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"Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... Thierry wrote: Up to now the U. S. Federal Communications Commission oversees the ... The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) is another U.S. government-operated broadcast service that doesn't have callsigns. Of course most AFRTS stations are located outside U.S. territory, but the few that are U.S. based (especially in Puerto Rico and Alaska) do not have calls. Hi, Thanks for the info. In the Armed Forces.. do you include also military stations ? For example who assigned calls to the Army operators working in the field ? Was it the Management Division of the International Broadcasting Bureau instead of FCC ? Thierry, ON4SKY (the most prominent exception: the USA National Weather Service operates a nationwide chain of weather broadcasting stations between 162.4 and 162.55MHz. All of them have callsigns, even though almost all of them belong to the Weather Service, a federal agency.) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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Thierry wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the info. In the Armed Forces.. do you include also military stations ? For example who assigned calls to the Army operators working in the field ? Was it the Management Division of the International Broadcasting Bureau instead of FCC ? I meant only broadcasting stations. (the AFRTS stations that operate to provide music and information in English for U.S. military personnel in non-English-speaking countries, or in isolated areas with no civilian radio/TV stations. Can you receive the station on 873KHz in Germany?) There are also two low-power stations within the U.S. itself, operated for the information and entertainment of students at the military officer-training academies. Stations used for military two-way communications are assigned callsigns by the military. I would suspect those callsigns are often assigned by officers in the field, for tactical reasons. Assignment of radio *frequencies* to government stations is by the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/iracdefn.html When assigning frequencies that are shared with (or primarily used by) civilians, like broadcasting channels, they cooperate with the FCC. I *believe* the International Broadcasting Bureau is only responsible for selection of frequencies for the Voice of America and its related services. (Radio Marti, Radio Sawa, etc..) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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"Thierry" To answer me in private use
http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/post.htm wrote in : "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... Thierry wrote: Up to now the U. S. Federal Communications Commission oversees the ... The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) is another U.S. government-operated broadcast service that doesn't have callsigns. Of course most AFRTS stations are located outside U.S. territory, but the few that are U.S. based (especially in Puerto Rico and Alaska) do not have calls. You actually find that, while not having 'callsigns' they actually do, in an official manner, identify themselves at least once a hour - usually on the top of the hour with a standard identification. -- #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied |
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Thierry wrote:
Hi, Thanks for the info. In the Armed Forces.. do you include also military stations ? For example who assigned calls to the Army operators working in the field ? Was it the Management Division of the International Broadcasting Bureau instead of FCC ? I meant only broadcasting stations. (the AFRTS stations that operate to provide music and information in English for U.S. military personnel in non-English-speaking countries, or in isolated areas with no civilian radio/TV stations. Can you receive the station on 873KHz in Germany?) There are also two low-power stations within the U.S. itself, operated for the information and entertainment of students at the military officer-training academies. Stations used for military two-way communications are assigned callsigns by the military. I would suspect those callsigns are often assigned by officers in the field, for tactical reasons. Assignment of radio *frequencies* to government stations is by the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/iracdefn.html When assigning frequencies that are shared with (or primarily used by) civilians, like broadcasting channels, they cooperate with the FCC. I *believe* the International Broadcasting Bureau is only responsible for selection of frequencies for the Voice of America and its related services. (Radio Marti, Radio Sawa, etc..) -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66 http://www.w9wi.com |
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"Thierry" To answer me in private use
http://www.astrosurf.com/lombry/post.htm wrote in : "Doug Smith W9WI" wrote in message ... Thierry wrote: Up to now the U. S. Federal Communications Commission oversees the ... The Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS) is another U.S. government-operated broadcast service that doesn't have callsigns. Of course most AFRTS stations are located outside U.S. territory, but the few that are U.S. based (especially in Puerto Rico and Alaska) do not have calls. You actually find that, while not having 'callsigns' they actually do, in an official manner, identify themselves at least once a hour - usually on the top of the hour with a standard identification. -- #!/bin/sh {who;} {last;} {pause;} {grep;} {touch;} {unzip;} mount /dev/girl -t {wet;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} {fsck;} echo yes yes yes {yes;} umount {/dev/girl;zip;} rm -rf {wet.spot;} {sleep;} finger: permission denied |
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