SHORTWAVE BROADCAST STATIONS WORLDWIDE

 

Iranian Shortwave Broadcasts

The majority of these services are for North America, and in English, unless otherwise noted. All times listed are in UTC and all frequencies are in kiloHertz.

• 1100 UTC Radio New Zealand, 17675 kHz; check also 6105 or 6145 as possibilities
• 1300 UTC Radio Australia 5995, 6020, 9580, 11650
• 1400 UTC Radio Australia as above
• 1500 UTC Radio Japan 9505 kHz
• 1600 UTC Voice of Russia 9470, 11675, 11775, 15490
• 1700 UTC Voice of Russia as above and 9560 kHz.
• 1800 UTC Voice of Russia as above and 7305, 7340, 9765, 9775, 9890 kHz.
• 1900 UTC Voice of Russia as above and 12070 kHz.
• 2000 UTC UAE Radio Dubai 13675 (Arabic)
• 2100 UTC Voice of Iran 15084 kHz (Farsi)
• Radio Kuwait 9855 (Arabic)
• 2200 UTC Radio Sofia, Bulgaria 7535, 7545 kHz
• Radio Cairo, Egypt 9900 kHz.
• Voice of Turkey 9445, 9460 (Turkish)
• Voice of Greece 9395, 11595 (Greek)
• 2300 UTC Radio Austria Int. 5945, 6155, 9870 (German & English)
• Radio Prague, Czech Rep 7345, 9435
• RAI Italy 6010, 9675, 11800 (Italian)
• R. France Intern'l 9715, 9790 (French)
• Voice of Germany 6100, 9545, 9730 (German)
• Radio Exterior, Spain 9540, 9630 (Spanish)
• Vatican Radio 5880 (Italian)
• 0000 UTC BBC World Service 5975, 6175, 9590
• 0100 UTC Brazilian stations between 4750 & 5100 kHz
• 0200 UTC Brazilian stations between 4750 & 5100 kHz
• 0300 UTC CKZU St. John's, Newfoundland on 6160 kHz
• 0400 UTC CHNX Halifax, NS on 6130 kHz
• Radio Villa, Dominican Rep 4960 (Spanish)
• Ecos del Torbes, Venezuela 4980 (Spanish)
• 0500 UTC R. Havana Cuba 9820, 9830 kHz.
• Voice of the Andes, Ecuador 9745, 12015
• WWCR Nashville, TN 5070 kHz
• WBCQ Monticello, ME 7415 kHz
• Voice of America 7170, 7295, 9700
• 0600 UTC Radio For Peace, Costa Rica 6975, 15050
• R. Mexico Int'l 9705 (Spanish)

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UTILITY SERVICES

VARIOUS EMERGENCY SERVICES

Upper Sideband Voice channels

• 3311 kHz. U.S. Air Force Calling Frequency
• 4041 Navy/Marine Emergency Frequency
• 4585 Civil Air Patrol Command and Control
• 4590 Air Force Calling Frequency
• 5203 North Carolina National Guard
• 5211 Federal Emergency Management Agency
• 5755 Federal Agencies' Emergency Command
• 6826 US Army MARS (Military Affil. Radio)
• 6870 Federal Aviation Admin. Command
• 6999 US Army Emergency
• 7302 USAF MARS Emergency Net
• 7635 Civil Air Patrol Alternate Command
• 7743 Federal Agencies' Command/Control Net
• 8125 FAA Regional Command and Control Net
• 10493 FEMA Command and Control Net
• 11045 Federal Agencies' Command/Control Net
• 13457 FAA Regional Command/Control Alternate

U.S. ARMY/NATIONAL GUARD -- USB Voice

• 3032 Night_time Primary Net
• 4442 Night_time Operations
• 4445 Night_time Operations
• 4520 Night_time Operations
• 5202 Night_time Operations
• 5203.5 Night_time Alternate Net
• 6766 Evening Primary Operations
• 6910 Evening Operations
• 7648.5 Evening Operations
• 8061.5 (in LSB) Day time Operations
• 8093 Day time Primary Operations
• 9121 Day time Operations
• 10796 Day_time Operations
• 12168.5 Day_time Operations

SHARES (SHARED RESOURCES EMERGENCY SERVICES)

USB Voice

• 5236 Voice Primary Night Channel 1
• 14396.5 Voice Primary Day Channel 2

U.S & CANADIAN COAST GUARD USB Voice

• 5696 U.S. Primary Night Frequency
• 5717 Canadian Primary Frequency
• 8983 U.S. Primary Day Frequency

U.S. ARMED FORCES GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM

USB Voice

USAF Bases such as Andrews, Edwards, McClellan, Offutt, Ascension, Hickam, Thule, Elmendorf, etc. with worldwide phone patches, Emergency Action Messages, general traffic, etc.

