Radio Frequency Co-Site Management

The radio spectrum is a limited national resource, essential for some governmental applications and increasingly important for a series of non-governmental applications. The allocation of radio resources is done in a centralized manner, designating frequency managers of the defense system structures as local administrators of the resources allotted to the supported echelon. They have a limited number of frequencies they can assign to the emission sources in their area of responsibility. The article addresses the issue of radio spectrum management in the frequency allocation plans when using a large number of emission and reception sources for means of communication and non-communication in a small area. Locating several emission sources in the same site leads to different types of disturbing signals: emissions outside the bandwidth, harmonics and intermodulation. The article categorizes and describes these sources, presents the results of measurements distinguishing them, as well as the results of implementing some protective measures. Finally, the authors suggest a software solution for the local distribution of frequency resources.