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What with this and IBOC whats the use"

Broadcasters may lose battle to expand 4-10 MHz allocation
October 13th, 2007 - 10:51 UTC by Andy

On 22 October, 190 nations will gather in Geneva for the quadrennial
World Radiocommunication Conference, which allocates global radio
frequency spectrum. Richard Russell, the US ambassador to the
conference, describes it as the Spectrum Olympics.

It's already looking as if shortwave broadcasters will lose the battle
with military users over spectrum used for high-frequency
communications in the 4 to 10 MHz bands, Russell said. The
broadcasters want to use this band to replace their analogue
broadcasts DRM services. But the US Navy wants to use the HF bands -
underutilized since the demise of Morse code - to support the
broadcast of data over new IP-based services at far less cost than
sending data by satellite.

Russell said that except for the European Union, countries are heading
into the WRC aligned with the US position to not allow an expansion of
shortwave brWhat with this and IBOC Whats the Pointoadcasting in the
HF band.

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This could introduce a golden age of utility listening.

What? It is likely that it will be all encrypted.

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