RTTY BROADCAST APPLICATION FILED

AUBURN, WASHINGTON, 09 DECEMBER 1999 - - (RTTY) - - TODAY 
GEORGE B. HUTCHISON, W7KSJ, WEBMASTER OF RTTY.COM, FILED 
AN APPLICATION WITH THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
FOR A SPECIAL TEMPORARY AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND OPERATE
A 1000 WATT RTTY BROADCAST STATION ON FREQUENCIES ADJACENT 
TO THE FORTY- AND TWENTY-METER AMATEUR RADIO BANDS.

THE PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED OPERATION IS TO ASCERTAIN 
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS ANY SIGNIFICANT INTEREST ON THE 
PART OF THOSE INTERESTED AND ACTIVE IN RTTY OPERATION TO 
RECEIVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRANSMISSIONS OF MATERIAL NOT 
SPECIFICALLY AMATEUR RADIO ORIENTED. FCC RULES PROHIBIT SUCH 
TRANSMISSIONS WITHIN THE AMATEUR BANDS.

DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF RTTY THE HIGH-FREQUENCY BANDS 
ABOUNDED WITH ALL MANNER OF TELETYPE SIGNALS FROM THE 
ASSOCIATED PRESS, UNITED PRESS (LATER TO BECOME UPI 
WHEN THEY MERGED WITH INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE), 
FAA WEATHER, MILITARY CLEAR-TEXT TRANSMISSIONS, AND OTHER 
TYPES OF TRANSMISSIONS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.  CURRENTLY 
THERE IS NOT MUCH TO COPY,  SAVE FOR THE NORTH KOREAN WEATHER 
BROADCASTS.

THE FREQUENCIES APPLIED FOR ARE 6995KHZ AND 13990KHZ. THESE 
WERE CHOSEN FOR THEIR ADJACENCE TO THE AMATEUR BANDS, AND THEIR 
RELATIVE DISUSE. MONTHS OF MONITORING BY LISTENING STATIONS IN 
THE U. S. AND NEW ZEALAND SHOW LITTLE ACTIVITY.

U. S. GOVERNMENT FREQUENCY ALLOCATION DATABASES AVAILABLE TO 
THE GENERAL PUBLIC SHOW THE CLOSEST ALLOCATED FREQUENCY TO BE 
6989KHZ. THE APPLICATION PROCESSING REQUIRES FREQUENCY COORDINATION 
WITH MILITARY, CIA, STATE DEPARTMENT, AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, 
AND A MODIFICATION OF THE APPLICATION MAY BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE 
CLASSIFIED ALLOCATIONS.

INCLUDED IN THE APPLICATION WAS DATA ALLOWING USE OF SHIFTS OF 170, 
425, AND 850 HZ., AT BAUD RATES OF 45.45, 50.0, 56.9, AND 74.2. THE 
PROPOSED TRANSMISSIONS WOULD BE   CLEAR TEXT UTILIZING THE ITA#2 
5-LEVEL INTERNATIONAL TELETYPE CODE.

MATERIAL FOR BROADCAST IS PLENTIFUL ON THE INTERNET. GOVENRMENT 
AND MILITARY AGENCY PRESS RELEASES ARE READILY AVAILABLE, AS ARE PRESS 
RELEASES FROM INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, SPORTS TEAMS AND 
ASSOCIATIONS, ETC. IT IS HOPED THAT ONCE OPERATION IS ESTABLISHED 
THAT SOME NEWS AGENCIES WILL BE ANXIOUS TO BE INCLUDED.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE FCC WILL MAKE THEIR DECISION KNOWN PRIOR 
TO NEW YEAR'S EVE, AS ONE OF THE FIRST BROADCASTS PLANNED IS "THE LAST 
GREAT RADIOTELETYPE BROADCAST OF THE 20TH CENTURY" COMMENCING ON THE 
AFTERNOON OF 31 DEC 1999 AND CONTINUING UNTIL 0400 PST 01 JAN 2000, 
WHEN IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BECOME "THE FIRST GREAT RADIOTELETYPE 
BROADCAST OF THE 21ST CENTURY".

WE WILL BE REGULARLY REPORTING THE PROGRESS OF THE APPLICATION 
HERE AT WWW.RTTY.COM.

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