Y2k Warning-Sign Predictions
NEW YEAR'S EVE & Y2K RADIO MONITORING:
Tips on where, when and what to listen to
1100 UTC Radio New Zealand, 17675 kHz; check
also 6105 or 6145 as possibilities
1300 UTC Radio Australia 5995, 6020, 9580, 11650
1400 UTC Radio Australia as above
1500 UTC Radio Japan 9505 kHz
1600 UTC Voice of Russia 9470, 11675, 11775,
15490
1700 UTC Voice of Russia as above and 9560 kHz.
1800 UTC Voice of Russia as above and 7305, 7340,
9765, 9775, 9890 kHz.
1900 UTC Voice of Russia as above and 12070 kHz.
2000 UTC UAE Radio Dubai 13675 (Arabic)
2100 UTC Voice of Iran 15084 kHz (Farsi)
Radio Kuwait 9855 (Arabic)
2200 UTC Radio Sofia, Bulgaria 7535, 7545 kHz
Radio Cairo, Egypt 9900 kHz.
Voice of Turkey 9445, 9460 (Turkish)
Voice of Greece 9395, 11595 (Greek)
2300 UTC Radio Austria Int. 5945, 6155, 9870
(German & English)
Radio Prague, Czech Rep 7345, 9435
RAI Italy 6010, 9675, 11800 (Italian)
R. France Intern'l 9715, 9790 (French)
Voice of Germany 6100, 9545, 9730 (German)
Radio Exterior, Spain 9540, 9630 (Spanish)
Vatican Radio 5880 (Italian)
0000 UTC BBC World Service 5975, 6175, 9590
0100 UTC Brazilian stations between 4750 & 5100 kHz
0200 UTC Brazilian stations between 4750 & 5100 kHz
0300 UTC CKZU St. John's, Newfoundland on 6160 kHz
0400 UTC CHNX Halifax, NS on 6130 kHz
Radio Villa, Dominican Rep 4960 (Spanish)
Ecos del Torbes, Venezuela 4980 (Spanish)
0500 UTC R. Havana Cuba 9820, 9830 kHz.
Voice of the Andes, Ecuador 9745, 12015
WWCR Nashville, TN 5070 kHz
WBCQ Monticello, ME 7415 kHz
Voice of America 7170, 7295, 9700
0600 UTC Radio For Peace, Costa Rica 6975, 15050
R. Mexico Int'l 9705 (Spanish)
UTILITY SERVICES
VARIOUS EMERGENCY SERVICES
Upper Sideband Voice channels
3311 kHz. U.S. Air Force Calling Frequency
4041 Navy/Marine Emergency Frequency
4585 Civil Air Patrol Command and Control
4590 Air Force Calling Frequency
5203 North Carolina National Guard
5211 Federal Emergency Management Agency
5755 Federal Agencies' Emergency Command
6826 US Army MARS (Military Affil. Radio)
6870 Federal Aviation Admin. Command
6999 US Army Emergency
7302 USAF MARS Emergency Net
7635 Civil Air Patrol Alternate Command
7743 Federal Agencies' Command/Control Net
8125 FAA Regional Command and Control Net
10493 FEMA Command and Control Net
11045 Federal Agencies' Command/Control Net
13457 FAA Regional Command/Control Alternate
U.S. ARMY/NATIONAL GUARD - USB Voice
3032 Khz Night-time Primary Net
4442 Night-time Operations
4445 Night-time Operations
4520 Night-time Operations
5202 Night-time Operations
5203.5 Night-time Alternate Net
6766 Evening Primary Operations
6910 Evening Operations
7648.5 Evening Operations
8061.5 (in LSB) Day time Operations
8093 Day time Primary Operations
9121 Day time Operations
10796 Day-time Operations
12168.5 Day-time Operations
SHARES (SHARED RESOURCES EMERGENCY SERVICES)
USB Voice
5236 kHz Voice Primary Night Channel 1
14396.5 Voice Primary Day Channel 2
U.S & CANADIAN COAST GUARD USB Voice
5696 kHz. U.S. Primary Night Frequency
5717 Canadian Primary Frequency
8983 U.S. Primary Day Frequency
U.S. ARMED FORCES GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM
USB Voice
USAF Bases such as Andrews, Edwards, McClellan,
Offutt, Ascension, Hickam, Thule, Elmendorf, etc.
with worldwide phone patches, Emergency Action
Messages, general traffic, etc.
