Steering Group on Radio Frequency Coordination
Location: WMO Head Quarters, Geneva
Date: 18-20 January 2011
Registration: 9:30am. Meeting 10:00am 18 January 2011
Closing 3pm 20 January 2011
Meeting Room: Level 8, Jura (Conf Rm 8J)
Chair: Philippe Tristant
WMO contacts:David Thomas

Register for the meeting

Core members will be sent an official invitation. Associate members are also welcome to register by submitting a form to the Director of WIS.
Upon receipt of a request, the secretariat will coordinate with the chair to arrange for an invitation to be sent to the member's WMO Permanent Representative requesting participation of the member.

SG-RFC members are encouraged to submit documents for the meeting by attaching to this page or via e-mail to the chair. (see attach file button on bottom right corner) Submitted documents will be reviewed by the Chair and secretariat and added to the document list under the appropriate agenda item.

Members are requested to review the review the participants document (ver 8) attached and email their updated details to dthomas@wmo.int. These details will be used to send invitations and related information.
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Reference documents

• Final Report (10 Nov 2011)
• Agenda-v2 | Agenda with Chairman's notes
• OPAG ISS Work Plan.
• OPAG-ISS TORs

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• Document 0-1 (Report SG-RFC 2009)
• Document 0-2 (Report WP4C March 2010)
• Document 0-3 (Report WP5 May 2010)
• Document 0-4 (Report 7B-7C June 2010)
• Document 0-5 (Report 1A-1B June 2010)
• Document 0-6 (Report SFCG July 2010)
• Document 0-7 (Report 7B-7C October 2010)
• Document 0-8 (Report WP5 November 2010)

• Past SG-RFC Meetings
  1. Link to 2009 SG-RFC meeting September 2009, Geneva
  2. Link to 2008 SG-RFC meeting July 2008, Brasilia
  3. Link to 2007 SG-RFC meeting January 2007, Boulder
  4. Link to 2006 SG-RFC meeting March 2006, Geneva
• World Radio Communication Conferences
  1. Link to WRC-12 Preliminary position (Jan 2011)
  2. Link to WRC-07 Summary Outcome
  3. Link to WRC-03 Summary Outcome

1. ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING

* Information for Participants

* List of Participants document

1.1. Opening of the meeting

1.2. Adoption of the agenda with particular focus on Revision of Preliminary WMO position on WRC-12 agenda

1.3. Working arrangements

2. SG-RFC ORGANISATION AND WMO RELATED ISSUES

2.1. SG-RFC Membership

Revise Annex 6 of Document 0-1

2.2. Responsible persons for WRC regional preparations

Revise Section 2 of Document 0-1

2.3. Responsible persons for specific issues

Revise Section 2 of Document 0-1

2.4. Support to WMO radio-frequency activities

• Presentation from WMO/ITU meeting 2009 ( PPT)

2.5. Outcomes of EC62 and CBS

See Document 2-1

2.6. Preparation for Congress (Revision of Resolution 4, Cg XV)

See pages 67-68 of http://www.wmo.int/pages/governance/policy/documents/508_E.pdf
Views from members on the expected “frequency” budget for 2012-2015 (see Document 2-2)

2.7. Relation with CIMO

Review elements on Radio-Frequencies from the joint CBS/CIMO meeting (nov 2009) (See Document 2-3)
Annex 3 in word format ( doc)

2.8. GEO

2.9. ITU

3. WMO POSITIONS ON WRC-12 AGENDA

3.1. Revision of WMO preliminary positions

Reference: WMO preliminary position on WRC-12 agenda (September 2009)

• Update to WMO Position for 1.6, 1.25 and a general remark on 8.2 (Markus Dreis) ( Doc)
• Background for WRC-12 Agenda Items on the band 2200-2290 MHz (Edoardo Marell) ( Doc)
• JAN 2011 version of WMO position document on WRC-12. ( Doc3-1)
• working version of WMO position document on WRC-12. ( Doc3-1 update v2) ( Doc3-1 D/OBS add)
• Updated ( WMO Position - 20Jan2011)

3.2. Status of Regional preparations

• Summary of Regional Positions ( Doc 3-2) ( Doc 3-2 Rev 1)
• Africa Position ( Doc 3-2a)
• Asia Pacific Position ( Doc 3-2b)
• CEPT Position ( Doc 3-2c)
• Draft CPM Text ( Doc 3.5)

3.3. Consideration of specific inputs to CPM (modifications to CPM texts, …)

• Draft CPM text for WRC 12. ( Doc3-3)
• Long-range lightning detection to monitor volcano ash. ( Doc3-3 bis)
• European input to CPM. ( Doc3-4)

3.4. WMO organisation during CPM

4. ISSUES RELATED TO METAIDS

4.1. Update on ITU-R activities

4.2. Analysis of radiosondes use in the 400 MHz band

• Update on Metaids ( ppt)

4.3. other issues (TBD)

5. ISSUES RELATED TO WEATHER RADARS AND WIND-PROFILER

5.1. Update on ITU-R activities

5.2. RLAN and RLAN on-board aircraft issue (C-Band radars)

See Document 5-1 (ECC Report on Compatibility between RLAN on-board aircraft and radars in the 5250-5350 MHz and 5470-5725 MHz)

5.3. Specific 24 and 35 GHz meteorological radars

See Document 5-2 (Draft European Report)

5.4. IMT/WIMAX issue (S-Band radars)

See Document 5-3 (Draft European Report)

5.5. Specific ITU-R Recommendation on Wind Profilers

See Document 5-4 (preliminary Draft ITU-R Recommendation)

5.6. OOB and spurious emissions

Update of the latest European activities (see Document 5-5 and Document 5-6)

5.7. Wind farms

5.8. other issues (TBD)

6. ISSUES RELATED TO METSAT

6.1. Update on ITU-R activities

6.2. Status of L-Band issue in the US

Report from NOAA on the current situation in the US with regard the possible allocation to Mobile of the 1675-1710 MHz band
See Document 6-1 (WMO letter)
See Document 6-2 (NOAA L-Band)
See Document 6-3 (CGMS letter)

6.3. Issues related to CGMS

See Document 6-4 (CGMS 38 updat)

6.4. other issues (TBD)

7. ISSUES RELATED TO SPACEBORNE REMOTE SENSING

7.1. Update on ITU-R activities

7.2. Status of 10.6, 31 and 1.4 GHz bands in Europe

See Document 7-1 (ECC Decision on 10.6 GHz band)
See Document 7-2 (ECC Decision on 31 GHz band)
See Document 7-3 (draft ECC Decision on 1.4 GHz band)

7.3. Short-Range radars at 24 GHz

See Document 7-4 (draft revision of EC Decision on SRR 24 GHz)

7.4. other issues (TBD)

8. RADIO FREQUENCY ISSUES COMMON TO VARIOUS BANDS

8.1. UWB and SRD issues

See Document 8-1

8.2. other issues (TBD)

• Adoption of the ITU-R Report RS.2178 on “The essential role and global importance of radio spectrum use for Earth observations and for related applications” (see Document 8-2)
• ITU statement at Cancun UNFCCC (Doc 8-3)

9. CONTRIBUTIONS TO ITU-R

9.1. HANDBOOK (maintenance)

10. FURTHER ACTIVITIES (List of actions, next meetings, …)

10.1. List of actions

11. Next meetings

12. Other business

12.1. Access to working docs  Example

13. CLOSURE OF THE MEETING

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