[CW] Any commercial CW left on HF?

[David Ring]

Hello John,

Nice hearing from you again.

There are many stations on the Black Sea which still use 500 kHz - you
can hear them at night from your location.
There is still the Cuban military which I hear on 8 MHz and 12 MHz -
they still receive RTTY traffic but answer on CW.  Mexico Navy XFS2
has a nightly weather broadcast on 3700 kHz at 0200Z.  India Navy,
Argentine, Israeli Navies all are on the air.  Haifa Naval Radio 4ZO
is always on the air sending one-time-pad messages.

You might hear the stations of Military Affiliate Radio Service (MARS)
sending traffic on CW above and below the amateur bands.  CW has been
reestablished as part of their communications tool box recently.

Wishing you well,

DR

David Ring, N1EA


On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 10:27 AM, John Pumford-Green
<gm4slv at sighthound.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Hello list,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has heard, in recent times, any professional
> (non amateur radio) CW on the HF bands?
>
> Now that all the traffic from 500kHz is gone, and the loss of
> ship-going Radio Officers, there isn't really a body of skilled,
> qualified, professional morse users out there, or is there? I know
> stations like KPH in the USA are still equipped, and keeping the skills
> alive, are there more?
>
> Can it really be true that the only place to hear CW these days is on
> the ham bands?
>
> I vaguely remember mention of some HF CW traffic, but can't find the
> information.
>
> Do the military (not restricting this to the USA) still train in, and
> practice, the use of CW?
>
> I'd appreciate any leads, to HF frequencies or of any services still
> operating in CW.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
> GM4SLV
> Clousta, Shetland Isles, UK
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