Committee on Radio Frequencies

October 16-17, 2013

Irvine, CA

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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Location: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Dr, Irvine, CA 92617

All presentation titles below are provisional and only intended to be placeholders

Open Session
8:30 a.m. / Breakfast available
9:00 / Welcome and goals for the meeting / Dave DeBoer, Chair
9:15 / Report from the Active Sensing Study and BPA Update / David Lang, NRC
9:45 / Gathering input from outside groups / Jasmeet Judge, Vice-Chair
10:15 / Report from the IEEE Frequency Allocations for Remote Sensing (FARS) meeting / Bill Blackwell, member
10:30 / Break
10:45 / CORF Replies Issues Log,FCC update, FCC presentation information / Paul Feldman, Consultant
(by telecon)
12:00 p.m. / Working lunch
1:00 / Science Talk: The AquariusScatterometer / Simon Yueh, JPL
1:45 / FCC presentations: schedule and outline / All
2:00 / Breakout writing groups
3:00 / Break
3:15 / Reassemble to discuss draft FCC presentations / All
4:15 / Breakout writing groups
5:00 / Break for working dinner
6:00 / Working dinner / Flemings Prime Steakhouse
located at 455 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA
8:00 / Adjourn for the day

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Location: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, 100 Academy Dr, Irvine, CA 92617

Open Session
8:30 am / Breakfast
9:00 / Discuss draft FCC presentations
10:00 / Committee discussion:
  • Topics of possible interest: Cubesats and spectrum efficiency
  • Updating the Handbook
  • Spring and fall 2014 meetings, including international outreach
  • Other topics

10:30 / Break
10:45 / Continued committee discussion
12:00 pm / Working lunch
1:00 / Adjourn meeting

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