HFCC A26 Data now available

HFCC A26 schedules are now available at :

https://new.hfcc.org/data/a26/index.phtml

Direct link to download :
 
https://new.hfcc.org/data/a26/a26allx2.zip

HFCC A23

HFCC A23 schedules are now available at : http://hfcc.org/data/a23/index.phtml

Zipped package containing HFCC A23 schedule in standard ITU format and reference tables can be downloaded from below link :

http://hfcc.org/data/a23/a23allx2.zip

(Alokesh Gupta)

HFCC A21

HFCC A21 Frequency schedule is now available at :

http://hfcc.org/data/a21/

Direct download : http://hfcc.org/data/a21/a21allx2.zip

(Thanks Jose Jacob)

HFCC B20

HFCC B20 Frequency schedule is avalable at :

http://www.hfcc.org/data/b20/index.phtml

Direct download : http://www.hfcc.org/data/b20/b20allx2.zip

(Alokesh Gupta)

HFCC Announces the Passing of its Founder Oldrich Cip

Oldrich Cip, founder and Vice Chairman of the High Frequency Coordination Conference, known as the HFCC, passed away on 27 July following a sudden illness.

Oldrich was involved in radio since he was a child -- first as an amateur radio hobbyist and later as a staff member of Czechoslovak and then Czech Radio in the international broadcasting departments. A college graduate in the field of Humanities, he spent most of his working life as a frequency manager and schedule planner. For a number of years he hosted a DX program on Radio Prague under the pen name Peter Skala.

After the end of the Cold War, he believed that broadcasters from both sides of the conflict should come together and develop a new system of planning and coordination for shortwave broadcasting. This led to the establishment of the HFCC in 1991. Oldrich was Chairman of the HFCC until 2015. Since then, he was a Vice Chairman of the group.

Oldrich lived in Prague, although he frequently spent time in his country house, where he enjoyed woodworking, guitar and country music, vintage graphics, photography and time with his family. His son Vladislav said he spent his last day there: "He enjoyed a quiet evening in the country house, with our families, all four grandchildren around, no symptoms of anything bad coming. All of a sudden, he suffered probably a heart attack or stroke. An ambulance arrived immediately but he died a few hours later."

Oldrich was married with two adult sons, Oldrich Jr. and Vladislav. Vladislav is the HFCC Secretary who manages the day-to-day operations of the organization.

From 1953 until 1997 Oldrich was an employee of Czechoslovak and later Czech Radio in Prague. He worked as a technical consultant for Czech Radio from 1998 to 2010. He specialized in planning schedules and frequencies, international coordination and distribution of shortwave radio programs for foreign countries.

Beginning in 1959 and for more than 25 years, Oldrich produced a weekly English-language program "Radio Prague Calling All Radio Hobbyists," using the nom de plume Peter Skala. In the program, he answered questions from shortwave listeners in many countries and covered a variety of scientific and other topics from the radio industry.

During the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Oldrich used his technical expertise to aid the "free Czechoslovak Radio," putting himself in danger in an effort to provide factual news and information about the events taking place. Thanks to the large number of smaller facilities of Czechoslovak Radio scattered all over Prague and complicated infrastructure that connected them, they were able to continue broadcasting for quite some time.

In the period of reforms around the year 1968, he established secret contacts with his colleagues from Western radio stations. He re-established the contacts after the fall of communism and started an initiative to eliminate interference on shortwave. He became the Chairman of the HFCC, which has continued to meet twice each year in different parts of the world for shortwave stations to coordinate their frequency schedules for the coming broadcast season, thus eliminating interference before each season begins. The principles of international coordination were incorporated into the ITU's International Radio Regulations during the 1997 World Radio Conference.

Oldrich was also an adviser to the Government of the Czechoslovak Republic in the preparation of the first Radio and Television Broadcasting Act after 1990, as well as a member of several EBU and ITU radiocommunication working groups. At the HFCC, he spearheaded the International Radio for Disaster Relief project whereby shortwave stations have allocated specific frequencies in each band for the transmission of emergency information in the event of natural disasters around the world.

Jeff White, Oldrich's successor as HFCC Chairman, said: "The shortwave broadcasting and listening communities have lost one of our most important proponents. The contributions of Oldrich over the years are simply unequalled. He was a humble man, but people in this industry realized the importance of his work. And he has left us a lasting legacy -- an organization which has largely eliminated interference on the shortwave bands, and it has enabled stations to use less power to reach their target areas with a good signal. For that, he will always be remembered."

