Hi Bob

I know from documentation I received from I8CVS that this will exclude Italy from the digital payload. I am expecting to hear from several other countries that, excluding action from a WARC, they will be excluded from the digital communications package if we use S2.

I think it was clear from the meeting last night that there are two options for the wide band DCP that will be proposed for further discussion.

Rick will propose a version with both L and S2 uplinks and a C downlink.

John will propose a version with C uplink and X downlink (I wasn't sure if an L uplink was also included).

In Rick's proposal, as L will still be available so Region 1 with their current allocations, Region 1 will have access to the DCP whether or not S2 is available to us. It seemed clear from last night's discussion that the assessment to drop L band at San Diego wasn't the right decision.

There was also some discussion about whether the high bandwidth digital mode would be viable at L band, probably limited by a non-steerable RX antenna on the spacecraft and uplink EIRP, although somehow I doubt Domenico has a problem with with uplink EIRP ;-)

As it's being revisited again in the next couple of weeks, we can go over these again in further detail with the benefit of both your's and Tom's input.

Cheers, Howard