Shortwave Frequencies

[btlacer]

I have a Radio Shack DX 394 and I am looking for shortwave frequencies. I am wanting to listen to utility stations mostly, Aircraft, marine stuff like that. Thanks for your help in advance.....

[pathalogical]

Click on the Wiki link, then 'Special Topics'. Should get ya started, I kept Googling 'shortwave frequencies'.

[ka3jjz]

Right at the bottom of the 'Special Topics' is a link for utility monitoring. Lots of links for information on this topic there....73 Mike

[2ManyToys]

If you're looking for broadcast SW stations you can download the 'Hot 100 SWL List' from icomamerica.com. That would get you started.

[WisconsinRailfan]

Here are some sites I use

NASWA WWW Shortwave Listening Guide
Guide to the SW Spectrum by dxzone.com
Tuning 150 kHz to 30 MHz
Search for SWL Broadcasters by Frequency at HFRadio.org
Numbers & Oddities
Spy Numbers Station Database
Shortwave Frequencies
Number Stations
Shortwave Monitor
Shortwave Central
Surfing the Radio Waves

Some Good Yahoo! Groups
Shortwave-SWL-Antenna : Shortwave Listeners (SWL) AM/FM Antennas
shortwave-radio : shortwave-radio and worldband radio
UDXF : Utility DXers Forum
enigma2000 : Number Station Monitors

If you need more information, feel free to PM me.

[ka3jjz]

Most, though not all, of these are already in the wiki. There's LOTS more than this (more directly related to utilities) in the article I already mentioned. Thanks for these, though. It looks like some of these should be added - they look pretty good....

73 Mike

[2ManyToys]

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

Most, though not all, of these are already in the wiki. There's LOTS more than this (more directly related to utilities) in the article I already mentioned. Thanks for these, though. It looks like some of these should be added - they look pretty good....

73 Mike

Good point, I didn't read the post well.

[WisconsinRailfan]

There is a lot of links and info out there, the ones I posted are sites I use on a daily basis. I also use Ham Radio Deluxe, which has a Shortwave listing built in.

[btlacer]

Thanks for the info guys, there was a post in this HF forum before that had all the "new york radio" volmet frequencies listed on it, but it is gone. How long do the forums stay on the site until it is deleted?

[ka3jjz]

I have no idea, but the VOLMET freqs are linked on the Utility Monitoring article in our wiki. It's also linked from the 'Forum Specific Topics' under 'Aircraft'

73 Mike

[DanTSX]

Monitoring Times magazine is a good Utility Station reference too. One of the few pieces of info that I find is still better in print than on the net.

[ka3jjz]

The problem with print publications is that logs tend to be 60-90 days old depending on the lag time for publishing. That's why mailing lists are far preferable, as they are about as close as real time as you can get without being on a chat.

73 Mike

[k9rzz]

I'm always wondering where those RTTY (teletype) signals heard in the shortwave broadcast bands are from and where they are transmitting to. Haven't had much luck seaching for info on them. (no, they are not images on my Yaesu FT767gx)

[ka3jjz]

Unfortunately there are a great many of these that can't be copied - some folks have made the assumption that they are NATO and/or USN related. For example, the one that sits (used to sit? Haven't tuned there lately) at the lower end of 30 is pretty much thought to be a USN op. There are a few (not many) Aero related weather type stuff still out there, but they are fast becoming a rare breed. On older lists, you will see news-related stuff, but this has largely vanished in favor of satellite links.

The days of clear Baudot on the non-ham bands is largely over I'm afraid 73 Mike

[lanbergld]

Originally Posted by k9rzz

I'm always wondering where those RTTY (teletype) signals heard in the shortwave broadcast bands are from and where they are transmitting to. Haven't had much luck seaching for info on them.

Well, here's a partial list of Weather Fax frequencies that are currently used. There's a complete & updated list (somewhere) on the web, but I cannot recall the url right now. But here are the ones that I reference and sometimes monitor.

And you know the deal, subtract 1.9 kHz to arrive at the USB frequency:

2618.5 Northwood UK
3247.4 Wellington NZ
3855 Hamburg
4235 Boston
4271 Halifax
4317.9 New Orleans
4346 Pt Reyes
4416 Nova Scotia
4610 Northwood UK
5336 Murmansk Russia
5807 Wellington NZ
6340.5 Boston
6445.5 Murmansk Russia
6496.4 Halifax
6915.1 Nova Scotia
7880 Hamburg
7908.8 Murmansk Russia
8040 Northwood UK
8503.9 New Orleans
8682 Pt Reyes
9110 Boston
9459 Wellington NZ
9982.5 Honolulu
10130 Murmansk
10536 Halifax
11086.5 Northwood UK
11090 Honolulu
12750 Boston
12786 Pt Reyes
12789.9 New Orleans
13550.5 Wellington NZ
13882.5 Hamburg
16135 Honolulu
16340.1 Wellington NZ
17151.2 Pt Reyes

Larry Lanberg
Richmond Virginia

Yaesu FRG-100

[ka3jjz]

FAX and RTTY are two very different modes - but thanx for the listing anyway, Larry 73 Mike

[lanbergld]

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

FAX and RTTY are two very different modes - but thanx for the listing anyway, Larry 73 Mike

And thank you for making that distinction. I posted the list because I saw you'd mentioned "Aero related weather type stuff". As a matter of fact, the 3855 kHz station in Hamburg Germany is Aero weather and isn't hard to pick up here in the U.S. when surfing through 80 meters. If anything its a dandy marker of propagation conditions, or for testing a new receive antenna.

Larry Lanberg
Richmond VA