4742, 6712, 6739, 8992, 11175, 11244, 13200, 15016
INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
USB Voice
There has been a lot of talk and concern about
potential problems with aircraft, air traffic
control and communications. The following are the
major international air traffic control routes,
cities and frequencies which are normally heard
well throughout North America.
NORTH ATLANTIC A ROUTE
includes Canary Islands, Gander, New York
Paramaribo, Piarco, Santa Maria & Shanwick
30126, 5598, 8906, 13306, 17946 kHz.
NORTH ATLANTIC B ROUTE
includes Gander, Reykjavik, New York,
Santa Maria & Shanwick
2899, 5616, 8864, 13291, 17946 kHz.
NORTH ATLANTIC C ROUTE
includes Gander, Reykjavik & Shanwick
2862, 5649, 8879, 13306, 17946 kHz.
NORTH ATLANTIC D ROUTE
includes Bodo, Cambridge Bay, Churchill,
Iqaluit, Gander, Reykjavik & Sondrestrom
2971, 4675, 8891, 11279, 13291, 17946 kHz
NORTH ATLANTIC E ROUTE
includes New York and Santa Maria
2962, 6628, 8825, 11309, 13354 kHz.
NORTH ATLANTIC F ROUTE
includes Gander and Shanwick
3476, 6622, 8831, 11336, 13291 kHz.
CARIBBEAN A ROUTE
includes Barranquilla, Boyeros, Guatemala City,
Meridia, New York, Panama, Piarco, San Andres,
San Jose, Tegucigalpa
2887, 5550, 6577, 8918, 11396, 13297, 17907 kHz.
CARIBBEAN B ROUTE
includes Barranquilla, Boyeros, Cayenne,
Georgetown, Maiquetia, New York, Panama,
Paramaribo, Piarco, San Andres
3455, 5520, 6586, 8846, 11330, 17907 kHz.
AFRICA 1 ROUTE
includes, Abidjan, Bamako, Bangui, Bissau,
Bobo dioulasso, Bouake, Casablanca, Conakry,
Canaris, Dakar, Freetown, Kano, Niamey,
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Roberts
3452, 6535, 8861, 13357, 17955 kHz.
AFRICA 2 ROUTE
includes Algiers, Brazzaville, Kano, Gao, Niamey,
N'djamena, Tamanrasset, Timimoun, Tripoli, Tunis
3419, 5652, 8894, 13273, 17961 kHz.
AFRICA 3 ROUTE
includes Addis Ababa, Aden, Asmara, Bahrain,
Benghazi, Bombay, Bujumbura, Cairo, Comoros,
Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Hargesia, Djibouti, Jeddah,
Khartoum, Kigali, Kisimayu, Male, Mogadishu,
Nairobi, N'djamena, Sana'a, Seychelles, Tripoli
3467, 5658, 10018, 11300, 13288, 17961 kHz.
AFRICA 4 ROUTE
includes Accra, Bangui, Brazzaville, Bulawayo,
Cotonou, Douala, Entebbe, Franceville, Garoua,
Goma, Johannesburg, Kano, Kinshasa, Kisangani,
Lagos, Libreville, Lome, Luanda, Lumbumbashi,
Lusaka, Maroua, Maseur, Nairobi, N'djamena,
N'djili, Niamey, Niamtougou, Port Gentil, Roberts,
Salisbury, Salazar, Seychelles, Windhoek, Yaounde
2878, 5493, 8903, 13294, 17961 kHz.
CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC 1 & 2 ROUTES
includes Honolulu and San Francisco
2869, 3413, 5547, 5574, 8843, 11282, 13261 kHz.
