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Antarctic Frequencies
Frequencies for Antarctic comms:
8867 - Air-to-Ground. ICE flights will talk to Auckland Radio on this freq. when they have departed Christchurch and until they get to 60 degrees south. 9032 - Air-to-Ground. This is the most likely active frequency you will hear. You can hear Auckland Radio talking to "ICE" flights. Also McMurdo Station uses this frequency "Mac Centre". This freq used for 60 degrees south onwards to Antarctica. 11256 - Air-to-Ground. Secondary frequency. 5276 - Air-to-Ground 5100 - Air-to-Ground McMurdo Station: 4770 - Ross Island and Dry Valley Field Parties. 5400 - Scott Base Field Parties. 7995 - Remote/South Pole 11553 - Remote Field Parties Palmer Station: 4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties, Palmer Station 11553 - Primary USAP Field Parties, Palmer Station Other freqs: 4718 13251 6835 (AM mode) 57275 261.75 MHz (This was given to me by another WUN list person. It is in-the-clear, satellite downlink freq, FM mode. Apparently Christchurch Radio uses this) 14243 kHz (This was given to me by dxAce. Apparently there's an amateur station that is sometimes active). I personally have only heard traffic on 9032 kHz and 8867 kHz, including ICE flights, Auckland Radio and "Mac Centre". Antarctic Field Parties are required to check in with "Mac Ops" (McMurdo Station) each morning at 08:30 local time (20:30 UTC) on the frequencies listed above for field parties. The field radios are 20 watts output, so good luck hearing those! Perhaps you can search the WUN archives to see if anybody has heard any of these other frequencies active. (Or maybe anybody reading this can verify or correct my info?) Mark. Auckland, New Zealand. (via WUN) ============================================== dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" forwarded Frequencies for Antarctic comms: Palmer Station: 4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties, Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might use it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO and other maritime frequency agreements. Jack Virginia Beach VA |
Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" forwarded Frequencies for Antarctic comms: Palmer Station: 4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties, Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might use it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO and other maritime frequency agreements. No one ever stated that it was. dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" forwarded Frequencies for Antarctic comms: Palmer Station: 4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties, Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might use it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO and other maritime frequency agreements. No one ever stated that it was. The original poster ( I forget, was it WUN?, some southender anyway) implied that the station is assigned the frequencies he posted, and for some of them that may be true. But accurate logging on 4125 should be something to the effect like: "USAP Field Parties heard calling base" (or any station), etc, if it were accurate. He implies they are assigned that frequency by his inclusion of station-ID information that is never passed over the air. I am just explaining they are not, and listeners to that frequency have a nill chance of hearing Antarctica there since 200,000 ships worldwide use it for hailing and distress. Jack |
Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" forwarded Frequencies for Antarctic comms: Palmer Station: 4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties, Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might use it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO and other maritime frequency agreements. No one ever stated that it was. The original poster ( I forget, was it WUN?, some southender anyway) implied that the station is assigned the frequencies he posted, and for some of them that may be true. But accurate logging on 4125 should be something to the effect like: "USAP Field Parties heard calling base" (or any station), etc, if it were accurate. He implies they are assigned that frequency by his inclusion of station-ID information that is never passed over the air. I am just explaining they are not, and listeners to that frequency have a nill chance of hearing Antarctica there since 200,000 ships worldwide use it for hailing and distress. They use that frequency. Simple enough. dxAce Michigan USA |
Jack,
No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago. So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032. Mark. |
Mark wrote: Jack, No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago. So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032. The only thing I've had the opportunity to hear this season were the two(?) aircraft which were calling McMurdo on 9032 a while back. I've really spent no time at all listening to 8867 yet. Have heard the Argentine broadcast station, LRA36, up on 15476.1. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know
the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find anything.) A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no response from Mac Center. Mark. Auckland, New Zealand. "dxAce" wrote in message ... Mark wrote: Jack, No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago. So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032. The only thing I've had the opportunity to hear this season were the two(?) aircraft which were calling McMurdo on 9032 a while back. I've really spent no time at all listening to 8867 yet. Have heard the Argentine broadcast station, LRA36, up on 15476.1. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
