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

[Paul Husby]

The "Input Form" that they have at this page:

http://www.arrl.org/microwave-band-plan-input-form

would seem to be the easiest to fill and to process.  You just fill in 
the page and hit submit, then back up and re-fill the appropriate lines 
for another band.  It would also seem to be much easier to process at 
the League's end, rather than spreadsheets that some people will 
undoubtedly re-format, forget to attach, or whatever.

73,
Paul W0UC

On 11/11/2011 9:47 AM, Zack Widup wrote:
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> OK, thanks Jon. Will do.
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> 73, Zack W9SZ
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> 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.
>>
>> 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,
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I will be adding this link to the NLRS.org website later this evening.
>>
>> 73, Jon
>> W0ZQ
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