TYPE OF FCC LICENSE APPLIES TO

WHAT IT MEANS  - ONLY FCC HAS AUTHORITY OVER FCC LICENSES!
FCC DEVICE
LICENSE		 EQUIPMENT
('DEVICES')		 FCC approves transmitting DEVICEs that demonstrate meeting the technical requirements for the type of transmitter.

Every SuperAWOS transmitter has a DEVICE license, noted by a LABEL on the transmitter module

 
FCC UNICOM
STATION LICENSE		 AIRPORT
FREQUENCY
 

(AUTHORITY)
OVER
(SPECTRUM USE)

COMMON
TRAFFIC ADVISORY
FREQUENCY
(CTAF)

 Every airport has the discretion to apply for an exclusive UNICOM STATION LICENSE
Anyone applying for a unicom station license does so under the discretion and authority OF THE AIRPORT

A UNICOM STATION LICENSE gives exclusive authority to the airport or the airport's designee over the use of the specified unicom frequency. 

Others may transmit on the unicom frequency, but they do so at the discretion of the Unicom licensee

If anyone interferes with the licensee's use of their assigned frequency (like a hostile neighbor with a handheld)
or without permission of the licensee, which the licensee may withdraw (like FBO's on the field arguing over fuel sales)
or otherwise interfering with the licensee's use of the Licensee's assigned unicom frequency,
Licensee has the AUTHORITY to request FCC intervene, through filing an 'interference complaint'
FCC then has force of law to compel the interfering party to cease and desist from interfering with the unicom licensee's use of their frequency

SuperAWOS operates UNDER THE AIRPORT's AUTHORITY under FCC regulations for 'AUTOMATED UNICOM'

In 1994 we realized FCC had statutory authority over spectrum use, and no one else.
We petitioned FCC to amend the Unicom regulations
to accommodate an adaptive system able to share frequency without interference,
and that's what created FCC 87.219!
 
FCC
MULTICOMM
(NO LICENSEE)		 Where there is no STATION license, airports may obtain from FAA a designated MULTICOMM (like 122.9 MHz)
There is no license or exclusive authority with a MULTICOMM, anyone can use it.
If a hostile neighbor interferes with safety, ANYONE may request FCC action, but there is no exclusive authority for its use.
FCC REPAIR
LICENSE		 PEOPLE


AUTHORITY
TO MODIFY TRANSMITTER'S
EMISSION
CHARACTERISTICS

 FCC licenses technicians qualified to make adjustments to transmitter devices.
 

From FCC.GOV  Radio Maintenance and Repair 

You need a commercial radio operator license to repair and maintain the following:

  • All ship radio and radar stations.
  • All coast stations.
  • All hand carried units used to communicate with ships and coast stations on marine frequencies.
  • All aircraft stations and aeronautical ground stations including hand-carried portable units) used to communicate with aircraft.
  • International fixed public radiotelephone and radiotelegraph stations.

SuperAWOS transceivers are sealed units
NO FIELD SERVICEABLE repair or maintenance is even possible
Just like all aircraft radios and handheld aviation radios
Only WE the manufacturer can make adjustments or modifications at the factory