{"id":65112,"date":"2026-01-07T09:11:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=65112"},"modified":"2026-01-07T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T13:11:27","slug":"fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-on-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-on-air\/","title":{"rendered":"FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations to Identify On-Air"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The FCC recently reminded holders of experimental high-frequency (HF) licenses that they must comply with the agency\u2019s station identification rules<\/span>, ending a period in which some experimental HF operations had been transmitting without identification under waivers. The ruling clarifies that experimental HF stations in the 2\u201325 MHz band must transmit their assigned callsign at least once every 30 minutes in plain voice or Morse code–with digital modulation disabled during the ID–to help manage interference with incumbent spectrum users, including amateur bands.<\/p>\n

Note that Bennett Kobb first reported this on Experimental Radio News<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Read the Radio World article by clicking here.<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. The ruling clarifies that experimental HF stations in the 2\u201325 MHz band must transmit their assigned callsign at least […]<\/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":[3],"tags":[2675,8394],"class_list":["post-65112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-benn-kobb","tag-experimental-radio-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gWc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56664,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/05\/shortwave-modernization-petition\/","url_meta":{"origin":65112,"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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