From Radio World: In a rare move, the FCC has approved two new construction permits and granted a full license for international shortwave broadcasting—prompting questions about their true purpose. All three applicants—DPA Mac, Parable Broadcasting, and Turms Tech—claim intentions to use the DRM standard, yet past filings and meeting summaries suggest possible ties to high-frequency financial data transmissions, a purpose not authorized under current broadcast rules. Who are these new players, and what exactly do they plan to transmit?
Nick Langan unpacks the story in Radio World. Click here to read the full article.
uhm THIS SAME “DPA Mac” I suppose
https://swling.com/blog/2022/11/high-frequency-trading-service-fcc-posts-two-lobbying-documents-by-dpa-mac/
am I correct ?
there are more than enough unused SW frequencies to accomodate new stations
Doesn’t sound like much to get excited about.
Probably broadcasting blockchain data.. There is a satellite one, but the latency is too much.
the ” Save it for parts” you tube channel had a play with the satellite data, but there are a few HF stations doing the same (apparently).