4742, 6712, 6739, 8992, 11175, 11244, 13200, 15016

 

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

USB Voice

NORTH ATLANTIC A ROUTE

Includes Canary Islands, Gander, New York, Paramaribo, Piarco, Santa Maria & Shanwick

30126, 5598, 8906, 13306, 17946 kHz.

NORTH ATLANTIC B ROUTE

Includes Gander, Reykjavik, New York, Santa Maria & Shanwick

2899, 5616, 8864, 13291, 17946 kHz.

NORTH ATLANTIC C ROUTE

Includes Gander, Reykjavik & Shanwick

2862, 5649, 8879, 13306, 17946 kHz.

NORTH ATLANTIC D ROUTE

Includes Bodo, Cambridge Bay, Churchill, Iqaluit, Gander, Reykjavik & Sondrestrom

2971, 4675, 8891, 11279, 13291, 17946 kHz

NORTH ATLANTIC E ROUTE

Includes New York and Santa Maria

2962, 6628, 8825, 11309, 13354 kHz.

NORTH ATLANTIC F ROUTE

Includes Gander and Shanwick

3476, 6622, 8831, 11336, 13291 kHz.

CARIBBEAN A ROUTE

Includes Barranquilla, Boyeros, Guatemala City, Meridia, New York, Panama, Piarco, San Andres, San Jose, Tegucigalpa

2887, 5550, 6577, 8918, 11396, 13297, 17907 kHz.

CARIBBEAN B ROUTE

Includes Barranquilla, Boyeros, Cayenne, Georgetown, Maiquetia, New York, Panama, Paramaribo, Piarco, San Andres

3455, 5520, 6586, 8846, 11330, 17907 kHz.

AFRICA 1 ROUTE

Includes, Abidjan, Bamako, Bangui, Bissau, Bobo dioulasso, Bouake, Casablanca, Conakry, Canaris, Dakar, Freetown, Kano, Niamey, Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Roberts

3452, 6535, 8861, 13357, 17955 kHz.

AFRICA 2 ROUTE

Includes Algiers, Brazzaville, Kano, Gao, Niamey, N'djamena, Tamanrasset, Timimoun, Tripoli, Tunis

3419, 5652, 8894, 13273, 17961 kHz.

AFRICA 3 ROUTE

Includes Addis Ababa, Aden, Asmara, Bahrain, Benghazi, Bombay, Bujumbura, Cairo, Comoros, Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Hargesia, Djibouti, Jeddah, Khartoum, Kigali, Kisimayu, Male, Mogadishu, Nairobi, N'djamena, Sana'a, Seychelles, Tripoli

3467, 5658, 10018, 11300, 13288, 17961 kHz.

AFRICA 4 ROUTE

Includes Accra, Bangui, Brazzaville, Bulawayo, Cotonou, Douala, Entebbe, Franceville, Garoua, Goma, Johannesburg, Kano, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lagos, Libreville, Lome, Luanda, Lumbumbashi, Lusaka, Maroua, Maseur, Nairobi, N'djamena, N'djili, Niamey, Niamtougou, Port Gentil, Roberts, Salisbury, Salazar, Seychelles, Windhoek, Yaounde

2878, 5493, 8903, 13294, 17961 kHz.

CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC 1 & 2 ROUTES

Includes Honolulu and San Francisco

2869, 3413, 5547, 5574, 8843, 11282, 13261 kHz.

NORTH PACIFIC 2 & 4 ROUTES

Includes Honolulu, San Francisco & Tokyo

NOTE: San Francisco covers Anchorage

2932, 5628, 5677, 6665, 8915, 10048, 13294, 13339

Government and Military Frequency/Designation List

http://xoomer.alice.it/ham-radio-manuals/scanning/Government_and_Military_Frequency.html

CANADIAN FORCES

USB Voice

• 3047.0 CFH: Halifax Military
• 4560.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St Johns Military (Maritime Command)
• 4700.0 CFH: Halifax Military
• 4739.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St Johns Military
• 5198.5 CFH: Halifax Military (Maritime Command)
• 5684.0 CJX: St Johns Military
• 5694.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St Johns Military
• 5702.0 CJU: Vancouver Military
• 5717.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJU: Vancouver Military; CJX: St Johns