Mark wrote: Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find anything.) 1800 2100 LRA36 15476 (Usually about 15476.1) A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no response from Mac Center. I'm currently monitoring the frequency. Every now and then I hear someone who seems to be whistling on the frequency, very weak. Have heard no flights yet today as of 2315. We are still in solar storm conditions. dxAce Michigan USA |
dxAce wrote: Mark wrote: Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find anything.) 1800 2100 LRA36 15476 (Usually about 15476.1) Oh yeah, Monday through Friday. A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no response from Mac Center. I'm currently monitoring the frequency. Every now and then I hear someone who seems to be whistling on the frequency, very weak. Have heard no flights yet today as of 2315. We are still in solar storm conditions. dxAce Michigan USA |
Mark wrote: Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find anything.) A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no response from Mac Center. Now at 2320 I'm hearing some Spanish on the frequency, and some more whistling, so possibly a fisherman or drug traffickers or? dxAce Michigan USA |
Just had to do a better search query:
http://arieldx.tripod.com/english/rae.htm Mark. "Mark" wrote in message news:1097795486.608133@ftpsrv1... Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find anything.) A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no response from Mac Center. Mark. Auckland, New Zealand. "dxAce" wrote in message ... Mark wrote: Jack, No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago. So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032. The only thing I've had the opportunity to hear this season were the two(?) aircraft which were calling McMurdo on 9032 a while back. I've really spent no time at all listening to 8867 yet. Have heard the Argentine broadcast station, LRA36, up on 15476.1. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October
15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark. "dxAce" wrote in message ... Mark wrote: Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find anything.) A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no response from Mac Center. Now at 2320 I'm hearing some Spanish on the frequency, and some more whistling, so possibly a fisherman or drug traffickers or? dxAce Michigan USA |
"Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. Jack |
Jack Painter wrote: "Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would be via Ascension at H+45. That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm The above link shows the same on 9031. dxAce Michigan USA |
"dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would be via Ascension at H+45. That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm The above link shows the same on 9031. Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice, it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic there. Jack |
Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would be via Ascension at H+45. That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm The above link shows the same on 9031. Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice, it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic there. Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes. dxAce Michigan USA |
dxAce wrote: Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would be via Ascension at H+45. That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm The above link shows the same on 9031. Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice, it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic there. Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes. Some additional information via WUN: *Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS) Callsign: Voice: Architect CW: MLD or MLP Transmitter: Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England Frequencies: 4742.0 5714.0 6739.0 9031.0 11205.0 18018.0 (Group A - see below) 4540.0 5450.0 8190.0 11253.0 13257.0 15031.0 (Group B - see below) 2591.0 11247.0 Group A has the QNH broadcast at H+00 and Airfield color state broadcast at H+30. *RAF Flight Watch Centers Ascension Callsign: Haven Frequencies: 4742.0 (2000-0800 UTC) 9031.0 (0800-2000 UTC) 11247.0 All frequencies carry a weather broadcast at H+45 Additional info can be found at: http://www.wunclub.com/files/mla.html dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would be via Ascension at H+45. That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm The above link shows the same on 9031. Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice, it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic there. Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes. Some additional information via WUN: *Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS) Callsign: Voice: Architect CW: MLD or MLP Transmitter: Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England Frequencies: 4742.0 5714.0 6739.0 9031.0 11205.0 18018.0 (Group A - see below) 4540.0 5450.0 8190.0 11253.0 13257.0 15031.0 (Group B - see below) 2591.0 11247.0 Group A has the QNH broadcast at H+00 and Airfield color state broadcast at H+30. Group B has RAF German airfield flying states at H+15 and H+45. *RAF Flight Watch Centers Ascension Callsign: Haven Frequencies: 4742.0 (2000-0800 UTC) 9031.0 (0800-2000 UTC) 11247.0 All frequencies carry a weather broadcast at H+45 Additional info can be found at: http://www.wunclub.com/files/mla.html dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
dxAce,
