NEWS ANALYSIS

Explaining The Latest FCC Repacking Info

The FCC’s Incentive Auction Task Force recently released a number of materials relating to TVStudy, the software that FCC engineers devised to assist them in the modeling and analysis necessary to repack the TV spectrum. Unfortunately, the materials are a bit, um, technical in nature, so unless you’re well-versed in a lot of sophisticated engineering stuff you’re likely to have a hard time understanding what’s what. No problem. Mike Rhodes, P.E., of the engineering firm of Cavell, Mertz and Associates, has come to the rescue.