FCC Filing
FCC Oct. 29 Vote Ends 35-Year Ban on Drones in 800 MHz Cellular Band
FCC votes October 29 on lifting a 1991 airplane-phone rule that kept drones off 50 MHz of carrier spectrum. AT&T, Verizon and Zipline backed it.
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Haye Kesteloo is the Editor in Chief and Founder of DroneXL.co, where he covers all drone-related news, DJI rumors and writes drone reviews, and of EVXL.co, for all electric vehicle news. Haye can be reached at haye @ dronexl.co or @hayekesteloo. Also on LinkedIn, Muck Rack, Instagram and YouTube.
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Zipline
Zipline Starts Austin Deliveries With FAA Comment Window Still Open
Zipline opened delivery in Round Rock on October 9 for 5,000 residents, two days before comments close on the FAA's draft review of its Austin plans.
FAA
FAA Part 107 Test Adds Chart Questions Oct. 26 Not in the Supplement
From October 26, the FAA Part 107 knowledge test draws chart questions from current sectionals, not the printed supplement. One in six already fails.
Amazon
Amazon Tells North Myrtle Beach: Ask the FAA. FAA: Ask Amazon and City
Amazon told North Myrtle Beach the FAA decides overflights and its drones stay under 68 decibels. The FAA says ask Amazon and the city. Its table says 82.
TEASER
DJI Teases Dock 4 With Battery Swapping for October 14, Not for the US
DJI's October 14 teaser shows its next dock, the leaked Dock 4, swapping a charged battery into a new drone. Dock 3 charges in place. The US can't buy it.
LEAK
DJI Neo 3 Specs and Features: What 23 Days of Leaks Have Settled
DJI Neo 3 specs and features from three weeks of leaks: square 1/1.1-inch sensor, 192.7 g, three-cell battery, caged props, RC Mini. No price or date yet.
LEAK
DJI Neo 3 Battery Goes to Three Cells. Neo 2 Owners Buy New Packs
A DJI Neo 3 battery label reads 1,800 mAh, 10.5 V, 18.9 Wh: three cells, seven pins, no Neo 2 pack will fit. Jasper Ellens shows how the props come off.
Amazon
Amazon Prime Air Is Hiring in Australia. The Job: Get CASA to Say Yes
Amazon is hiring a Head of Regulatory Approvals in Sydney or Canberra to win every CASA approval Prime Air needs. No site or date has been named.
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