For more information, contact Jeff White, HFCC Chairman, at jeff@wrmi.net

(Press Release)

14th Global Shortwave Co-ordination Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

The High Frequency Coordination Conference (HFCC), the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) and the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) jointly held the 14th Global Shortwave Co-ordination Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 22-26 January 2018.

More at :

http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-14th_Global_Shortwave_Co-ordination_Conference_in_Kuala_Lumpur_Malaysia_.aspx

HFCC B17

HFCC B17 Frequency Schedule

HFCC B17 data file is now available for download :

http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/

Direct link :

http://www.hfcc.org/data/b17/b17allx2.zip

(Alokesh Gupta)

Humanitarian Aspects of HFCC Activities

In contrast the huge technical potential of international shortwave broadcasting that operates transmitter facilities tens, or hundred times, more powerful than those of amateur radio, remains almost unused in emergencies. At the moment when local and even regional communication and information networks are needed most, they are destroyed or overloaded and the population suffers from an information blackout. Shortwave radio is capable of remaining the only source of information.

Although the life-saving role of radio broadcasting is widely recognised by the public, and confirmed by surveys conducted after the recent disasters - and even acknowledged by world leaders - no concrete projects have been ever designed and no regulatory framework has been developed.

That is why the HFCC - International Broadcasting Delivery in co-operation with the Arab States and Asia-Pacific broadcasting unions are working on an International Radio for Disaster Relief (IRDR) project that is based on the system of online co-ordination of frequencies managed by the HFCC in accordance with International Radio Regulations.

Read the full article at :

http://www.hfcc.org/humanitarian/

HFCC B15 SCHEDULE

HFCC B-15 schedules are now available at : http://www.hfcc.org/data/b15/

Vatican Radio Transmission for HFCC

Vatican Radio DRM broadcast to Australia on occasion of the HFCC-ASBU B15 Coordination Conference (24-28 August 2015):

TX site:Santa Maria di Galeria (SMG) 42 03 N, 012 19 E

Frequency 11890 kHz

Time 22:30-23:00 UTC

Power 250 kW (average)

Robustness mode: C

Interleaver Long

MSC Mode 16 QAM

SDC Mode 16 QAM

Protection Level 0,50

Bitrate 9100

Audio Coding AAC

Audio Mono

SBR Disabled

Sampling Rate 12 kHz

Thanks to Alan for the tip!

(Via drmna list)

Extra RNZI DRM for HFCC

RNZI extra DRM transmissions for HFCC meeting in Brisbane:

17675 kHz 2151-2355 UTC Aug 24-28

(Chris Mackerell via drmna list)

RNZI complete schedule at : http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/listen

DRM at HFCC Global Shortwave Conference

Earlier this month, representatives from leading international broadcasters attended the 11th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference in Muscat, Oman. The conference brought together the world's primary shortwave coordination groups – the HFCC (High Frequency Coordination Committee) ABU (Asian Broadcasting Union) and ASBU (Arab States Broadcasting Union).

Read the full stort at :   http://www.drm.org/?p=3747

International SW Disaster Test

April 2, 2014 - Members of the shortwave listening community can pencil in their logbooks an extremely exciting upcoming date. On June 4-5, 2014, listeners can attempt to log an international test being organized by the High Frequency Coordination Commission of the International Radio for Disaster Relief project.

During these dates, the IRDR will be tested on the shortwave bands at the Media Summit on Climate Change, Information and Communication Technologies, and Disaster Risk Reduction in Jakarta, Indonesia. The IRDR will simulate a major disaster occurring in Southeast Asia, and multiple international broadcasters will be cooperating to support coordinated humanitarian coverage for the impacted region.

Mr. Oldrich Cip of the HFCC graciously confirmed to ReliefAnalysis.com that the roster of broadcaster participants is being organized, and there could well be QSL opportunities for this historic occasion via those outlets.

Click here for a new Fact Sheet about the relevancy of shortwave broadcasting and the IRDR from the HFCC.

