This is a rewrite of Don Chester's excellent posting he made to the
Top Band reflector. It contains simplified instructions for filing
you own comments. Thank you, Don, for reminding us all about this!!!
The deadline is the 25th of this month. Just 16 more days left!
Even if you have zero interest on what goes on in the top half of our
160 Meter band, its still crucial to get this passed. In the unlikely
event that radio location beacons will ever return, it would impact
all users of the band, with everyone trying to squeeze into the bottom
100 KHz. This may be our only window of opportunity to regain primary
status across the entire band.
Here's how to file online. It's really easy!
Click on this link:
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/proceeding/view?name=12-338
You can view the comments others have filed by clicking on the blue
circle with an "i" in it in the column on the left labelled "Recent
Public Filings". If you need ideas about what to write, you can get
them from filings made by other hams.
To submit your own filing, write a letter of your own in a word
processor like WordPad (comes with every version of Windows since the
early 90s), Microsoft Word, OpenOffice, or AbiWord. If your word
processor supports it, save it in PDF format (Word, AbiWord and
OpenOffice all do).
Then, go to this link:
http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/begin?procName=12-338&filedFrom=E
Fill out all of the required fields (the ones with red asterisks next
to them - there are only five). You can leave all the other fields
blank. Attach your document using the "Choose File" button at the
bottom.
Let's not give the FCC the impression that few hams care about
maintaining and preserving Top Band.
73, Tony K4QE
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Topband Reflector
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