HFIA Communiqué 45

 

The Newsletter of the HF Industry Association (HFIA)

December 2004

 

February 2005 HFIA Meeting and AFCEA West 2005 Exposition

 

It is time to start thinking about the February 2005 meeting.  The next High Frequency Industry Association (HFIA) meeting will be held in conjunction with the AFCEA West 2005 Exposition in San Diego, Calif. on Thursday, February 3, 2005. 

 

The HFIA meeting will be held at the San Diego Convention Center (, Room # 3 (Upper Level) AFCEA-West "Beyond Iraq" Conference and Exposition in San Diego, California, USA. For more information regarding the AFCEA registration, conference exposition and hotels, please go to the website:  http://www.west2005.org/

Note:  Registration for the AFCEA West 2005 Exposition is only necessary to attend the Exposition.  Registration is not required to attend the HFIA meeting.  However, it is free and allows one to walk through the exhibits.

 

We are looking to put together an interesting agenda, which will include presentations and discussions on important developments in the HF industry.  Over the past few years, significant progress has been made implementing the new MIL-STD-188-141B, MIL-STD-188-110B, STANAG 4538, STANAG 4539, and STANAG 5066 HF standards among others.  Equipment is commercially available which implement many of these standards.  These new standards collectively form the basis for the next generation of HF radio systems offering higher data rates, unprecedented communications reliability, and a true HF networking capability.  This meeting will provide useful information on these topics as well as any new topics that someone may wish raise to both industry and government representatives.  The topics covered will include, but are not limited to:

 

·         Status on the latest MIL-STDs and NATO STANAGs

·         US Government support of NATO standards

·         HF House:  Future Additions?

·         JWID 2004 successes  to JWID 2005 objectives

·         Reports on HFIA Subcommittees on Interoperability & Standard HF Simulator Design

·         HF Simulator Subcommittee closure

·         Secure Digital Voice over HF

·         Interoperability Cooperative Meeting August Meeting status

·         Information on HF Projects in High Data Rates, Digital Voice, Network Management Protocols

·         Revision Status of US HF MIL-STDs

·         Request by Broadcasters to reallocate 4–10 MHz in WRC and ITU subcommittees

·         Latest status on Power Line Communications issues

 

We are currently looking for presenters for these subjects and any additional presentations you may want to offer to fill the agenda.  If you have a presentation that you would like to give or equipment that you would like to demonstrate, send Bob Baker (HFIA Secretary) or myself a short email so that we may ensure that it is placed on the agenda.  February 3rd, 2005 is not that far off, so please take some time and consider giving a presentation.

 

HFIA Website

 

Additional information about HFIA, including past meeting agendas, attendance lists, and presentations can be found on the HFIA website at http://www.hfindustry.com/.

 

Further Information

 

James Mahan                                                                                          Bob Baker

HFIA President                                                                                      HFIA Secretary

SAIC                                                                                                       DRS Communications

45472 Holiday Drive                                                                              1200 East Mermaid Drive

Sterling, VA 20166, USA                                                                       Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA

Tel: (703) 925-4331                                                                                Tel: (215) 242-7284

e-mail:     james.l.Mahan@saic.com                                                       e-mail: baker@drs-fsc-comm.com