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The Committee on Radio Frequency Requirements for Scientific Research 1961-1974
The Committee on Radio Frequency Requirements for Scientific Research (CORF) was established in spring 1961 as the US counterpart to the Inter-Union Committee on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy and Space Science (IUCAF). CORF, the original name of which was the Committee on Radio Frequency Allocations for Scientific Research (changed 17 October 1962), was charged with two main responsibilities: 1) To consider and determine the needs of US science for radio frequency allocations and assignments and to work actively with the US government in securing them; and 2) To work with IUCAF. A permanent Subcommittee on Radio Astronomy was established under CORF in November 1961.
The way had been prepared for an NAS-NRC committee concerned with frequency allocation as early as 1959. In that year, the US President’s Science Advisory Committee asked the Academy to convene a meeting of US radio astronomers in order to ascertain and concert their views regarding the need for establishing protected frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum. Accordingly, the first of a series of meetings was held at the Academy in October 1959; these meetings were considered successful in beginning a dialogue between the radio astronomers and the US government.
Membership in CORF included representatives of the US National Committees for the International Astronomical Union and the International Scientific Radio Union, as well as the NAS Space Science Board, under whose administrative responsibilities CORF originally was placed (CORF became an independent committee under the NRC Division of Physical Sciences in November 1962), and federal government agencies concerned with radio frequency allocation and assignment.
During its early years, CORF was active in a number of areas, including consulting on questions referred to it by the US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee) Study Group IV (Space Systems), working with the NAS Committee on Oceanography regarding frequency allocation needs for the telemetry of oceanographic data, and advising the FCC on reserving UHF channel 37 for radio astronomy.
The CORF records contained in this collection represent the committee’s earliest years; it is still active as the Committee on Radio Frequencies.
Provenance: The records of the Committee on Radio Frequency Requirements for Scientific Research were found among an unorganized set of records of the NRC Division of Physical Sciences.
Location: Mezzanine Annex Shelf B Unit 1 Row 4
Volume: 1.8 linear feet
Span dates: 1959-1974
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COMMITTEE ON RADIO FREQUENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CORF) FILES LIST
Series 1: Pre-CORF Activities of NAS-NRC
Series 2: Committee on Radio Frequency Allocations/Requirements for Scientific Research
Series 3: Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)
Series 4: International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Series 5: US Committee for International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR)
Series 1: Pre-CORF Activities of NAS-NRC
NAS Activities Regarding Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy: 1959-1960
NAS Conference on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy: 1959
NAS Meeting on Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy: 1960
NAS Working Group for Radio Astronomy: Report: Frequency Allocations for Radio Astronomy Service: Statement of Position: 1961
Space Science Board (SSB): Concern re Frequency Allocation for Space Research: 1959-1961
Space Science Board (SSB): Concern re Frequency Allocation for Space Research: 1959
Series 2: Committee on Radio Frequency Allocations/Requirements for Scientific Research (CORF)
Activities Reports: 1964-1968
Correspondence with Radio Astronomy Observatories: 1962-1965
Meetings: 9th-15th: 1969-1974
Meetings: 1st-8th: 1961-1965
Membership: 1961-1974
Newsletter: The Spectrum Window: 1971-1972
Newsletter: The Spectrum Window: 1964-1968
Newsletter: The Spectrum Window: 1962-1963
Problems: Radio Frequency Requirements for Oceanography: 1963-1966
Problems: Radio Frequency Requirements for Oceanography: 1962
Problems: Radio Frequency Requirements for Oceanography: 1961
Problems: Radio Interference with Radio Astronomy Observatories: 1962-1969
Response to ITU Recommendation 32 [Location of Radio Astronomy Observatories]: 1961
Restructuring: 1969
Review of Structure & Functions: 1969
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: 1970-1971
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: 1965-1967
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: 1961-1964
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Assistance to US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee) Study Group IV re Question 218: 1961-1962
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Assistance to US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee) Study Group IV: 1965-1966
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Assistance to US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee) Study Group IV: 1963-1964
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Chairman: 1966
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Meetings: 6-12: 1968-1973
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Meetings: 1-5: 1962-1967
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Membership: 1962-1967
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Positions: Protection of OH Band: 1964
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Positions: Reservation of UHF Channel 37 for Radio Astronomy: 1962-1963
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: Revision of Table I CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee) Report 224: 1964
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: General: 1969-1970
Subcommittees: Radio Astronomy: General: 1966-1967
Subcommittees: General: 1969-1971
General: 1970-1974
General: 1969
General: 1967-1968
General: 1966
General: 1964-1965
General: 1963
General: 1962
General: 1961
Series 3: Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE)
Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE): Joint Technical Advisory Committee for Communications (JTAC): Subcommittee 60.2 (Frequency Allocations for Space Communications): 1961-1963
Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE): Joint Technical Advisory Committee for Communications (JTAC): Subcommittee 60.2 (Frequency Allocations for Space Communications): 1960
Series 4: International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
International Telecommunications Union (ITU): Administrative Radio Conference: 1959
International Telecommunications Union (ITU): CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Xth Plenary Assembly: Report of US Delegation: 1963
International Telecommunications Union (ITU): CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Xth Plenary Assembly: Reports Concerning Radio Astronomy: 1963
International Telecommunications Union (ITU): Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference (EARC): Oct 1963
International Telecommunications Union (ITU): Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference: (EARC): US Proposals: 1963
Series 5: US Committee for International Radio Consultative Committee (CCIR)
US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Study Group IV: 1962-1963
US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Study Group IV: 1959-1961
US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Study Group IV: Draft Reports & Recommendations: 1961-1962
US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Study Group IV: Meetings: 1961-1962
US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Study Group IV: Membership: 1962
US Committee for CCIR (International Radio Consultative Committee): Study Group IV: Subgroup D: Documents re Question 218: 1962-1963
