{"id":31284,"date":"2018-03-21T07:28:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=31284"},"modified":"2018-03-21T07:28:58","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:28:58","slug":"ampegon-group-encourages-use-of-shortwave-for-secure-data-transmission-and-high-speed-communications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/ampegon-group-encourages-use-of-shortwave-for-secure-data-transmission-and-high-speed-communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Ampegon Group encourages use of shortwave for &#8220;secure data transmission and high-speed communications&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_31285\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ampegon-Shortwave-Antenna-Tower.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31285\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31285\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ampegon-Shortwave-Antenna-Tower.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ampegon-Shortwave-Antenna-Tower.jpeg 570w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Ampegon-Shortwave-Antenna-Tower-251x300.jpeg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Source: Ampegon)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/tech-and-gear\/shortwave-supports-secure-digital-communications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radio World<\/a> via Mike Hansgen)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The author [Dr. Simon Keens] is head of sales and marketing for the Ampegon Group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TURGI, SWITZERLAND<\/strong> \u2014 There are many innovative ways the industry can use shortwave broadcasting to provide secure data transmission and high-speed communications.<\/p>\n<p>The modern world increasingly requires available real-time secure communications between centralized locations and often to many receivers in unknown locations thousands of kilometers away.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]Information transfer via the internet or via fiber optic cable was once the reference. However, the use of such technology means that the information is only delivered to fixed points. In addition, the use of third-party infrastructures provides a security risk and increases transport cost.<\/p>\n<p>Today, near-instant communication to unknown, remote receivers using shortwave is being developed as a new secure means of communications without the need for external providers, delivering signals directly to multiple, or even mobile, destinations regardless of fixed infrastructure. Messages may be dispatched much faster, thus for situations where time is critical, each additional second could be profitable and even save lives.[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/tech-and-gear\/shortwave-supports-secure-digital-communications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the full article at Radio World.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: Radio World via Mike Hansgen) The author [Dr. Simon Keens] is head of sales and marketing for the Ampegon Group. TURGI, SWITZERLAND \u2014 There are many innovative ways the industry can use shortwave broadcasting to provide secure data transmission and high-speed communications. The modern world increasingly requires available real-time secure communications between centralized locations [&hellip;]<\/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":[2054,34,2719,1491],"class_list":["post-31284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ampegon","tag-shortwave","tag-shortwave-digital-broadcasts","tag-shortwave-digital-messages"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-88A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10802,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/radio-riyadh-to-receive-upgrades\/","url_meta":{"origin":31284,"position":0},"title":"Radio Riyadh to receive upgrades","author":"Thomas","date":"September 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source:\u00a0Ampegon press release via Andrea Borgnino) Turgi, Switzerland, September 12, 2014.\u00a0Saudi Broadcast Corporation (SBC), Saudi\u2019s National Broadcaster, has contracted Ampegon through undisputed Saudi market leader First Gulf Company (FGC) for the renewal of their radio transmission site in Riyadh. 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