[Milsurplus] VLF radio frequencies

Richard brunneraa1p at comcast.net
Tue Aug 6 04:54:03 EDT 2019


Yes, and don't forget SAQ on 17.2 kc. on Christmas Eve and mid-sommer.  
it's the last operating rotary machine transmitter.

Richard, AA1P

On 8/6/19 7:08 AM, KD7JYK DM09 wrote:
>> I’m curious as to who now is operating down in the 15Kc to 550 Kc 
>>  frequency range? I know Submarines use to use it and some Coast 
>> Guard and there was some ship to shore stuff but in this day and age 
>> most of that must be gone....
>>
>
> My God, where to even start...
>
> Not as popular as HF, but, hundreds, if not thousands of users 
> globally, daily.  Military, experimental, foreign broadcast, voice, 
> music, data, Ham radio, GPS correction signals, time signals, aviation 
> beacons, traffic information stations, radiofax, maritime, there's a 
> lot of RTTY just below the AM broadcast band, I hear it when driving 
> at night, the list goes on, and on...
>
> Start here:
>
> https://www.lwca.net/
>
> Then, check out:
>
> www.vlf.it  which appears to be down t the moment.
>
> Some broadcast stations:
>
> https://www.hfunderground.com/wiki/Longwave_Broadcast_Stations
>
> Sometimes I hear a station on 189 KHz, maybe the Italian station 
> listed, but sometimes I think Iceland.
>
> There's actually a lot there, it just seems nobody bothers to check.
>
> Kurt
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