Five people replied. The deadline for any last-minute suggestions is the 20th September. We will also be discussing this list of frequency allocations at the Working Group 7D meeting to be held in Geneva at the end of that month. A downside of this is that the communications industry will be able to focus on the needs of its services, and adopt a united, single-minded approach. The astronomy community is very different.
People work more independently, and have more diverse interests.
Moreover, radio astronomy is a research activity, so it is harder to define its needs in terms of protection against interference. All these points are fully appreciated by the satellite community, and they are being used against us. We have no alternative to completing the work of the study. The future of radio astronomy depends upon it. As we proceed, we will need input.