Amateur bands

Marine SSB

Marine Distress Frequencies (Radio Telephone (R/T) & DSC)

NOTE: Range is for guidance only and will depending on operating and atmospheric conditions.

4 MHz simplex ship to ship HF frequencies, shared with fixed services C-1

8 MHz simplex ship to ship HF frequencies, shared with fixed services C-2

Primary HF ship to ship frequencies

Coast Radio Stations frequencies

Duplex ship to shore ITU channels

WX = Weather reports. TL = Traffic list

MF Coastguard (MRCC) frequencies

MF Coastguards, Daytime range 100 to 150 miles , nighttime range up to 1000 miles.

US Coastguard HF frequencies

Australian Coastguard HF frequencies

Distress and safety (SAR) communications

Weather Broadcasts (speech, WXFAX & Data)

Weather Information is transmitted by speech, text, and fax on the HF bands. If you have access to a low cost SSB receiver you should have no problem receiving any of these transmissions.
To decode weather fax and text message you will need to have a computer and appropriate software which can be down loaded from the Internet.

Speech Weather Transmissions Weather information is transmitted on the Aeronautical band and gives the current weather conditions at airports around Europe.

Frequencies are:
 

• Station & Time recorded
• Wind speed & direction
• Visibility
• Weather
• Cloud height in feet.
• Temperature & Due Point
• QNH = atmospheric pressure with respect to 29.92 In / 1013.25 hPa
• NO SIG = No significant change.

Weather Fax transmissions Weather Fax transmissions are broadcast
 

Click here for a weather fax that I received from the Northwood station on 11086.4 kHz USB on 6-august-06.

Text Weather Transmissions
 

(USB frequency) Tune to the frequency in () on a USB receiver. To receive both weatherfax and text broadcast on a USB receiver you may have to tune 1.9 kHz below the frequency. E.G. For RN Northwood on 8040 kHz tune to 8038.1 kHz, NAVTEX on 518 kHz tune to 516.1kHz.

Aeronautical SSB Frequencies

To use SSB Email, your require an SSB transceiver, a radio modem, and a computer an email program such as Microsoft® Outlook Express.

SSB Email frequencies for Kiel Radio (DA0)

SSB Email frequencies for MarineNet Radio (WKS)
 

Sailmail - Global SSB Email service

SSB Email frequencies for SailMail European Station

For further details on Sailmail visit www.sailmail.com.
For further details on Airmail client software visit www.airmail2000.com

Short Wave Broadcast Stations