LF Transmissions
Andre Kesteloot
akestelo@bellatlantic.net
Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:43:23 -0400
Taco-istas,
A very useful and complete list of users of the LF bands follows
It may be worth keeping...
73
André
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Alan Gale wrote:
> At 23:35 14/04/98 +0100, you wrote:
> >>From Peter Dodd, G3LDO
>
> >I had sent some e-mails to some contacts in the USA about listening
> >for slow morse transmissions on 136kHz using FFT computer displays. I
> >felt that if the signals could be copied aurally over 1870km then a
> >trans-Atlantic might be possible using narrow band techniques.
> >However the e-mail responses were muted or negative.
> snip ............................
>
> >No reports. I doubt if anyone was listening (looking) but the
> >transmitter remained stable in frequency and power.
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I seem to recall a lot of discussion on the Lowfer mailing list
> some time back about the difficulties of 136 kHz reception in the states
> because of high power military stations in the US and Canada. I suspect
> this may have more to do with it than propagation. Lyle Koehler published
> a list of VLF & LF stations compiled by Charles Brault, showing users in that
> part of the spectrum. I'm sure he won't mind me reproducing it below. I
> suspect that a lot of the information is now out of date, but as far as I'm
> aware the US and Canadian stations are all still there. I don't know what
> power these stations put out, but I'd guess they will make life very
> difficult for LF enthusiasts on the other side of the pond who are trying
> to receive any weak signals from Europe.
>
> During the past winter many UK listeners have received Canadian NDBs
> here in the UK between 260 and 500 kHz, so I'm sure low power Trans Atlantic
> transmissions on 136 kHz would be possible given a clear frequency. Perhaps
> some of the North American subscribers on this list can give us an idea of
> how busy the 136 Band actually is there. Do keep trying though, it's very
> interesting to follow these experiments.
>
> 73, Alan G4TMV.
>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] LF/VLF RTTY
> Sender: owner-lowfer@qth.net
> Reply-To: Lyle Koehler <k0lr@emily.net>
>
> I'm attaching a listing of VLF and LF stations compiled by Charles
> Brault that I obtained from someplace (possibly the Longwave BBS) a few
> years ago. I couldn't find a file copy of it on my computer, and my OCR
> software probably made some errors that I didn't catch when it converted
> the printed version to text. Besides that, the list is obviously way out
> of date. Omega is gone, and I haven't heard any CW stations below 160
> kHz for a long time. But it's an interesting reference for VLF/LF DXing,
> and maybe somebody can come up with a more recent listing. The file size
> is about 9 kBytes; hope this doesn't choke anybody's e-mail readers.
>
> Lyle, K0LR
>
> VLF) LF stations worldwide
>
> Freq/Khz ID Location Remarks
> _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
>
> 0.076 Clam Lake, Wisconsin US Navy VLF sys
> 10.2 OMEGA Common Freq
> 11.05 OMEGA Common Freq
> 11.3 OMEGA Common Freq
> 11.8 OMEGA Haiku, Hawaii
> 11.905 ** ALPHA USSR
> 12.0 OMEGA Monrovia, Libria
> 12.1 OMEGA Aldra, Norway
> 12.3 OMEGA La Reunion Island
> 12.649 ** ALPHA USSR
> 12.8 OMEGA Tsusshima, Japan
> 12.9 OMEGA Gulf Nuevo, Argentina
> 13.0 OMEGA Austalia
> 13.1 OMEGA LaMore, North Dakota, USA
> 13.6 OMEGA Common Freq
> 14.881 ** ALPHA Krasodar, USSR
> 15.1 HWU Leblnc, France FSK
> 16.0 GBR Rugb, England
> 16.2 UMS USSR CW, RTTY
> 16.7 JXZ Oslo Norway Kolsaas Naval Base
> 16.8 FTA2 St. Arisse/ France Multiplex RTTY
> 17.1 UMS USSR CW, RTTY
> 18.1 UMS USSR CW, RTTY
> 18.5 DHO38 WestGermany CW
> 19.0 GQD Anthrn, England
> 19.0 G33DG NATO ID of GQD
> 19.6 GBZ Crigion, Wales FSK
> 20.0 ??? ??? FSK
> 20.5 UTR3 Gork, USSR
> UQC3 Khabrovsk, USSR
> UNW3 Estoia, USSR
> UPD8 Murmnsk, USSR
> USB2 Bielrussia
> 21.1 3SB P. Rpublic China CW, RTTY
> 21.4 NSS Annaolis, MD US Navy MSK
> 22.3 NWC Harod E. Holt, Australia US Navy MSK
> 23.0 (same as 20.5)
> 23.4 NPM Lualualue, Hawaii US Navy MSK
> 24.0 NAA Cutler, Maine US Navy MSK
> 24.8 NLK Jim Creek, Washington US Navy MSK
> 25.0 (same as 20.5)
> 25.1 (same as 20.5)
> 25.5 (same as 20.5)
> 25.8 ??? ??? FSK
