NOAA took an entire week to get around to putting this out on the wire, itself. The actual FCC Notice was put out on the 4th, and people have until the 28th to send in their comments. Note also that the FCC NOTICE says that they want to "reallocate" the frequencies. NOAA/NWS (below) keeps saying "share". This is confusing.

Todd

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COMMENT REQUEST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
325 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2010

TO:    SUBSCRIBERS:
         -FAMILY OF SERVICES
         -NOAA WEATHER WIRE SERVICE
         -EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
         -NOAAPORT
         -GOES AND POES SATELLITE SERVICES
         OTHER NWS PARTNERS...AND NWS EMPLOYEES

FROM:    MARK PAESE
         DIRECTOR...OFFICE OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS

SUBJECT: FCC REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON USE OF 1675-1710 MHZ
         FREQUENCY BAND FOR METEOROLOGICAL AIDS SERVICE AND
         METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE SERVICE

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION /FCC/ IS REQUESTING
COMMENTS BY JUNE 28 2010 ON IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED SHARING OF
THE 1675-1710 MHZ FREQUENCY BAND WITH WIRELESS BROADBAND
SYSTEMS. THE FCC NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT IMPACTS SHARING THIS BAND
WILL HAVE.  SEE FCC PUBLIC NOTICE DA-1035 /ET DOCKET NO. 10-
123/ RELEASED ON JUNE 4 2010.  POTENTIALLY IMPACTED PARTIES
INCLUDE THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ACADEMIA AND STATE AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT USERS OF DATA RECEIVED VIA THE 1675-1710 MHZ BAND
FOR METEOROLOGICAL AIDS SERVICE AND METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE
SERVICE.

THIS FREQUENCY BAND INCLUDES RADIOSONDE SPECTRUM AND ALL OF
NOAA'S DIRECT GOES AND POES SATELLITE BROADCAST SERVICE
SPECTRUM INCLUDING NOAA GOES DATA COLLECTION SERVICE  /DCS
/...GOES VARIABLE DATA /GVAR/...LOW-RATE INFORMATION
TRANSMISSION /LRIT/ AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS WEATHER INFORMATION
NETWORK /EMWIN/. SYSTEMS NOT AFFECTED INCLUDE NOAA WEATHER
WIRE SERVICE /NWWS/... INTERNATIONAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM /ISCS/... NOAAPORT AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO /NWR/.
INASMUCH AS FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL RECEIVE-ONLY EARTH
STATIONS... SUCH AS FOR EMWIN AND GVAR RECEIVERS... ARE NOT
REQUIRED TO BE REGISTERED IN GOVERNMENT DATABASES... THE FCC
IS UNAWARE OF THE NUMBER AND GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF USERS.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE INFORMATION BEING SOLICITED AND
INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO FILE COMMENTS ARE IN THE FCC PUBLIC
NOTICE ONLINE AT:

HTTP://HRAUNFOSS.FCC.GOV/EDOCS_PUBLIC/ATTACHMATCH/DA-10-
1035A1.PDF

THE FCC IS SOLICITING RESPONSES FROM ALL INTERESTED PARTIES BY
JUNE 28 2010.  PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE YOU
BELIEVE COULD HELP THE FCC INFORMATION GATHERING PROCESS.

THIS PROPOSAL WILL ALSO IMPACT FEDERAL USERS. NOAA IS
PREPARING A RESPONSE TO DESCRIBE IMPACTS ON NOAA GOVERNMENT
SYSTEMS.  THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION...NOT FCC...ADMINISTERS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT USES
OF SPECTRUM.

IF YOU ARE A FEDERAL USER OR IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS... PLEASE
CONTACT:

IVAN NAVARRO ACTING CHIEF
ENGINEERING AND ACQUISITION BRANCH OPS11
NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TEL:  301-713-1841 EXT. 123
FAX: 301-608-0978
EMAIL: NWS.SPECTRUM@NOAA.GOV

THIS NOTICE AND OTHER CURRENT NATIONAL PUBLIC INFORMATION
STATEMENTS ARE ONLINE AT
/USE LOWERCASE/:

  HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/OS/NOTIF.HTM

$$