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Welcome to program 432 of Shortwave Radiogram.

I'm Kim Andrew Elliott in Arlington, Virginia USA.

Here is the lineup for today's program, in MFSK modes as noted:

  1:42 MFSK32: Program preview (now)
  2:53 MFSK32: Nordic Foreign Ministers' statement on Greenland
  5:17 MFSK64: FCC reminds experimental HF stations to identify
  8:12 MFSK64: This week's images
28:02 MFSK32: Closing announcements

 

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From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark:

Joint statement by the Nordic Foreign Ministers on Greenland

January 6, 2026

Joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of Denmark, Finland,
Iceland, Norway and Sweden on 6 January 2026.

As Nordic countries, Arctic States and NATO allies we are
collectively committed to preserving security, stability and
co-operation in the Arctic. We have all taken steps to increase
deterrence and defence in the region, including through new
capabilities, activities, presence and increased situational
awareness. We support NATO increasing its presence and vigilance
in the region. We have substantially increased our investments in
Arctic security and we are ready to do even more in close
consultation with the United States and other NATO allies.

Security in the Arctic rests on respect for the fundamental
principles of the UN Charter and international law, including the
inviolability of borders. The Kingdom of Denmark, including
Greenland, is a founding member of NATO, and has historically
worked closely with the United States on Arctic Security,
including through The Defence Agreement between the US and
Denmark from 1951, which offers opportunities for increased
security cooperation.

We collectively reiterate that matters concerning Denmark and
Greenland are for Denmark and Greenland to decide alone.

https://um.dk/en#/embedded/release/14742156/joint-statement-by-the-nordic-foreign-ministers-on-greenland


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From Radio World:


FCC Reminds Experimental HF Stations to Identify Themselves

Some high-frequency stations, suspected for data trading, had been exempt

By Nick Langan
January 6, 2026

The Federal Communications Commission made a subtle change last
month that requires experimental high-frequency stations to
follow its station identification rules.

Bennett Kobb first reported the change in his Experimental Radio
News.

Previously, some HF experimental licensees were able to transmit
without identifying by utilizing waivers. The licenses, which
cover experimental operation in the 2–25 MHz band, are available
on a temporary but renewable basis.

Experimental HF stations are known to run as much as 800 kW of
power, but until December, some licensees held waivers allowing
them to operate without ID.

However, in letters issued to licensees on Dec. 17, the
commission emphasized their obligations. These now include strict
adherence to the ID rule. The commission explained that an
experimental radio station must transmit its assigned call sign
at the end of each complete transmission at least once every 30
minutes in clear voice or Morse code, "with all digital encoding
and digital modulation disabled during station identification."

The FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology said that the
letters were in response to interference complaints from
incumbent spectrum users. Several amateur radio bands, for
example, operate in and around where experimental stations are
licensed.

One experimental station, WK2XJK, is operated by Rockland
Wireless and has its antenna on the Armstrong Tower in Alpine,
N.J. It is authorized to operate with 16 kW ERP, including in the
14.0–14.99 MHz band. As Kobb noted, WK2XJK was exempted from
identification as of Dec. 1; however, by Dec. 17, that exemption
was removed.

Kobb told us that not all experimental stations had been exempted
from station ID. It remains unknown why some held waivers while
others did not — Kobb speculated that it may have simply been a
matter of whether or not the licensee requested an exemption.

These licenses have drawn significant interest from the HF
trading industry for sending data between U.S. and foreign
exchanges. While experimental HF stations can operate under Part
5 of the FCC rules, the commission states that licensees "are not
permitted to provide commercial service, charge fees or receive
payments for products or services of operation."

Experimental license records are normally public, but applicants
can petition to withhold commercially sensitive data.

Kobb also reported that the commission rejected requests from
Skywave Networks to reveal confidential information in license
applications through the Freedom of Information Act.

https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/fcc-reminds-experimental-hf-stations-to-identify-themselves

See also:
https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/news-makers/future-in-focus-bennett-kobb-of-experimental-radio-news

Kim's note: HF trading, or high-frequency trading, refers to
high-speed transactions of financial assets. The HF trading
industry has been using high-frequency -- as in HF, or shortwave
-- radio to transmit financial data without the latency, thus
milliseconds more quickly, than internet communication. These
stations are using FCC experimental licenses, as there is not yet
a permanent FCC allocation for this type of shortwave
communication.


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This week's images ...

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People enjoying the snow near beach huts in Blythe, England.
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Taksim Square in Istanbul during the city's first snowfall of the
year. tinyurl.com/2aneketl ...

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Chesapeake Bay in the twilight, January 6. tinyurl.com/2a6tmarr
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A 96.5% Wolf Moon rising over the Washington National Cathedral,
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A light projection on the Washington Monument marks the beginning
of the 250th year since the founding of the United States.
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A early 20th century vase designed by Fritz Albert (1865-1940)
for TECO Pottery of Terra Cotta, Illinois. tinyurl.com/224lwao6
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An 1890s house in the Woodbridge neighborhood of Detroit.
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A Blue Rock Thrush in Japan, January 3. tinyurl.com/2am2895b ...

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Northstar Commuter Rail, which provided service to downtown
Minneapolis from suburbs north of the city since 2009, ended
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Haarlem, the Netherlands, during the recent snow, January 6.
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Juneau, Alaska, during its recent big snow, January 1.
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Our painting of the week is "The Punk Rockers" (1989) by Norval
Morrisseau (1932-2007), part of the Contemporary Anishinaabe Art
exhibition at the Detroit Institute of Arts. tinyurl.com/2y42wt4r
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