[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 77 (Tuesday, April 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 19649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10400]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


RTCA, Inc. Special Committee 172; Future Air-Ground 
Communications in the VHF Aeronautical Data Band (118-137 MHz)

    Pursuant to section 10(a) (2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(P.L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 2), notice is hereby given for Special 
Committee 172 meeting to be held May 14-16, 1997, starting at 9:00 a.m. 
The meeting will be held at RTCA, 1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 
1020, Washington, DC, 20036.
    The agenda will be as follows: Wednesday, May 14: (1) Plenary 
Convenes at 9:00 a.m. for 30 minutes: (2) Introductory Remarks; (3) 
Review and Approval of the Agenda; (4) Working Group (WG-2, VHF Data 
Radio Signal-in-Space MASPS, Continue Refinement of Upper Layers and 
Review Change 1 of the MASPS. Thursday, May 15: (a.m.) (5) WG-2 
Continues; (p.m.) (6) WG-3, Review of Activities in VHF Digital Radio 
MOPS Document Program. Friday, May 16: (7) Plenary Reconvenes at 9:00 
a.m.: (8) Review and Approval of the Minutes of the Previous Meeting; 
(9) Presentation of ``Speak Easy''; (10) EUROCAE WG-47 Report; (11) 
Reports from WG's 2 & 3 Activities; (12) Reports on CSMA Validation and 
FAA Vocoder Activity; (13) Review Issues List and Address Future Work; 
(14) Other Business; (15) Dates and Places of Next Meetings.
    Attendance is open to the interested public but limited to space 
availability. With the approval of the chairman, members of the public 
may present oral statements at the meeting. Persons wishing to present 
statements or obtain information should contact the RTCA Secretariat, 
1140 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 1020, Washington, DC 20036; (202) 
833-9339 (phone); (202) 833-9434 (fax); or http://www.rtca.org (web 
site). Members of the public may present a written statement to the 
committee at any time.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 14, 1997.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 97-10400 Filed 4-21-97; 8:45 am]
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