.201(b)
and failure to operate such device consistent with its authorization
violates Part 15 of the Commission's rules.

You operated Ubiquiti Rocket M5 devices on the frequency 5.6000 GHz.
The Ubiquiti Rocket M5 with FCC ID SWX-M5 is not authorized for use in
the 5.45 GHz through 5.725 GHz frequency band.	The FCC has no record
of a license being issued to you to operate a transmitter on 5600 MHz
from 1591 Bryson Lane, Midlothian, Texas.  Thus, your operation was in
violation of 47 U.S.C. § 301.

Non-licensed operation of a U-NII device is also subject to the condition
that it must not cause harmful interference and, if harmful interference
occurs, operation of the device must cease.  See 47 C.F.R. §§ 15.5(c),
15.405.  Harmful interference is defined as "[a]ny emission, radiation or
induction that endangers the functioning of a radio navigation service or
of other safety services or seriously degrades, obstructs or repeatedly
interrupts a radio communications service."  47 C.F.R. § 15.3(m).

You are notified that your Ubiquiti device operating on 5600 MHz was
causing harmful interference to the TDWR at the Dallas Love Field
Airport and that your operation of this device must not resume until
the interference can be resolved.  You are also warned that operation of
radio transmitting equipment without a valid radio station authorization,
including non-certified equipment or modified equipment which voids
the certification, and/or operation of otherwise authorized equipment
that continues to cause harmful interference after your receipt of
this warning, constitutes a violation of the Federal laws cited above
and could subject the operator to severe penalties, including, but not
limited to, substantial monetary fines, in rem arrest action against the
offending radio equipment, and criminal sanctions including imprisonment.
(See 47 U.S.C. §§ 401, 501, 503 and 510.)

UNLICENSED OPERATION ON FREQUENCY 5600 MHZ MUST NOT RESUME.  NONLICENSED
OPERATION OF A U-NII DEVICE MAY NOT RESUME UNLESS YOU ARE IN FULL
COMPLIANCE WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC'S RULES AND UNTIL YOU RESOLVE THE
HARMFUL INTERFERENCE.

You have ten (10) days from the date of this notice to respond with any
evidence that your transmitter is not the source of the interference to
the TDWR.  Your response should describe the steps you are planning to
take to eliminate future interference to the TDWR of the Dallas Love
Field Airport.	Your response should be sent to the address in the
letterhead and reference the listed case Dallas Love Field Airport and
document number.  Under the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. § 552a(e)(3),
we are informing you that the Commission's staff will use all relevant
material information before it to determine what, if any, enforcement
action is required to ensure your compliance with FCC Rules.  This will
include any information that you disclose in your reply.

You may contact this office if you have any questions.



Ronald Ramage
Regional Director


Attachments:
	Excerpts from the Communications Act of 1934, As Amended
	Enforcement Bureau, "Inspection Fact Sheet", March 2005
      Joint OET and EB Memo dated July 27, 2010 regarding interference
      to Terminal Doppler Weather Radars