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_RAD_2014-002-BBG_Request_for_Comment.pdf

Click here my thoughts on how shortwave radio can cross the digital divide, literacy divide, and disaster divide. This piece recently ran on the web site of InterAction--a coalition of 300 international NGOs. 

http://www.interaction.org/blog/world-radio-day-why-humanitarian-community-should-shape-future-shortwave

I'm going to be closely following this event as it gets closer. I'm very excited about what this test could mean for the evolution of humanitarian applications in the world of shortwave broadcasting. 

If you'd like to receive additional updates, feel free to sign up for the Relief Analysis Radio newsletter in the box on the right--I'd be delighted to connect with you.

Mehmet Burk

ReliefAnalysis.com

Source :

http://reliefanalysisradio.tumblr.com/post/81549595859/save-the-date-international-sw-disaster-test

HFCC's reply to BBG on shortwave usage

On 28th Feb, 2014 BBG's special committee on the future of shortwave broadcasting had invited comments....

http://www.bbg.gov/blog/2014/02/28/shortwave-committee-request-for-comment/


Here's HFCC's reply to BBG on shortwave usage ...

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_RAD_2014-002-BBG_Request_for_Comment.pdf

10th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference

10th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference

20-24 January 2014, Kuala Lumpur

 

The 10th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 20 to 24 January 2014. Participants of the three coordination groups, representing around 90% of the shortwave in the world, will take part in this conference to coordinate shortwave frequency schedules for the A-14 (summer) season.

 

More at : http://www.abu.org.my/Event-_-GlobalHFCC2014.aspx

Revival of shortwave.....Ampegon thinks so

From the Ampegon presentation at HFCC B13 :

Revival of Shortwave ? / Overview on recent projects

• 3 x 250 kW SW near Abuja, Nigeria, including one rotatable antenna 4/4/1.0,commissioned 2012

• One 100 kW SW Tx near Tashkent, Uzbekistan, commissioned 2012.

• One 250 kW SW near Dhaka, Bangladesh, including one rotatable antenna 2/2/0.5, commissioned 2012

• 4 x 250 kW SW Tx for Hike / KDDI Japan, the first one commissioned mid 2013.

• 10 x 300 kW SW Tx and 12 rigid dipole Antennas are in production for Taiwan, two units commissioned in May 2013.

• 2 x 100 kW SW Tx are contracted for AIR in India, production started

• Large tender requests ongoing: AIR India, Saudi Arabia (Ryiadh), TDA Algeria

 

HFCC B13 Presentations

Thales

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2013-004-B13_Bratislava-Thales%20Presentation.pdf

Transradio

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2013-006-B13_Bratislava-TSB_Presentation.pdf

Ampegon

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2013-005-B13_Bratislava-Ampegon_Presentation.pdf

Towercom

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2013-007-B13_Bratislava-Towercom_Presentation_on_Short_wave_broadcasting_in_Slovakia.pdf

 

HFCC B12 Photo's & Presentations

HFCC B12 Paris Photo's

http://tinyurl.com/8jzw27f

HFCC B12 Presentations

http://www.hfcc.org/B12.phtml


Two interesting ppt's :

DRM Presentation at HFCC B12, Paris
http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2012-011a-B12_Paris_DRM_Presentation.ppt
Presentation by Thomson about SW/MW DRM txers installed around the world :

http://www.hfcc.org/doc/HFCC_REP_2012-009a-B12_Paris_Thomson%20Presentation_28082012.pdf

HFCC A12 - Opening remarks by Oldrich Cip, chairman HFCC

HFCC A12 - Opening remarks by Oldrich Cip, chairman HFCC
http://hfcc.org/A12/HFCC_REP_2012-005-Opening_Remarks_to_A12_Conference_in_KL_by_Oldrich_Cip_Chairman_HFCC.pdf

Few more HFCC A12 public files are available at :
http://hfcc.org/A12.phtml

Review of the A12 HFCC Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

By Dr. Jerry Plummer, WWCR; and George Ross, KTWR

Read the reveiw of HFCC A12 here : http://tinyurl.com/87mjbb6
Courtesy : National Association of Shortwave Broadcasters

Global Shortwave Conference extends its scope

The 8th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference decided to extend the shortwave coordination process to incorporate other international delivery platforms like the internet and other new media delivery methods.

Full story at :
http://www.abu.org.my/Latest_News-@-Global_Shortwave_Conference_extends_its_scope_.aspx