NORTH PACIFIC 2 & 4 ROUTES
includes Honolulu, San Francisco & Tokyo
NOTE: San Francisco covers Anchorage
2932, 5628, 5677, 6665, 8915, 10048, 13294, 13339
CANADIAN FORCES
USB Voice
3047.0 CFH: Halifax Military
4560.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St Johns Military
(Maritime Command)
4700.0 CFH: Halifax Military
4739.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St Johns Military
5198.5 CFH: Halifax Military (Maritime Command)
5684.0 CJX: St Johns Military
5694.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJX: St Johns Military
5702.0 CJU: Vancouver Military
5717.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJU: Vancouver Military;
CJX: St Johns Military
5850.0 CZW: Halifax Maritime Air Group
6694.0 CFH: Halifax Military; CJU: Vancouver Military
6706.0 CHR: Trenton Military (wkg NATO a/c)
6715.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CFH: Halifax Military;
CJU: Vancouver Military
6736.0 CFH: Halifax Military (OR Chg?)
6745.0 CHR: Trenton Military
6751.0 SIDECAR (NORAD) CFH: Halifax Military;
CJU: Vancouver
6754.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CJU: Vancouver Military;
CJX: St Johns Military (VOLMET)
8110.0 CFH: Halifax Military
8989.0 CHR: Trenton Military
9007.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CFH: Halifax Military;
VXA: Edmonton Military
9023.0 CHR: Trenton Military (NORAD)
9027.0 CFH: Halifax Military
11214.0 CHR: Trenton Military (NORAD)
11232.0 CHR: Trenton Military; CFH: Halifax Military;
CJX: St Johns Military; VXA: Edmonton
Military
11249.0 CFH: Halifax Military
11265.0 CHR: Trenton Military (wkg MAGIC a/c)
13257.0 CHR: Trenton Military
15031.0 CHR: Trenton Military
15034.0 VXA: Edmonton Military (VOLMET)
17994.0 CHR: Trenton Military
18012.0 CHR: Trenton Military
18027.0 CFH: Halifax Military; VXA: Edmonton Military
CANFORCES CFARS
Usually USB Voice, possibly LSB
CFARS is the Canadian Forces Affiliate Radio System.
CFARS stations are located at various United Nations
peace-keeping operations around the world & operate
amateur radio equipment that provides phone patches
for service personnel to their families. They are
also to be found on Navy and Coast Guard ships.
Alpha 6978.5 Bravo 14386.0
Charlie 14460.0 Delta 14463.0
Echo 14446.5 Foxtrot 20971.5
Golf 20963.5 Hotel 29715.0
Juliet 14454.0 Kilo 14449.5
Lima 20977.5 Mike 13954.0
Whiskey 6982.5 X-ray 6962.5
Yankee 4052.5 Zulu 4023.5
COMMERCIAL MARITIME DUPLEX FREQUENCIES
USB Voice
You might like to tune throughout the various
commercial maritime bands. Ships and other
vessels at sea will be placing phone calls to
riends and family around the planet via coastal
radio service stations. This can make for some
very interesting and emotional listening. Tune
through the following frequency ranges:
4351 to 4435 kHz.
6501 to 6522 kHz.
8707 to 8812 kHz.
12230 to 12350 kHz.
13077 to 13197 kHz.
17242 to 17407 kHz.
19755 to 19797 kHz.
22696 to 22852 kHz.
SOURCES: CIDX Messenger, Monitoring Times Magazine,
Worldwide Utility News, Passport to World Band Radio,
World Radio TV Handbook, Klingenfuss Guide to Utility
Stations, Worldwide Aeronautical Communications
Frequency Directory.
The Canadian International DX Club is Canada's
national radio monitoring club, serving radio
enthusiasts worldwide since 1962, with headquarters
in the Montreal region. Please visit our club website
for more information
http://www.anarc.org/cidx/
If you have any questions regarding this document,
or questions about the Canadian International DX
Club, please contact me:
Sheldon Harvey
President, Canadian Int. DX Club
TEL: 450-671-3773 FAX: 450-671-3775
e-mail ve2shw@yahoo.com