Report about Commenting on AP30* Special Section

Submitted to:

DOST- Information and Communication Telecommunication Office

Roces Ave., Quezon City

March 7, 2014

Report about the Commenting on AP30* Special Section

The letters wants to inform every Administration the result for the computation concerning the requirement for coordination contained in the subject Special Section. Our Administration was affected by it therefore, in accordance with §4.1.10 of Article 4 of Appendix 30, we need to formulate comments before the expiry date. No reply before the given date means that we agreed to the proposed request modification.

Our Administration is now requested to comments in electronic format using SpaceCom software in accordance with resolve 4 of Resolution 55 (Rev.WRC-12) which were very glad to avil the opportunity to comply with this matter.

SpaceCom SOFTWARE

SpaceCom is a stand-alone application designed to assist Administrations and the Radiocommunication Bureau (BR) in the management of the comments for the publication of API/B Special Section. It is based on the existing SpaceCom structure developed to treat comments for the non-plan CR/D Special Section publication.

Installation

• Download the software from the link below

www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/software/Documents/spacecom/InstallSpaceCom_v7.exe

• After downloading the file, run it.

• Click the icon SpaceCom created on your desktop

• HOW TO USE

• Click API/A button to comment

API/A Special Section

• You are requested to enter your ITU Administration code the very first time you launch SpaceCom. Click “OK” to launch the application.

• Select a type of user to state what kind of action you intend to accomplish. Click “Next…” to launch the process selected or to terminate the application.

• Potential affected Administration commenting on an API/A

Input the information needed then click the “get a list of API/A(s)…”

Select an API/A then click “Comment API/A…” to input your comments.

• Input of your comments on the current API/A by clicking “Add” column check box. Click “Save” to save your comments. Click “Check Comments Completed” button when you’re done with your inputs to automatically check as completed your comments of the current API/A. Click “Select a new API/A…” to go back to the first screen and select a new API/A to comment. Click “Create report” button to generate printable report document(s) of your comments.

• Import comments on API/A(s) from external database(s) to the local database in order to create a exclusive file to be sent to the BR. select option “Merge in-house multi-user comments” then you will see the following screen.

Input the appropriate BR IFIC number Select in column ‘Import’ the external comments you want to import. Click Import button to import the external comments to the local comment file.

• To Merge All operators comment:

Define to the merge program if you want to update your local database or replace it by the merge of all the Operator files. Select the folder containing all Operator comment file(s) then click on ‘Merge files...’

button.

• The warning may appear if, by default the merge will always keep the first remark encountered.

• Validate and send comments to the BR.

• Finally, Operator send comments to the Administration

Reference:

• ITU Edition 2001. Radio Regulation. Retrieved from http://www.gira.pt/Docs/RR%20Vol1-e.pdf

• SAS, (2012-09-27). SpaceCom software package. Retrieved from

http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-R/software/Documents/spacecom/UserManualsv7.zip