<div dir="ltr"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">To the CEDAR community - </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Please note the announcement below from the National Academies' CORF committee, charged with protecting US scientific use of the radio spectrum.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Cheers</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Phil</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14.666667px">=====</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14.666667px"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt">Access to radio frequencies is essential for a range of scientific measurements, from those made by satellites enabling weather prediction to groundbreaking astronomical observations.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;font-size:11pt"><br></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">As demands for spectrum access increase, a new National Academies’ report discusses actions needed to protect critical scientific uses of the radio spectrum in advance of the World Radiocommunication Conference in 2027.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">Download the report:<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/views-on-the-world-radiocommunication-conference-2027" target="_blank">https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/views-on-the-world-radiocommunication-conference-2027</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u><br></u></p></div><div style="margin-bottom:8pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">The National Academies’ Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF) protects scientific use of the radio spectrum and represents the interests of U.S. scientists in frequency allocations for remote sensing, radio astronomy, and space science. Learn more and sign up for updates at<span class="gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:blue"><a href="https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/committee-on-radio-frequencies" target="_blank">https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/committee-on-radio-frequencies</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11pt;color:black">.  </span></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>-----</div><div>Philip Erickson (he/him), Ph.D.</div><div>Director</div><div>MIT Haystack Observatory</div><div>Westford, MA  01886  USA</div><div><br></div><div>email: <a href="mailto:pje@haystack.mit.edu" target="_blank">pje@mit.edu</a>  [NOTE NEW PREFERRED ADDRESS]</div><div>WWW: <a href="http://www.haystack.mit.edu" target="_blank">http://www.haystack.mit.edu</a></div><div>voice: +1 617 715 5769</div><div>fax:   <span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">+1 617 715 5590</span></div><div>Public key: <a href="http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x54878872" target="_blank">http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x54878872</a></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>