new frequencies

[bluefox2163]

hi I just got a new HF reciever and was wonering if anyone could give me some intersting freqs to listen to like foreign navies,pirates ,ships,boats,phonepatches,weather,and more I would greatly appreciate it! thanks!

[ka3jjz]

Before anyone can answer this, where are you (the state will do nicely) and what radio are you using? The topics you list there are, for the most part, in SSB modes, so a small cheap portable without that capability isn't going to serve you well. A good antenna is also a must - with crummy propagation, the better the antenna the better the results 73 Mike

[bluefox2163]

I am in connecticut I have a AOR 7030+ and a sat750 recievers!

[ka3jjz]

You are definitely set! Go the Utility DXers Forum on Yahoo groups - they have TONS of logs every day with lots of different stuff.

As for pirates - I kinda doubt you will hear the Somali pirates, but I suppose it's possible if propagation is good. If there's any chance of hearing them, the UDXF will be the place to find it first. As for the hobby pirates - keep an ear around 6925 and maybe 6955 in the eves as we get closer to Xmas, and between Xmas and New Years. There's likely to be quite a bit of that (there usually is this time of the year). I'd get familiar with that 100 khz range so that anything that shows up will stand out like a sore thumb. There's a Bible thumper or two in that range, and also Galei Zahal (Isreali army broadcast stn - somewhat like our AFN) is on 6973.

Also check our Utility Monitoring wiki for much more...73 Mike

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index...ity_Monitoring

[bluefox2163]

can anyone give me a foreign navy freq,and a ship to shore freq

[ridgescan]

Mike thanks for all the great help you give here! You really make this site worthwhile.

[ka3jjz]

bluefox, as I mentioned earlier, the Utility DXers Forum has tons of logs every day - you will need to dig more than a little bit, the volume is rather large. You didn't say what you are using for a radio and antenna, but with propagation the way it's been lately, the better the antenna, the better chances for a good result.

The forum can be found on Yahoo group - see message 4 for the wiki that has the links at the bottom

73 Mike

[screenersam]

there's also a Marine monitoring forum, just below this 1.

[majoco]

Why did you buy a shortwave receiver if you don't know what you want to listen to? Plenty of lists of things to listen to on this forum - do your own research!

[ke5ldo]

suggestion: Subscribe to Monitoring Times by email. $19.95 a year and is monthly. Great mag. delivered about the 20th of each month and is usually over 80 pages in length. Have been subsciber since 1984. KE5LDO

[ka3jjz]

While MT is good, keep in mind that logs in their Utility and SW sections are kinda old - usually 60 or 90 days, depending on publishing lead times and deadlines. Pop'Comm would be the same way. Subscribing to the appropriate mailing lists (UDXF for utilities, DXLD for SWBC, for example) is the best way to get up to date information

73 Mike

[lanbergld]

What kind of receiver do you have?

But anyway, here's some frequencies (USB mode) that I regularly check in on:

2749 Halifax Radio Canadian Coast Guard weather updates -- best reception late night and early AM

2887 New York ATC for transoceanic flights -- sometimes this, sometimes they use 3455

3390 US Military MARS net -- Military Ham radio group, basically

3413 Shannon Ireland Volmet aviation weather

3455 New York ATC for transoceanic flights -- could be this or 2887 or 5550 also

3485 New York Radio Volmet aviation weather -- Newfoundland Canada (Gander Radio) uses this frequency too

4724 United States Air Force Emergency Action Messages -- sometimes frequent, sometimes infrequent

5550 New York ATC for transoceanic flights -- mostly used in the summertime

6501 United States Coast Guard marine weather forecasts

6519 same as above

6739 Unites States Air Force Emergency Action Messages

8200 to 8600 or so You can hear some ship to ship, radiotelephone and similar transmissions

8992 United States Air Force Emergency Action Messages -- could be here or 4724 or 6739

I have to clarify that these are mainly night frequencies. Daytime transmissions occur at higher frequencies.

All listed are upper sideband.

Depending on the kind of radio you have, you might receive these a little off the given frequency. But on something like an Icom IC-R75 or a Realistic DX-400 you'll get these right on the frequencies listed above.

Larry Lanberg
Richmond VA

[W8WCA]

Here are a few starter frequencies : http://swl-ute.com/ute.htm

[rfradioconsult]

Check here for lots of HF frequencies most are up to date.

http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/

[bluefox2163]

thanks for your help Ive been looking on the internet and found quite a few good ones,and now ill add in the ones you gave thanks

[MPSCS]

Shortwave Central
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/

[ka3jjz]

Originally Posted by W8WCA

Here are a few starter frequencies : http://swl-ute.com/ute.htm

I tried to view this page, but got an authorization denied??? 73 Mike

[MPSCS]

MT Utility World
http://mt-utility.blogspot.com/

[rwl48]

Originally Posted by SIG-INT

Shortwave Central
http://mt-shortwave.blogspot.com/

Great site.

Thanks