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> obtaining the requested blank application forms for a SW radio
> station.....then, something came in the mail from the Senator......TOTALLY
> wrong application forms!!!.......the word shortwave or its analogue was never
> mentioned on these wrong forms......they appeared to be some kind of

The standard AM/FM broadcast application form _is_ the correct form
to apply for a shortwave license.

> application for either an AM or FM station.......we have kind of given up on
> the idea altogether because of this shielding mechanisms, we feel, are in
> place.......it is no surprise that non-christian SW stations are not

No, the only problem is that just like regular broadcast, you need either
experienced engineers and lawyers _who have done it before_ or $$ to hire
them. The form is easy. The real work, proving that you know what you're
doing in the exhibits, and showing that you can meet the FCC rules (do
you have a 50,000 watt transmitter) is not.

> tapes).......all we ask is that the FCC mails us a blank application form for
> a SW radio station.......lets forget EVERYTHING else because what goes around

They already did, check it out.

Your local library also has a copy of the Code of Federal Regulations,
Chapter 47, in which you'll find Part 73. In the contents of Part 73
you will find a listing of the rules for shortwave ("international")
broadcast.



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David Josephson / Josephson Engineering / San Jose CA / david@josephson.com