HF Aero Information
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From: Rupert The Fridge
Date: 08-04-96 (16:12)
Subj: AERO FREQ. REQUEST
Conf: SHORTWAVE ECHO
-=> Quoting Ted Reighard to All <=-
TR> Hello...
TR> Does anyone have commercial Northeast US and East Coast International
TR> Aero frequencies to post ? Is there much traffic on HF from commercial
TR> aircraft? Thanks in advance ....
Hi! Heres some info hope its what u want cya...Mark..
HF Aircraft Frequencies
This is a list of HF frequencies normally used for commercial
aircraft operations. All transmissions use USB, unless otherwise
noted. These frequencies are used while the aircraft are beyond
VHF line-of-sight of the area air traffic control stations. Flights
on transoceanic routes are typically out of VHF range for most of
the trip, and therefore rely very heavily on HF communications for
instructions from the air traffic control (ATC) centers.
I have listed the International Civil Aviation Organization
frequencies first. These channels relay ATC information, and the
aircraft typically report position, upper level weather conditions,
and so on. The most common language will be English.
You will hear exchanges that go something like this:
"New York, New York, Speedbird 94."
"Speedbird 94, New York, go ahead."
"Speedbird 94, position 34 North, 018 West at 1835. Flight level
390. Estimating Trout at 1925. SELCAL BRAVO ALFA SIERRA WHISKEY.
Static air minus 42, winds 256 diagonal 30."
This might be confusing at first, but it's really pretty simple.
Speedbird 94 ("niner four") is the aircraft's callsign. Most will ID
their company name and flight number. British Airways use Speedbird
and Pan Am use Clipper for calls. They give a position report along
with the time at which they passed that position, then give their alti-
tude. Flight level 390 is 39,000 feet. They estimate their next
"waypoint," in this case a point labeled TROUT on an aeronautical chart,
at which time they will check in again. A SELCAL (SELective CALling) is
a set of tones that will break the squelch on the aircraft's radio. When
the ATC wants to contact the aircrew, they send the SELCAL, and the crew
are alerted that they have traffic. Otherwise, the crew don't want to
listen to all the chatter on frequency. Finally, they give temperature,
wind speed and direction at their position.
The second list involves long-distance operations control
frequencies, which typically will have airline company information,
phone patches, etc. Many tranmsissions will be in the national
language of the airline.
Feel free to distribute this list widely. I also welcome updates
and corrections.
Happy listening! Larry Ledlow NA5E
MCI & GEnie: NA5E
CIS: 72017,1736
24 December 1988
Aeronautical Mobile HF Bands
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2850-3155 kHz 8815-9040 kHz 17900-18030 kHz
3400-3500 10005-10100 21870-22000
4650-4750 11175-11400 23200-23350
5480-5730 13200-13360
6525-6765 15010-15100
ICAO HF Aero Frequencies
Freq. Regional Coverage Freq. Regional Coverage
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4666 Central Western Pacific 8825 North Atlantic
