8 A.M. EST Wednesday
Fire broke out onboard yesterday and since then all rescue efforts by an
Irish freighter have failed due to rough seas in the North Atlantic. The
waves are apparently 8 metres high. More rescue vessels are due on the
scene in a few hours.
Can anyone supply accurate frequencies for this event?

justtis wrote:

8 A.M. EST Wednesday
Fire broke out onboard yesterday and since then all rescue efforts by an
Irish freighter have failed due to rough seas in the North Atlantic. The
waves are apparently 8 metres high. More rescue vessels are due on the
scene in a few hours.
Can anyone supply accurate frequencies for this event?

I have heard that there has been a lot of traffic regarding this on 3023 and
5680.

dxAce
Michigan

dxAce wrote:

justtis wrote:

8 A.M. EST Wednesday
Fire broke out onboard yesterday and since then all rescue efforts by an
Irish freighter have failed due to rough seas in the North Atlantic. The
waves are apparently 8 metres high. More rescue vessels are due on the
scene in a few hours.
Can anyone supply accurate frequencies for this event?

I have heard that there has been a lot of traffic regarding this on 3023 and
5680.

Another frequency that may or may not have traffic regarding this is 8364.

By the way, the 3023 frequency I mentioned above may be 3023.5, or it may not.



dxAce
Michigan

"dxAce" wrote
Another frequency that may or may not have traffic regarding this is 8364.

By the way, the 3023 frequency I mentioned above may be 3023.5, or it may
not.


Last night it was mainly 3.0230 and 5.6800 USB. RAF KINLOSS (British Rescue
Coordination Centre in Scotland) was repeatedly losing comms with Rescue-52
and other units on scene. They use 5.6800 as their primary. Until a year ago
when Kinloss made "improvements", listeners in the US could hear them loud
and clear at night and ocassionally in the daytime on 5.680. Now, it's a
pretty weak signal at best but still readable at night.

Jack
Virginia Beach

justtis wrote:

8 A.M. EST Wednesday
Fire broke out onboard yesterday and since then all rescue efforts by an
Irish freighter have failed due to rough seas in the North Atlantic. The
waves are apparently 8 metres high. More rescue vessels are due on the
scene in a few hours.
Can anyone supply accurate frequencies for this event?

Still up on 5680.

Rescue 11 estimates on scene 1920local (1820z) and has 1hr on task to
attempt to lift 3 casualties and convey to londonderry.

On scene comms on NATO scene of search uhf (282.8)

Montrose is on scene command and RFA Argus is medical ship. Montrose also
mentioned tactical callsign for himself on uhf is 7PB (whoops...).

Helicopter also ferrying out electrical cables as underslung load.

Weather conditions "decks just about managable for flight ops".

Last known position was

5438N 01115W at 1537z and drifting south at 1.5kts.


Large number of navy, trigraph and rescue callsigns still about.

(Richard Whitcombe-UK via WUN)
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dxAce
Michigan

And, apparently, RAF on 6679 to do with this situation.

Mark.

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justtis wrote:

8 A.M. EST Wednesday
Fire broke out onboard yesterday and since then all rescue efforts by an
Irish freighter have failed due to rough seas in the North Atlantic.
The
waves are apparently 8 metres high. More rescue vessels are due on the
scene in a few hours.
Can anyone supply accurate frequencies for this event?

Still up on 5680.

Rescue 11 estimates on scene 1920local (1820z) and has 1hr on task to
attempt to lift 3 casualties and convey to londonderry.

On scene comms on NATO scene of search uhf (282.8)

Montrose is on scene command and RFA Argus is medical ship. Montrose also
mentioned tactical callsign for himself on uhf is 7PB (whoops...).

Helicopter also ferrying out electrical cables as underslung load.

Weather conditions "decks just about managable for flight ops".

Last known position was

5438N 01115W at 1537z and drifting south at 1.5kts.


Large number of navy, trigraph and rescue callsigns still about.

(Richard Whitcombe-UK via WUN)
==================================

dxAce
Michigan