For the sake of US citizens only, the deadline for comment is Tuesday February 18.
On Thu 2014-01-30T16:45:59 -0500, Gerard Ashton hath writ: > This link was embedded in a newsletter to American amateur radio operators: > > http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db0128/DA-14-88A2.pdf > > Instructions for commenting are provided here: > > http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-14-88A1.pdf In particular, that on page 4 of the first document ARTICLE 2 Nomenclature Section II - Dates and times redefines Radio Regulation 2.5 in a manner that makes no sense and is confusing because it associates the concepts of prime meridian and longitude with a purely atomic time scale that has no relationship to earth rotation nor position on the planet. -- Steve Allen <s...@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 http://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs