From: dave@rsd.dl.nec.com (Dave Rogers)
Subject: Re: Shortwave radio/recieiver
Keywords: ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore conversation
Organization: BINJFBA Society
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:45:51 GMT

In article <1992Sep30.203846.12636@ecsvax.uncecs.edu>, tsai@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Jeffrey C. Tsai) writes:
|> 
|> I am wondering if the off the shelf shortwave radio can
|> pick up coversation between ships or to shore station?
|> If so, at what frequency should I tune the radio to?
|> 
|> Will be interested to hear about the action out there while
|> I am not able to be out there.

This is a short list, sorted by frequency, of avaition and marine
shortwave activity. 

Frequencies are in 0.01 hertz (one hundredth of a hertz, as required by
my R-5000 database), e.g., NAM on 0335550 is 3355.50 Khz or 3.35550 Mhz. 
I have paired this list down to the more active frequencies.  Of course,
not all frequencies are hot all of the time.  There are also several
digital (FAX and SITOR) stations that I use frequently which are
annotated in parens.  Station locations, if known, are also in parens. 

Volmet		- avaiation weather
LDOC		- Long Distance Operational Control
SIMPLEX 	- one half of a two-way comm
SHIP channel	- two-way channel, marine operator, barges, commercial ships
USAF GCCS	- USAF Global Command & Control System

0024800		YUL
0200300		SHIP channel 242
0218200		marine emergency
0218200		SIMPLEX channel 
0240600		SHIP channel 248
0245000		KMI channel 242
0250600		KMI channel 248
0335550		NAM (fax)
0406300		SHIP channel 401
0409090		SHIP channel 410
0409400		SHIP channel 411
0409710		SHIP channel 412
0410950		SHIP channel 416
0411260		SHIP channel 417
0412810		SHIP channel 422
0413120		SHIP channel 423
0426960		CFH (fax)
0435740		KMI channel 401
0436360		WOM channel 403
0438530		WOO channel 410
0438840		WOO channel 411
0439150		WOM channel 412
0440390		KMI channel 416
0440700		KMI channel 417
0442250		WOO channel 422
0442560		WOM channel 423
0467500		North Atlantic LDOC
0469200		SHIP channel 403
0472500		SAC
0487300		SAC
0545100		flight test
0546900		flight test
0556200		hurricane hunters
0557100		flight test
0559800		North Atlantic LDOC
0561600		North Atlantic LDOC
0564000		Shannon Volmet
0564900		North Atlantic LDOC
0568000		air emergengy
0569600		search and rescue
0571800		YTR & YHZ search
0581000		NASA
0632860		CFH (fax)
0655000		flight test
0660400		Gander Volmet
0667300		hurricane hunters
0670800		NORAD
0676100		SAC
0718450		NASA
0803860		GFA 23 (fax)
0807850		NAM (fax)
0819810		SHIP channel 802
0820430		SHIP channel 804
0820740		SHIP channel 805
0821670		SHIP channel 808
0821980		SHIP channel 809
0822290		SHIP channel 810
0822600		SHIP channel 811
0823530		SHIP channel 814
0823840		SHIP channel 815
0826010		SHIP channel 822
0826940		SHIP channel 825
0827250		SHIP channel 826
0828800		SHIP channel 831
0872200		WOM channel 802
0872820		KMI channel 804
0873130		WOM channel 805
0874060		WOO channel 808
0874370		KMI channel 809
0874680		WOM channel 810
0874990		WOO channel 811
0875920		WOM channel 814
0876230		WOO channel 815
0878400		KMI channel 822
0879330		WOM channel 825
0879640		WOO channel 826
0881190		WOM channel 831
0882200		flight test
0882500		North Atlantic LDOC
0886400		North Atlantic LDOC
0887600		hurricane hunters
0887900		North Atlantic LDOC
0889100		North Atlantic LDOC
0895700		Shannon Volmet
0901700		SAC
0902300		SAC
0902700		SAC
0904300		NASA
1001500		hurricane hunters
1004500		flight test
1005100		Gander Volmet
1005700		Brazzaville Volmet
1053460		CFH (fax)
1078000		NASA
1086350		NAM (fax)
1110400		NASA
1124300		SAC
1127600		Regional/Domestic air routes
1127900		African Volmet, Mid-East Volmet
1127900		North Atlantic LDOC
1128200		Argentina domestic
1128200		Central East Pacific 1,2 (Honolulu SF)
1128500		Regional/Domestic air routes
1128800		flight test
1128800		Mid-East LDOC
1128800		North American Flight test
1128800		US Customs Service
1128800		USAF GCCS
1129100		Africa 1
1129100		South America 2
1129400		Regional/Domestic air routes
1129700		Noth Central Aisa Volmet
1130000		Africa 3
1130200		USAF Tactical
1130300		Regional/Domestic air routes
1130500		South America LDOC
1130600		European LDOC
1130600		flight test
1130600		North American flight test
1130600		South American LDOC
1130900		North Atlantic East
1131000		bootleg commericial fishing net
1131200		Regional/Domestic air routes
1131200		Tactical Mil
1131500		Caribbean Volmet
1131800		North Central Asia Volmet
1131900		SW Pacific Islands
1132100		Regional/Domestic air routes
1132400		North America LDOC
1132700		East Caribbean (Georgetown)
1132700		Northeast South America (Georgetown)
1132700		South America LDOC
1133000		North Pacific (Honolulu Tokyo)
1133300		Russian Domestic (Yerevan)
1133600		North Atlantic (Gander)
1133600		North Atlantic LDOC
1133600		Russian domestic (Karbarovsk)
1133900		South Pacific (Rarotonga Nadi)
1134200		North America LDOC (NYC SF Honolulu)
1134200		Pacific LDOC (Tokyo Sydney)
1134500		European LDOC (Stockholm)
1134500		South America LDOC (Caracus Botota Lima)
1134800		Africa LDOC (Mauritius Monrovia)
1134800		Mid East LDOC (Tehran)
1134800		North America LDOC (SF)
1135100		Asia LDOC (Beijing Karachi Rangoon
1135100		European LDOC (Paris Warsaw Budapest Belgrade)
1135100		Pacific LDOC (Manila Nauru)
1135400		Africa LDOC (Springbok, Johannesburg Algiers)
1135400		Mid East LDOC (Bahrain)
1135400		North America LDOC (Merida
1135700		Alaska domestic air routes
1136000		Northwest South America (Guayaquil)
1136000		Southwest South America (Asuncion Buenos Aires 
			Cordoba Mendoza Salta Santa Cruz)
1136300		Alaska domestic air routes
1136300		European LDOC (Eastwick)
1136600		Brazil domestic
1136600		Indonesian domestic (Jakarta)
1136700		Northeast South America (Georgetown)
1136900		South America Volmet
1137200		Regional/Domestic air routes
1137500		Mid East 3
1137800		European Volmet
1137800		South America LDOC (Quito Lima)
1138000		Tactical Mil
1138100		Regional/Domestic air routes
1138400		Central West Pacific 2 (Guam Honolulu Naha Tokyo)
1138400		European Volmet
1138700		Eastern Carbbean (Barranquilla San Andres Paramaribo Piarco)
1138700		South East Asia Volmet (Sydney Bangkok Karachi Singapore 
			Bombay Calcutta)
1139000		African LDOC (Brazzaville)
1139300		Pacific LDOC (Honiara Nadi)
1139600		South East Asia 2,3 (Bali Darwin Denpasar Jakarta Kuala 
			Lumpur Manila Perth Singapore Sydney Ujung Pandang
1139600		West Caribbean (Guatemala Havana Meroda NY Panama 
			Piarco San Jose Tegucigalpa)	
1139800		hurricane hunters
1139800		Hurricane Hunters
1144100		NORAD
1161500		NASA
1233000		SHIP channel 1201
1233310		SHIP channel 1202
1233620		SHIP channel 1203
1234550		SHIP channel 1206
1235170		SHIP channel 1208
1235790		SHIP channel 1210
1236100		SHIP channel 1211
1237340		SHIP channel 1215
1241370		SHIP channel 1228
1241680		SHIP channel 1229
1241990		SHIP channel 1230
1310080		KMI channel 1201
1310390		KMI channel 1202
1310700		KMI channel 1203
1311630		WOM channel 1206
1312250		WOM channel 1208
1312870		WOO channel 1210
1313180		WOO channel 1211
1314420		WOM channel 1215
1318450		WOO channel 1228
1318760		KMI channel 1229
1319070		WOM channel 1230
1324100		SAC
1326100		Brazzaville Volmet
1326400		Shannon Volmet
1326700		hurricane hunters
1327000		Gander Volmet
1329100		North Atlantic LDOC
1330600		North Atlantic LDOC
1331200		flight test
1350860		CFH (fax)
1387800		NASA
1394200		NASA
1429450		NASA
1443460		GFE 23 (fax)
1489400		NORAD
1503500		SAC
1504100		SAC
1624600		NASA
1646310		SHIP channel 1602
1646620		SHIP channel 1603
1649100		SHIP channel 1611
1651890		SHIP channel 1620
1653130		SHIP channel 1624
1723600		KMI channel 1602
1723910		KMI channel 1603
1726390		WOM channel 1611
1729180		WOO channel 1620
1730420		KMI channel 1624
1794600		North Atlantic LDOC
1796400		flight test
1797500		SAC
1825960		GFE 24 (fax)
2019200		NASA
2019820		NASA
2019840		NASA
2039000		NASA
2063100		SAC
2193100		flight test
2193700		hurricane hunters
2202790		SHIP channel 2210
2204030		SHIP channel 2214
2204340		SHIP channel 2215
2204650		SHIP channel 2216
2206510		SHIP channel 2222
2206820		SHIP channel 2223
2208370		SHIP channel 2228
2210850		SHIP channel 2236
2262390		WOO channel 2210
2263630		KMI channel 2214
2263940		WOM channel 2215
2264250		WOM channel 2216
2266110		WOM channel 2222
2266420		KMI channel 2223
2267970		KMI channel 2228
2270450		WOO/KMI channel 2236
2303500		NASA
	

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Dave Rogers                    				       
M & R Software, Inc.
Internet:   dave@rsd.dl.nec.com
On contract to: NEC America, Radio Software Dept

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