Thanks for this info. Yes, I hear faint wx info on the hour and then another brief transmission on the half-hour, on 9031. Jack, I appreciate what you are saying regarding propagation between Britain and NZ. Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Britain can be received here quite well at times. I hear RAF Volmet, West Drayton (west of London) on 11253 occasionally. In fact so much so, I use it as a propagation beacon - if I can hear it, I know that things are happening from that part of the world to here. That's one of the interesting things about HF propagation - I don't think there's an are on the planet that I haven't heard at some point. Recently, I could hear Tripoli Aeradio (Libya) on 11300, and I can hear the Azores also. I believe the most distant place (great circle) from Auckland is in Southern Spain. Mark. "dxAce" wrote in message ... dxAce wrote: dxAce wrote: Jack Painter wrote: "dxAce" wrote Jack Painter wrote: "Mark" wrote I was listening to 9032 until an hour ago or so (it's now 05:15 UTC October 15). Didn't hear anything at all here except for the ICE flight I mentioned. I can hear RAF on 9031 on the half-hour with weather information. The station, I believe, is in Upavon, England. Mark, RAF ARCHITECT from Ascension Island is probably what you heard there. I think ARCHITECT is actually out of the UK at H+00 and H+30. HAVEN would be via Ascension at H+45. That sked goes way back to the days when they used 9032 vs. 9031. http://home.cogeco.ca/~dxinfo/volmet.htm The above link shows the same on 9031. Isn't it all remoted now? Probability of Mark hearing Ascension more likely than Britain in any case. Ascension is a powerful station in ALE and voice, it reaches North America stronger than British mainland most nights. I hear ARCHITECT making flight-following calls to a/c on 9031, and was told that is from Ascension. I haven't caught the VOLMET or other scheduled traffic there. Perhaps, but he did say he was hearing weather on the half hour, and that would fit the sked as far as ARCHITECT goes. Some additional information via WUN: *Strike Command Integrated Communications System (STCICS) Callsign: Voice: Architect CW: MLD or MLP Transmitter: Chelveston, Northamptonshire, England Frequencies: 4742.0 5714.0 6739.0 9031.0 11205.0 18018.0 (Group A - see below) 4540.0 5450.0 8190.0 11253.0 13257.0 15031.0 (Group B - see below) 2591.0 11247.0 Group A has the QNH broadcast at H+00 and Airfield color state broadcast at H+30. Group B has RAF German airfield flying states at H+15 and H+45. *RAF Flight Watch Centers Ascension Callsign: Haven Frequencies: 4742.0 (2000-0800 UTC) 9031.0 (0800-2000 UTC) 11247.0 All frequencies carry a weather broadcast at H+45 Additional info can be found at: http://www.wunclub.com/files/mla.html dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
"Mark" wrote dxAce, Thanks for this info. Yes, I hear faint wx info on the hour and then another brief transmission on the half-hour, on 9031. Jack, I appreciate what you are saying regarding propagation between Britain and NZ. Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Britain can be received here quite well at times. I hear RAF Volmet, West Drayton (west of London) on 11253 occasionally. In fact so much so, I use it as a propagation beacon - if I can hear it, I know that things are happening from that part of the world to here. That is pretty amazing copy, Mark! The only problem with using some of the Ute stations as a beacon, is in some cases they are remoted and/or simulcast from various transmitter locations. Maybe not the case for the Volmets, I don't know. As you come into summertime (poor props) we are entering wintertime (great props). Predicting your copy across the world and equator would be a short-path/long-path headache, for sure. ;-) I think you may also be in an area that does have particularly good reception all seasons. ZLM (Taupo Marine) in New Zealand has probably the best worldwide copy of any maritime station, evidenced by their ability to pick up GMDSS not only all over the Pacific, but across both coasts of North America as well. I can receive many of their DSC replies in our summer, and most in our winter. Cheers, Jack Virginia Beach VA |
Jack,
Very interesting about Taupo Maritime. Needless to say, they are quite loud at my location! And as you say, RAF Volmet is very difficult or impossible to receive during our summer. Mark. "Jack Painter" wrote in message news:CDTcd.87450$Lo6.6932@fed1read03... "Mark" wrote dxAce, Thanks for this info. Yes, I hear faint wx info on the hour and then another brief transmission on the half-hour, on 9031. Jack, I appreciate what you are saying regarding propagation between Britain and NZ. Surprisingly (or maybe not!) Britain can be received here quite well at times. I hear RAF Volmet, West Drayton (west of London) on 11253 occasionally. In fact so much so, I use it as a propagation beacon - if I can hear it, I know that things are happening from that part of the world to here. That is pretty amazing copy, Mark! The only problem with using some of the Ute stations as a beacon, is in some cases they are remoted and/or simulcast from various transmitter locations. Maybe not the case for the Volmets, I don't know. As you come into summertime (poor props) we are entering wintertime (great props). Predicting your copy across the world and equator would be a short-path/long-path headache, for sure. ;-) I think you may also be in an area that does have particularly good reception all seasons. ZLM (Taupo Marine) in New Zealand has probably the best worldwide copy of any maritime station, evidenced by their ability to pick up GMDSS not only all over the Pacific, but across both coasts of North America as well. I can receive many of their DSC replies in our summer, and most in our winter. Cheers, Jack Virginia Beach VA |
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