No surprise whatsoever. In fact, HF is being sought after by high frequency traders. However the FCC has largely roadblocked them. There is a station up at the alpine tower in NJ (WIPE shortwave) that was supposedly all ready to go. Ben Kobb over at the SWLing post has some articles: https://swling.com/blog/tag/wipe/ Well worth a read. It is inevitable that if the FCC acts and greenlights low latency trading that these will probably be our new neighbors are on HF. 73 Ria N2RJ ________________________________ From: arrl-odv <arrl-odv-bounces@reflector.arrl.org> on behalf of Bob Famiglio, K3RF via arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2022 5:44:21 PM To: arrl-odv <arrl-odv@reflector.arrl.org> Subject: [arrl-odv:33335] Commercial expansion into HF Wideband - New webinar: HF in a nutshell January 31, 2022 A communications technology client in the state of Delaware just invited me to use their invitation, as their guest, to this ROHDE & SCHWARZ Webinar. I am going to attend. What caught my attention is the HF Wideband reference. Here is an excerpt from the brochure and invitation. Perhaps some on this board already deals with this or is otherwise familiar. Not sure what this portends for amateur radio’s contributions to EmComm HF activities or even future spectrum threats: “We hereby invite you to our introductory webinar, “HF in a nutshell,” which covers currently available beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications and focuses on high frequency (HF) communications. HF communications technology is reliable, proven and has been in service for decades. This webinar is the first in a series covering HF topics and will illustrate that HF communications is in no way your grandparents’ technology, but rather THE communications solution for the future. You will receive an overview of currently available BLOS communications solutions and the latest developments in this field, i.e. HF versus satellite communications (SATCOM) Rohde & Schwarz experts will highlight all the relevant benefits of HF, including robustness, capabilities and costs (CAPEX, OPEX). The webinar will be rounded off with an overview of HF wideband – a current development – and its pros and cons. “ Bob Famiglio, K3RF Vice Director - ARRL Atlantic Division 610-359-7300 [cid:image001.png@01D81213.2F2DA9F0] Serving NNY, WNY, WPA, EPA, SNJ, DE and MD/DC sections www.QRZ.com/db/K3RF