> 26.5 ??? ??? FSK
> 27.9 3SV China, P Republic
> 28.5 NAU Aguadal Puerto Rico US Navy MSK
> 38.0 OJG Kemi, Finland
> 40.0 JJF2 Tokyo, Japan CW
> 40.0 JG2AS Chiba, Japan Time signal, 10 KW
> 42.25 NRK Keflavik, Iceland US Navy (JASON)
> 44.0 VIH/VIX Belconnen@ Canberra, AUS RTTY
> 48 5 FXL Silver Creek, Nebraska SAC MSK 110 KW
> 50 0 OMA Liblice, Czechoslovakia Time Signal
> 50.0 RTZ Irkutsk, USSR Time Signal
> 51.6 NSS Annapolis, MD
> 53.0 NPL Chollis Heights, CA US Navy MSK
> 53 6 RTO Moscow, USSR Fax Weather
> 54 05 NAM Driver, Virginia US Navy (JASON)
> 55.25 DCF55 Frankfurt, Germany RTTY 75 baud
> 55.5 ??? CA? MSK
> 55.5 GXH Thurso, Scotland Royal Navy FSK
> 56.5 ??? MSK
> 57.8 or .9 ??? FSK
> 58.7 Fort Ritchie, MD/PA Alt Nat Command Center
> 59.0 NGR Greece US Navy MSK
> 60.0 WWVB Fort Collins, CO Time signal 13 KW
> 60.0 MSF Rugby, England Time signal
> 61.8 GIZ London, England Royal Navy
> 62.6 FTA Paris, France French Navy
> 66.66 RBU Moscow, USSR Time signal
> 73 6 CFH Halifax, NS FSK
> 75 0 HBG Prangins, Switzerland Time signal 20 KW
> 76.2 CKN Vancouver, BC FSK
> 77.15 NAM Driver, Virginia US Navy (JASON)
> 77.5 DCF77 Mainflingen, Germany Time signal
> 80.05 GXH Thurso, England Backup for 55.5
> 81.0 MKL Pitreavie, Scotland RAF
> 83.1 OFA83 Helsinki, Finland FAX weather
> 83.8 FTA83 St Andre de Corcy, France CW 45 KW
> 88.0 NSS Annapolis, MD US Navy MSK
> 100.0 LORAN C various Navigation system
> 106.7 OLT22 Prague, Czechoslovakia Fax weather
> 110.0 DPA Germany RTTY
> 110.6 DCF30 Hamburg, Germany
> 111.3 SOA211 Warsaw, Poland RTTY weather
> 111.8 OLT21 Prague, Czechoslovakia
> 112.15 CII Shilo, Manitoba FSK 3 KW dept defense
> 113.2 VER Ottawa, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 117.4 DCF37 Offenbach, Germany Fax weather
> 119.0 IDR Rome, Italy CW
> 119.15 CII Shilo, Manitoba FSK 3 KW
> 119.15 ZRH Cape Naval, S. Africa RTTY weather
> 119.85 SAY Norrkoping, Sweden Fax weather
> 120.0 SXA Spata Attikins, Greece CW
> 122.2 OUA23 Fredrikshavenl Denmark
> 122.3 CIF Borden, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 122.5 CFH Halifax, NS CW weather
> 122.65 JMC Tokyo, Japan CW weather
> 123.0 VEN Nanaimo, BC FSK 3 KW
> 124.0 CKN Vancouver, BC CW weather
> 125.2 SLZ1 Sweden Fax weather
> 125.8 CII Shilo, Manitoba FSK 10 KW
> 128.3 VDD Debert, NS FSK 3 KW
> 128.3 VEX Penhold, Alberta FSK 3 KW
> 129.5 SOA212 Warsaw, Poland meteo
> 131.4 VEV Valcartier, Quebec FSK 3 KW
> 131.8 Paris, France Fax weather
> 133 15 CFH Halifax, NS FSK
> 133 15 CKN Vancouver, BC FSK RTTY 25 KW
> 133.85 CII Shilo, Manitoba FSK 10 KW
> 134.2 DCF54 Offenbach, Germany Fax weather
> 134.9 NSS Annapolis, MD US Navy (JASON)
> 136.0 NPG Dixon, California 8 chan FDM RTTY
> 136.0 TBA Izmir, Turkey CW
> 136.3 VEV Valcartier, Quebec FSK 3 KW
> 136.8 ??? ??? RTTY
> 139.0 DCF39 Frankfurt, Germany Fax weather
> 139.1 VEV Valcartier, Quebec FSK 3 KW
> 139.5 CIF Borden, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 140.3 DCF60 Frankfurt, Germany
> 140 S VER Ottawa, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 142 25 Keflavik, Iceland US Navy (JASON)
> 142.86 UIK Vladivostok, USSR CW weather
> 143.5 VDD Debert, NS FSK 3 KW
> 146.0 Y7A20 E. Berlin Germany 100 baud RTTY
> 147.2 DDH47 Pinneberg Germany CW weather
> 148.55 VER Ottawa, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 162.0 VEX Penhold, Alberta FSK 3 KW
> 168.0 CIF Borden, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 168.0 VEX Penhold, Alberta FSK 3 KW
> 174.0 VDD Debert, NS FSK 3 KW
> 174.0 VER Ottawa, Ontario FSK RTTY 10 KW encrypt
> 183.0 CIF Borden, Ontario FSK RTTY 10 KW encrypt
> 187.0 VEV Valcartier, Quebec FSK 3 KW
> 193.0 CII Shilo, Manitoba FSK 3 KW
> l97.5 VER Ottawa, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> From: Charles E. Brault,
> 27 Sumac Dr.,
> Newington, NH 0380
> CW weather
> 143.5 VDD Debert, NS FSK 3 KW
> 46.0 Y7A20 E. Berlin Germany 100 baud RTTY
> 147.2 DDH47 Pinneberg Germany CW weather
> 148.55 VER Ottawa, Ontario FSK 3 KW
> 162.0 VEX Penhold, Alberta FSK 3 KW
> 168.0 CIF
>
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> From: Alan Gale G4TMV
> Location: North-West England. IO83VP Lancs 53:39.3N 2:10.6W.
> Equipment: Kenwood TS830M + Datong PC1 & VLF Converters + FL3.
> Sony ICF 2001D. G5RV, Marconi T, various Spiral Loops.
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