Shortwave Coordination Conference begins in Kuala Lumpur

Shortwave Coordination Conference begins in Kuala Lumpur

The 8th Global Shortwave Coordination Conference began in Kuala Lumpur today. The 5-day Conference, hosted by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union, is attended by over 100 frequency managers representing some 50 shortwave broadcasters around the globe. The representatives of the three groups addressed the meeting at the opening session highlighting the challenges that shortwave broadcasters are faced with today.

The Global Coordination meeting is the joint meeting of the three coordination groups, HFCC from Europe, ASBU from the Arab States and ABU-HFC from the Asia-Pacific region. The three groups together comprise around 90% of the world’s shortwave radio broadcasters. The three Groups, as a whole, deal with reduction of interference on frequency channels used for around 7000 shortwave radio transmissions that are put out by the broadcasters’ every day.

Coordination is a bilateral process in which the frequency managers adjust their frequencies to accommodate each other’s transmissions. This process is supported by a complex technical evaluation and validation process, the latter requiring very advanced software tools and fast computing facilities