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- HF Aircraft Frequencies
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- 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
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- 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
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- ICAO HF Aero Frequencies
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- 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 East| 10048 North Pacific
- 5661 Central Europe, Mediterranean| 10066 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. Atlantic| 11282 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, Mediterranean| 11387 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
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- ICAO HF Aero page 2
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- 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
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- Long Distance Operations Control
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- Freq. Location Freq. Location Freq. Location
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- 4654 Berne |9003 Amman, Jordan |13247 CW Havana, Moscow
- 4745.5 Berlin, GDR |9026 USA |13248 Belgrade
- 5529 Houston,Madrid|10018 Frankfurt |13285 Canada
- Santo Domingo |10021 Madrid |13324 CW Dusseldorf, GDR
- 5532 Prague,Jo'burg|10025 CW Havana, Moscow |13327 Madrid
- 5535 London,Bermuda| Prague |13330 USA
- 5538 Bahrain |10027 Europe, Canada |13333 London
- 5540 Stockholm |10030 USSR, Caribbean |13342 Stockholm
- 5589 Stockholm |10033 W. Afr., Mexico |13348 Santo Domingo
- 5691 Wunsdorf, FRG |10065 Frankfurt |13351 Paris
- 5703 USA |10069 Berne |15024 CW Havana, Moscow
- 6526 Berne |10072 London, Bombay |15046 Berlin, Berne
- 6637 Paris, Frankf.|10075 USA |17916 Stockholm
- 6640 USA |10078 Eur., Australia |17922 London
- 6643 Berne |11182 Madrid |17925 Berlin, USA
- 6646 Worldwide |11184 Lisbon |17940 USA
- 6715 USA |11193 CW Moscow |17975 Berlin
- 6745 CW Moscow |11215 Lima |17983 Jeddah
- 6753 Berlin, GDR |11222 Stockholm |18023 Berne
- 8842 CW Havana, Moscow|11237.5 Berlin, GDR |21925 Amsterdam
- 8862 Dakar |11256 USA |21940 Paris
- 8910 Iceland |11311 Ottawa |21946 London
- 8921 London,Bermuda|11312 CW Havana, Moscow |21964 USA
- Frankfurt |11342 USA |21967 Frankfurt
- 8924 S. America |11345 Worldwide |21988 Berne
- 8927 Middle East |11351 Far East |23210 Stockholm
- 8930 Stockholm |11354 Middle East |23225 Berlin
- 8933 Johannesburg |13205 Berne |23285 Berne
- 8936 Madrid, Berne |13213.8 Frankfurt |23307 Jeddah
- 8983 Frankfurt |13222 Tunis,Berlin, |
- 8984 Berlin, GDR | Vienna, Amman |
- 8986.4 Europe |13235 Dresden |
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