Military

• 5850.0 CZW: Halifax Maritime Air Group
• 6694.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJU: Vancouver Military
• 6706.0 CHR: Trenton Military (wkg NATO a/c)
• 6715.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CFH: Halifax Military; CJU: Vancouver

Military

• 6736.0 CFH: Halifax Military (OR Chg?)
• 6745.0 CHR: Trenton Military
• 6751.0 SIDECAR (NORAD) CFH: Halifax Military; CJU: Vancouver
• 6754.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CJU: Vancouver Military; CJX: St Johns

Military (VOLMET)

• 8110.0 CFH: Halifax Military
• 8989.0 CHR: Trenton Military
• 9007.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CFH: Halifax Military; VXA: Edmonton

Military

• 9023.0 CHR: Trenton Military (NORAD)
• 9027.0 CFH: Halifax Military
• 11214.0 CHR: Trenton Military (NORAD)
• 11232.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St
• Johns Military; VXA: Edmonton Military
• 11249.0 CFH: Halifax Military
• 11265.0 CHR: Trenton Military (wkg MAGIC a/c)
• 13257.0 CHR: Trenton Military
• 15031.0 CHR: Trenton Military
• 15034.0 VXA: Edmonton Military (VOLMET)
• 17994.0 CHR: Trenton Military
• 18012.0 CHR: Trenton Military
• 18027.0 CFH: Halifax Military; VXA: Edmonton Military

CANFORCES CFARS

Usually USB Voice, possibly LSB

CFARS is the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System. CFARS stations are located at various United Nations peace-keeping operations around the world & operate amateur radio equipment that provides phone patches for service personnel to their families. They are also to be found on Navy and Coast Guard ships.

• Alpha 6978.5
• Bravo 14386.0
• Charlie 14460.0
• Delta 14463.0
• Echo 14446.5
• Foxtrot 20971.5
• Golf 20963.5
• Hotel 29715.0
• Juliet 14454.0
• Kilo 14449.5
• Lima 20977.5
• Mike 13954.0
• Whiskey 6982.5
• X_ray 6962.5
• Yankee 4052.5
• Zulu 4023.5

COMMERCIAL MARITIME DUPLEX FREQUENCIES

USB Voice

You might like to tune throughout the various commercial maritime bands. Ships and other vessels at sea will be placing phone calls to friends and family around the planet via coastal radio service stations. This can make for some very interesting and emotional listening. Tune through the following frequency ranges:

• 4351 to 4435 kHz.
• 6501 to 6522 kHz.
• 8707 to 8812 kHz.
• 12230 to 12350 kHz.
• 13077 to 13197 kHz.
• 17242 to 17407 kHz.
• 19755 to 19797 kHz.
• 22696 to 22852 kHz.

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LOCAL VHF & UHF SERVICES

SOURCES: CIDX Messenger, Monitoring Times Magazine, Worldwide Utility News, Passport to World Band Radio, World Radio TV Handbook, Klingenfuss Guide to Utility Stations, Worldwide Aeronautical Communications Frequency Directory.

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From a reader on 9/27/07

Lately I have been browsing forums dedicated to the hobby of shortwave listening. (SWLing) I started out just to see what's new in shortwave receivers.

International broadcasters are ABANDONING SW broadcasts in English to North America. Their reasons are practical. The only people who listen are survival minded and hobbyists. Hardly a viable market. But why is this?

The reason, I believe, is because SW is NOT offered at radio-TV receiver outlets. Even Radio Shack has stopped selling SW sets. It's NEVER even mentioned. Even in homeland defense security recommendations for survival packs they NEVER say to have a radio with SW capability. They stress radios that tune LOCAL AM & FM stations. Listening to web casts is HIGHLY recommended OVER OWNING a SW receiver for those who want to listen to SW.

By omission, the actual owning of SW radios is DISCOURAGED in the US!!! I think I know why this is. In EVERY other form of "consumer" communications there is a "gatekeeper" between YOU and the SOURCE! Only in SW does it come DIRECT from source to YOU, without having a gatekeeper between source and you!

They CAN'T allow this! When 'they" decide to clamp down they can't have you listening to outside sources of information.

On a personal note, when I was a boy I had a friend named Angelo. His parents, from Italy, had a wire antenna from the back of his house to the cloths line pole in his backyard. His father had a SW capable radio that he used to listen to Italian Opera direct from Italy. When WW2 broke out the FBI came to his house and BUSTED his radio by cutting the coils! Talk about paranoid!

I also know that the FBI sent a directive to EVERY radio repair shop during WW2 instructing them that any broken radio that was brought in for repair was to be repaired but if it had SW capability the SW was to be DISABLED!

 

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