{"id":57166,"date":"2023-07-05T06:15:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T10:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=57166"},"modified":"2023-07-05T06:15:54","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T10:15:54","slug":"shortwave-modernization-coalition-public-comment-period-on-new-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/shortwave-modernization-coalition-public-comment-period-on-new-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Modernization Coalition: Public comment period on new proposal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VOA-Site-B-76-of-170.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37325\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VOA-Site-B-76-of-170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VOA-Site-B-76-of-170.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VOA-Site-B-76-of-170-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VOA-Site-B-76-of-170-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/VOA-Site-B-76-of-170-624x414.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Benn Kobb, who shares the following announcement:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The FCC has opened for public comment the Petition for Rulemaking of the<br \/>\nShortwave Modernization Coalition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The proposal would bring new private, non-broadcast digital stations to<br \/>\nthe high-frequency spectrum.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">As covered in Experimental Radio News, the Coalition members have<br \/>\nperformed HF experiments over the last several years. Favorable FCC<br \/>\naction on the proposal would open the field to regular commercial<br \/>\noperations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The FCC has assigned the petition number RM-11953. Comments are due in<br \/>\n30 days.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">FCC Public Notice:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-394830A1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/docs.fcc.gov\/public\/attachments\/DOC-394830A1.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Petition:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/document\/1042840187330\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/document\/1042840187330\/1<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Benn Kobb<\/p>\n<p>Experimental Radio News<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experimentalradio.news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.experimentalradio.news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Benn Kobb, who shares the following announcement: The FCC has opened for public comment the Petition for Rulemaking of the Shortwave Modernization Coalition. The proposal would bring new private, non-broadcast digital stations to the high-frequency spectrum. As covered in Experimental Radio News, the Coalition members have performed HF experiments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[960,3,43],"tags":[2675,8394,10250,4082,7024],"class_list":["post-57166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-benn-kobb","tag-experimental-radio-news","tag-shortwave-modernization-coalition","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-shortwave-trading"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-eS2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56664,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/shortwave-modernization-petition\/","url_meta":{"origin":57166,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Modernization Petition","author":"Thomas","date":"May 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Benn Kobb (AK4AV), who writes: Thomas, The FCC has placed the Shortwave Modernization petition online for public download: https:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/ecfs\/search\/search-filings\/filing\/1042840187330 The petition was filed by a coalition of financial services companies affiliated with HF stations operating in the Experimental Radio Service (FCC Part 5). 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