The FCC has licensed some more experimental operations on the MW broadcast band. Digging deep into FCC info, I find Psyop mentioned in connexion with this, altho the licensee is the Multi-Spectral Laboratory in Ponca City of Oklahoma State University whose main field seems to be sensing. This is part of a 27 megadollar Navy contract, on behalf of the US Special Operations Command, Charleston SC. The authorization expires July 1, 2009.
The consultant making the filings is Dr. Wayne G. Walker, who also happens to be CEO of Republic Aerospace Corp., Duncan OK. There are two locations: Chilocco, Oklahoma, which is right at the Kansas border north of Ponca City, on an abandoned water tower at an Indian school; and Flying H, New Mexico, which is in the back country SW of Roswell. Both mobile (suspect aeronautical) and fixed are authorized. The same callsign applies to both locations, WE2XFZ. Like last year`s tone tests from Virginia on 1610, 1020 and 590 kHz, each of these has three frequencies at the bottom, middle and top of the band, and ditto FM: Chilocco, OK: 540, 830, 1680 kHz, 92.3, 99.1, 107.5 MHz Flying H, NM: 530, 950, 1680 kHz, 88.3, 97.7, 107.3 MHz They are using a 2.5 and a 10 kW AM transmitter and 1 kW on FM, 5 kW ERP. They also mistakenly give ERPs for the MW frequencies. Tests will consist of 1 kHz tones or audio for 5-10 minutes. The equipment is capable of transmitting the callsign. A later filing is for shortwave frequencies too, with 1 kW on USB, LSB, AME, also from the same two locations, but different callsign, WE2XEV, on 4015, 4085, 12115, 12185, 22015, 22085, 26115, 26185. NTIA has accepted these, but two more frequencies have not yet been accepted, 12415 and 12485. Much more detail from my research into this appears in DX Listening Digests 7-082 and 7-084, under OKLAHOMA [and non]: http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7082.txt http://www.w4uvh.net/dxld7084.txt Of course, any successful monitoring of this will be of great interest. 73, Glenn Hauser, Enid, July 18, 2007 ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
