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fcc-spectrum-mcp-server

by cyanheads · remote · local (npm) · no sign-in to list tools · v0.2.0 · published by GitHub user cyanheads

Search FCC radio licenses, find nearby licensed sites, and see who is licensed on a frequency.

Read only

5 tools: 5 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http fcc-spectrum https://fcc-spectrum.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

5 tools

Only reads 5Claude Code: allow
  • fcc_spectrum_find_transmittersFind FCC-licensed sites within a radius of a coordinate, nearest first, each with its callsign, licensee, distance, coordinates, filed location type and class, ground elevation, st…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "fcc_spectrum_find_transmitters" says "find": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Find FCC-licensed sites within a radius of a coordinate, nearest first, each with its callsign, licensee, distance, coordinates, filed location type and class, ground elevation, structure height, and authorized frequencies. Filter by frequency or band, radio service, location type, location class, and live status (active by default). Unset location_class keeps all filed roles, including receive and passive locations; filed classes describe authorization, not actual on-air activity. Coordinates are decimal degrees or DMS strings. Mobile and temporary-fixed operating areas are returned at their center with radiusKm and match when the center lies within radius_km. Locations without valid coordinates are omitted; market-area licenses without site records are found with fcc_spectrum_search_frequencies.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • fcc_spectrum_get_licenseFetch one FCC ULS license or spectrum lease in full by callsign or unique system identifier (USI): licensee (the lessee on a lease), status and key dates, its locations with coordi…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "fcc_spectrum_get_license" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Fetch one FCC ULS license or spectrum lease in full by callsign or unique system identifier (USI): licensee (the lessee on a lease), status and key dates, its locations with coordinates, elevation, structure height, and ASR number, each location's antennas, and each antenna's authorized frequencies with power, ERP/EIRP, station class, transmitter, and emission designators; geographic-area licenses list their market and spectrum blocks, and lease links are shown in both directions. Large records are paged: one call lists whole locations up to 50 sites and 100 antennas, up to max_frequencies frequency rows, and 100 leases, and names the location_offset or lease_offset that reads the rest; location_number starts the locations at a location number the search tools return. Technical detail is kept for active, pending-legal, and term-pending records only. A callsign shared by several records returns the active one, else the most recent.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • fcc_spectrum_list_referenceDecode FCC ULS codes used by the other tools — radio service codes, station classes, license statuses, location types, antenna types, applicant types, amateur operator classes — or…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "fcc_spectrum_list_reference" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Decode FCC ULS codes used by the other tools — radio service codes, station classes, license statuses, location types, antenna types, applicant types, amateur operator classes — or report coverage: which service groups this index holds, record counts, and when each was last updated. Works before the index is built. Station classes describe licensed categories, not actual on-air activity.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • fcc_spectrum_search_frequenciesFind FCC ULS authorizations whose occupied band overlaps a frequency or band.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "fcc_spectrum_search_frequencies" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Find FCC ULS authorizations whose occupied band overlaps a frequency or band. Site assignments (land mobile, microwave, paging, cellular sites) return one row per site and frequency with the site's state and coordinates; market-area licenses and leases (PCS, AWS, 700 MHz, 3.45 and 3.7 GHz, and other auctioned blocks) return one row per spectrum block with its market code and name; 3.5 GHz Priority Access Licenses file no frequency, so list them with fcc_spectrum_search_licenses and radio_service PL. Filter by state, radio service, licensee, FRN, market code, and live status (active by default). For transmitter sites near a coordinate, use fcc_spectrum_find_transmitters.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • fcc_spectrum_search_licensesSearch FCC ULS licenses and spectrum leases by callsign, licensee name, FCC Registration Number (FRN), market code, radio service, status, and licensee state, returning one row per…No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "fcc_spectrum_search_licenses" says "search": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Search FCC ULS licenses and spectrum leases by callsign, licensee name, FCC Registration Number (FRN), market code, radio service, status, and licensee state, returning one row per record with its unique system identifier (USI) for fcc_spectrum_get_license. At least one of callsign, licensee, frn, market_code, radio_service, or state is required; status only narrows. Defaults to active records; pass status "any" to include expired, cancelled, and terminated ones. Licensee name matching is word-based (every word must appear as a word prefix), not fuzzy.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • idempotentHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 0.2.0. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http fcc-spectrum https://fcc-spectrum.caseyjhand.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__fcc-spectrum__fcc_spectrum_search_licenses",
      "mcp__fcc-spectrum__fcc_spectrum_get_license",
      "mcp__fcc-spectrum__fcc_spectrum_find_transmitters",
      "mcp__fcc-spectrum__fcc_spectrum_search_frequencies",
      "mcp__fcc-spectrum__fcc_spectrum_list_reference"
    ],
    "ask": [],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as fcc-spectrum. Review it before you use it.