{"id":31130,"date":"2018-03-09T11:13:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31130"},"modified":"2018-03-09T11:16:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T15:16:20","slug":"skycast-services-experimental-hf-license-renewed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/skycast-services-experimental-hf-license-renewed\/","title":{"rendered":"Skycast Services experimental HF license renewed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spectrum-Waterfall-SDR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-22683\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spectrum-Waterfall-SDR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spectrum-Waterfall-SDR.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spectrum-Waterfall-SDR-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Spectrum-Waterfall-SDR-624x239.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to<em> SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/experimradio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@experimradio<\/a>, who notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Experimental Radio Service license renewed 1 March 2018 for this HF station.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck extracting useful intelligence from this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=170747&amp;x=.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=170747&amp;x=.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copy of license:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=205708&amp;x=.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=205708&amp;x=.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thank you for the tip! You&#8217;re right&#8211;vast portions of this documentation have been marked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, @experimradio, who notes: Experimental Radio Service license renewed 1 March 2018 for this HF station. Good luck extracting useful intelligence from this: https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=170747&amp;x=. Copy of license: https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=205708&amp;x=. Thank you for the tip! You&#8217;re right&#8211;vast portions of this documentation have been marked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43],"tags":[6818,5340,1241,5339],"class_list":["post-31130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-experimradio","tag-experimental-radio-service","tag-fcc","tag-skycast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-866","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20469,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/new-experimental-radio-service-skycast-wi2xer\/","url_meta":{"origin":31130,"position":0},"title":"New Experimental Radio Station: Skycast (WI2XER)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Benn, who writes: [Skycast (WI2XER)] is a station in the Experimental Radio Service, licensed under Part 5 of the FCC Rules. Benn provided the following details: Licensed 3 March 2016: SKYCAST SERVICES LLC WI2XER 0809-EX-PL-2015 New experimental to operate in HF bands from 13.87\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Skycast","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Skycast.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Skycast.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Skycast.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30739,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/fcc-authorizes-wireless-power-transmission-experimental-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":31130,"position":1},"title":"FCC authorizes wireless power transmission experimental station","author":"Thomas","date":"February 5, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to an SWLing Post contributor @experimradio\u00a0who shares the following information from the FCC website: Experiment authorized by FCC: WJ2XGB, 1800 kHz https:\/\/apps.fcc.gov\/els\/GetAtt.html?id=202374&x=.\u00a0[PDF] Our Texzon Wireless Power\u2122 system allows the Earth itself to be used for clean, safe and efficient transfer of power between any two points on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/texzon-logo.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/texzon-logo.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/texzon-logo.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50856,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/11\/guest-post-peter-discovers-the-first-fm-capable-cb-radio-for-the-us-market\/","url_meta":{"origin":31130,"position":2},"title":"Guest Post: Peter discovers the first FM-capable CB radio for the US market","author":"Thomas","date":"November 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Peter Laws, who shares the following guest post: Thomas is Famous! by Peter Laws A few weeks ago, a summary of the recent change to Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 95, Subpart D -- better known as the rules for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;CB&quot;","block_context":{"text":"CB","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/cb\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/President-THomas-ASC-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/President-THomas-ASC-1-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/President-THomas-ASC-1-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17581,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/fcc-commissioner-outlines-2016-anti-pirate-agenda\/","url_meta":{"origin":31130,"position":3},"title":"FCC Commissioner outlines 2016 anti-pirate agenda","author":"Thomas","date":"March 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to an anonymous SWLing Post contributor who writes: The FCC released this material [yesterday]. It consists mainly of letters to various organizations to ask their members to avoid cooperating with unlicensed radio stations. The concern is that real estate owners may be harboring unauthorized stations, and that businesses\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;FM&quot;","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"fcc-logo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fcc-logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fcc-logo.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/fcc-logo.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65112,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-on-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":31130,"position":4},"title":"FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations to Identify On-Air","author":"Thomas","date":"January 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The FCC recently reminded holders of experimental high-frequency (HF) licenses that they must comply with the agency\u2019s station identification rules, ending a period in which some experimental HF operations had been transmitting without identification under waivers. 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