[NLRS] Attention uW ops: ARRL Committee Seeks Microwave Band Plan Input

[Zack Widup]

OK, thanks Jon. Will do.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 9:31 AM, <w0zq at aol.com> wrote:

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> Hi Zack
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> I do not know.
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> The instructions say "Use a separate page for each band for which you wish
> to provide input".   I suggest that this means they want a separate file
> for each band ... for example, if you were going to respond for all four
> bands in this frequency range, I would replicate their spreadsheet four
> times and use one file for each band, then send them all four files.  I
> would not replicate the form as a new worksheet (tab) within one file as
> they may not see that ... if you are not looking for worksheet tabs its
> easy to miss them.   Yes, one file with multiple worksheet tabs makes more
> sense, but its not as easy to see.  My thinking is that they view the form
> as a "page" ... if they had used the work "worksheet" or "tab" rather than
> "page" then the one file approach would be good, but they didnt.
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> In summary, I suggest going with a separate Excel file for each band.
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> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
> To: w0zq <w0zq at aol.com>; NLRS List <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Fri, Nov 11, 2011 9:10 am
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Attention uW ops: ARRL Committee Seeks Microwave Band
> Plan Input
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> Hi Jon,
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> Thanks for letting us know about this. I do have a question in case you
> are able to answer.
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> The request asks for a separate page for each band. Does this mean to copy
> the existing page in the spreadsheet and make a new page in the spreadsheet
> for each band and then paste the format from the first page? And then fill
> the info in for each band on these additional pages?
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> Or should we make a separate Excel file for each band?
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> I myself would prefer the first above.
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> 73, Zack W9SZ
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> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 8:38 AM, <w0zq at aol.com> wrote:
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> Hello NLRS land -
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> An ARRL Ad Hoc Committee has been tasked by the Board of Directors with
> recommending updates to the ARRL band plans for the amateur bands between
> 902 MHz and 3.5 GHz.  If you are now active on any of these bands or are
> developing plans to do so, the committee would like to hear from you.
>
> At the link provided below, towards the bottom of that page, you will find
> links to a PDF and to a Excel form.  The PDF contains more detailed
> information along with directions about how to fill out the Excel form.
> Reading and filling out the form should take about five minutes.
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> Here is the link:
> http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-committee-seeks-microwave-band-plan-input
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> Please respond to this request for input by December 15, 2011.
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> Note that they are looking for input from all users of this spectrum, so
> if you know of any FM, ATV, datalink, etc, etc, users, please pass this
> along to them as well.
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> I will be adding this link to the NLRS.org website later this evening.
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> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ
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