[600MRG] Fwd: [Lowfer] Comment repository link for Docket 15-99

[Neil]

John asked me to send this out on this reflector since he can't get it to work. 
Neil k. 

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> From: John Langridge <kb5njd at gmail.com>
> Date: September 5, 2015 at 10:17:07 PDT
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Comment repository link for Docket 15-99
> Reply-To: "Discussion of the Lowfer \(US, European, & UK\) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> 
> Good afternoon all,
> 
> Referencing the comments and the reply period:  its just my opinion,
> although it appears to be shared by a few that I have discussed the matter
> with, that since the UTC comment is the only opponent comment submitted and
> was surprisingly weak in substance and content and possibly even
> erroneously prepared (it seems that they *might* have 2200m and 630m
> switched in their discussion), its probably best to not make comments on
> their submission.  To do so might give merit to a discussion that does not
> have one.  It also seems best served that the ARRL be the one to point
> these issues out, if at all.  It should be glaring to the FCC.
> 
> It probably doesn't need to be said, but I will anyway,  that any reply
> comments that reference comments of other "team members" really should be
> kept positive, even if you disagree with them.  Its probably a bad idea to
> attack another comment that supports the implementation of MF and LF
> bands.  If you have another idea about something contained within someone
> else's initial comment, it seems best to present the idea as an alternative
> approach with a similar  outcome - keep it positive - because the enemy
> will use that division against us, particularly if submitted before the
> deadline where they can see them before the filing deadline.  That includes
> reply comments to the ARRL's submission.  They really are on our team and
> showed it with a very comprehensive and thorough comment that exceeded what
> many of us expected.
> 
> Its really awesome how there was so much participation in this process and
> how it almost looked like it was planned to work out as well as it did.
> Great comments on an anecdotal, technical and legal scale.. Set 'em up and
> knock 'em down...
> 
> 73!
> 
> John KB5NJD / WG2XIQ..
> 
>> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 11:29 AM, JD <listread at lwca.org> wrote:
>> 
>> It is very gratifying to see that nearly 50 people have accessed the
>> filings at http://lwca.org/Docket15-99 since we created the index page on
>> Thursday morning.  (The count is over 60, but the first dozen hits were me,
>> testing and debugging the page.)  I don't know how many visited Wednesday
>> evening before the page was ready.
>> 
>> Although it's a tiny number by commercial Web standards, I take it as a
>> sure sign of amateur interest in the bands.  We can be reasonably confident
>> it was everyday hams accessing the files, because the high priced corporate
>> lawyers aren't going to be working over a holiday weekend...and they
>> probably had plenty of lackeys on watch to retrieve them before the
>> shutdown anyway.
>> 
>> I hope that interest will continue unabated all the way to the end of the
>> reply period on the 30th.  Feel free to let other interested parties know
>> about the link.
>> 
>> John
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