4669 Central USSR, SW S. America 8843 Central E. Pacific
4675 North Atlantic and Arctic 8846 W. Caribbean
5493 South/Southwest Africa 8855 S. America, S. Atlantic
5520 Western Caribbean 8861 NW Africa, S. Atlantic
5526 Central/Northern S. America 8864 North Atlantic
5547 Central Eastern Pacific 8867 South Pacific
5555 Eastern Caribbean 8879 Indian Ocean, N. Atlantic
5565 South Atlantic 8891 North Atlantic, Arctic
5574 Central Eastern Pacific 8894 N. Central Africa
5598 North Atlantic 8897 Far East
5601 Middle East 8903 S. Central Africa, W. Pac.
5616 North Atlantic 8918 Caribbean, Middle East
5628 North Pacific 8942 Southeast Asia
5634 Indian Ocean 8951 S. Central USSR
5643 South Pacific 10018 South Asia
5649 North Atlantic 10024 South America
5652 North Central Africa 10025 Eastern USSR
5655 Southeast Asia 10042 Far East
5658 Northeast Africa, Middle East10048 North Pacific
5661 Central Europe, Mediterranean10066 Southeast Asia
5664 Eastern USSR 10084 Central Europe, Med.
5667 Middle East 10096 South America, N. USSR
6532 Central Western Pacific 11195 South America
6533 North Central USSR 11279 North Atlantic
6535 Northwest Africa, S. Atlantic11282 Central E. Pacific
6556 Southeast Asia 11291 South Atlantic
6562 Central Western Pacific 11300 NE Africa
6571 Far East 11330 North Pacific
6577 Caribbean 11360 SW S. America.
6586 W. Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico 11375 S. Central USSR
6589 Eastern USSR 11384 Central W. Pacific
6598 Central Europe, Mediterranean11387 Caribbean
6603 North Central USSR 11396 Caribbean, SE Asia
6631 South Central USSR 13273 N. Central Africa, S. Pac.
6649 Southwestern South America 13288 NE Africa, Middle East
6673 Northwest Africa 13291 North Atlantic, Arctic
ICAO HF Aero page 2
13294 Africa, N. Pacific
13297 S. America, Carib., Far East
13300 Western and South Pacific
13306 Indian Ocean, N. Atlantic
13309 Southeast Asia
13312 Middle East
13315 South Atlantic
13318 Southeast Asia
13336 Central E. Pacific
13354 Pacific Ocean
13357 NW Africa, S. Atlantic
17904 Pacific Ocean
17907 SE Asia, N. USSR, S. Am., Car.
17925 Central S. America
17946 North Atlantic, Arctic
17955 NW Africa, S. Atlantic
17961 Africa, Indian Ocean
Long Distance Operations Control
Freq. Location Freq. Location Freq. Location
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4654 Berne 10003 Amman, Jordan 13235 Dresden
4745.5 Berlin, GDR 10026 USA 13247 CW Havana, Moscow
5529 Houston,Madrid 10018 Frankfurt 13248 Belgrade
Santo Domingo 10021 Madrid 13285 Canada
5532 Prague,Jo'burg 10025 CW Havana, Moscow 13285 Berne
5535 London,Bermuda Prague 13307 Jeddah
5538 Bahrain 10027 Europe, Canada 13324 CW Dusseldorf, GDR
5540 Stockholm 10030 USSR, Caribbean 13327 Madrid
5589 Stockholm 10033 W. Afr., Mexico 13330 USA
5691 Wunsdorf, FRG 10065 Frankfurt 13333 London
5703 USA 10069 Berne 13342 Stockholm
6526 Berne 10072 London, Bombay 13348 Santo Domingo
6637 Paris, Frankf. 10075 USA 13351 Paris
6640 USA 10078 Eur., Australia
6643 Berne 11182 Madrid 15024 CW Havana, Moscow
6646 Worldwide 11184 Lisbon 15046 Berlin, Berne
6715 USA 11193 CW Moscow 17916 Stockholm
6745 CW Moscow 11215 Lima 17922 London
6753 Berlin, GDR 11222 Stockholm 17925 Berlin, USA
8842 CW Havana, Moscow 11237.5 Berlin, GDR 17940 USA
8862 Dakar 11256 USA 17975 Berlin
8910 Iceland 11311 Ottawa 17983 Jeddah
8921 London,Bermuda 11312 CW Havana, Moscow 18023 Berne
Frankfurt 11342 USA 21925 Amsterdam
8924 S. America 11345 Worldwide 21940 Paris
8930 Stockholm 11354 Middle East 21946 London
8927 Middle East 11351 Far East 21964 USA
8933 Johannesburg 13205 Berne 21967 Frankfurt
8936 Madrid, Berne 13210 Stockholm 21988 Berne
8983 Frankfurt 13213.8 Frankfurt
8984 Berlin, GDR 13222 Tunis,Berlin,
8986.4 Europe 13225 Berlin
... What do you mean? You actually read this tagline?!?
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