Shortwave Radio Frequency List and SWL Links
Where to look for what!
| Shortwave Frequency Guide (All frequencies shown in kHz) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Frequencies | Service | Comments |
| 0535 | 1705 | AM Broadcast | Standard North America AM |
| 1705 | 1800 | Fixed Service | Land/Mobile/Marine |
| 1800 | 2000 | Amateur 160 Meters | |
| 2000 | 2107 | Maritime Mobile | |
| 2107 | 2170 | Fixed Service | Land/Mobile/Marine |
| 2170 | 2194 | Land Mobile Service | |
| 2194 | 2300 | Fixed Service | |
| 2300 | 2495 | Shortwave Broadcast | 120 Meters |
| 2495 | 2505 | Time Standard | |
| 2505 | 2850 | Fixed Service | Land/Mobile/Marine |
| 2850 | 3155 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 3155 | 3200 | Fixed Service | |
| 3200 | 3400 | Shortwave Broadcast | 90 Meters |
| 3400 | 3500 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 3500 | 4000 | Amateur 80/75 Meters | |
| 3900 | 4000 | Shortwave Broadcast | 75 Meters, Not in Region 2 |
| 4000 | 4000 | Time Standard | |
| 4000 | 4063 | Fixed Service | |
| 4063 | 4438 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 4438 | 4650 | Fixed Service | |
| 4650 | 4750 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 4750 | 5060 | Shortwave Broadcast | 60 Meters |
| 5005 | 5450 | Fixed Service | |
| 5450 | 5730 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 5730 | 5950 | Fixed Service | |
| 5950 | 6200 | Shortwave Broadcast | 49 Meters |
| 6200 | 6525 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 6525 | 6765 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 6765 | 7000 | Fixed Service | |
| 7000 | 7300 | Amateur 40 Meters | |
| 7100 | 7300 | Shortwave Broadcast | 41 Meters, Not in Region 2 |
| 7300 | 8195 | Fixed Service | |
| 8195 | 8815 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 8815 | 9040 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 9040 | 9500 | Fixed Service | |
| 9500 | 9900 | Shortwave Broadcast | 31 Meters |
| 9775 | 9995 | Fixed Service | |
| 10005 | 10100 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 10100 | 10150 | Amateur 30 Meters | CW/Data Only |
| 10100 | 11175 | Fixed Service | |
| 11175 | 11400 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 11400 | 11650 | Fixed Service | |
| 11650 | 12050 | Shortwave Broadcast | 25 Meters |
| 12050 | 12330 | Fixed Service | |
| 12330 | 13200 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 13200 | 13360 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 13360 | 13600 | Fixed Service | |
| 13600 | 13800 | Shortwave Broadcast | New WARC Allocation |
| 13800 | 14000 | Fixed Service | |
| 14000 | 14350 | Amateur 20 Meters | |
| 14350 | 14995 | Fixed Service | |
| 15010 | 15100 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 15100 | 15600 | Shortwave Broadcast | 19 Meters |
| 15600 | 16460 | Fixed Service | |
| 16460 | 17360 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 17360 | 17550 | Fixed Service | |
| 17550 | 17900 | Shortwave Broadcast | 16 Meters |
| 17900 | 18030 | Aeronautical Mobile | Transoceanic Flights |
| 18030 | 18780 | Fixed Service | |
| 18068 | 18168 | Amateur 17 Meters | |
| 18780 | 18900 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 18900 | 19680 | Fixed Service | |
| 19680 | 19800 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 19800 | 21000 | Fixed Service | |
| 21000 | 21450 | Amateur 15 Meters | |
| 21450 | 21850 | Shortwave Broadcast | 13 Meters |
| 21850 | 22000 | Aeronautical Mobile | |
| 22000 | 22720 | Maritime Mobile | Ship/Shore |
| 22720 | 23200 | Fixed Service | |
| 23200 | 23350 | Aeronautical Mobile | |
| 23350 | 24990 | Fixed Service | |
| 24890 | 24990 | Amateur 12 Meters | Shared with FixedService |
| 25010 | 25330 | Petroleum Industry | |
| 25330 | 25600 | Government Frequency | |
| 25600 | 26100 | Shortwave Broadcast 1 1 Meters | |
| 26100 | 26480 | Land Mobile Service | |
| 26480 | 26950 | Government | |
| 26950 | 26960 | International Fixed Service | |
| 26960 | 27410 | Citizen's Band | Channels start at 26965 kHz |
| 27410 | 27540 | Land Mobile Service | |
| 27540 | 28000 | Government | |
| 28000 | 29700 | Amateur 10 Meters | |
| 29700 | 29800 | Forestry Service | |
| 29800 | 29890 | Fixed Service | |
| 29890 | 29910 | Government | |
| 29910 | 30000 | Fixed Service | |
| K4ZAD's Shortwave Voice Utility Sampler | |
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| 2182 | Marine Emergency Calling Channel |
| 2598 | Canadian CG Marine Information Broadcasts |
| 2670 | USCG Marine Information Broadcasts |
| 3413 | Aero Weather | Shannon Ireland |
| 3485 | Aero WX | New York, NY and Gander, Newfoundland |
| 4065 | Inland River Towboats | WCM | Cincinnati |
| 4125 | Marine Ship Calling |
| 4149 | Marine Simplex Utility Channel 4B |
| 4372 | US Navy |
| 4381 | Great Lakes Ore Boats | WLC | Rogers City, MI | Ships on 4089 |
| 4582 | Civil Air Patrol | Emergency Channel |
| 4722 | RAF Aero Weather | Continuous |
| 4725 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 4742 | RAF | Architect |
| 5015 | US Army Corps of Engineers | Net at 8:00 AM ET, M-F |
| 5211 | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Primary Night Channel |
| 5505 | Aero Weather | Shannon Ireland | Continuous |
| 5598 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Gander, Shanwick |
| 5616 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | Gander, Shanwick |
| 5680 | Search & Rescue Channel | Worldwide |
| 5692 | US Coast Guard | Chopper Ops. |
| 5696 | US Coast Guard | Air Ops. |
| 5841 | US Anti-Drug Agents |
| 6215 | Marine Ship Calling / Utility Channel (Ch. 606) |
| 6230 | Marine Simplex Utility Channel 6C |
| 6510 | River Towboats | WCM | Cincinnati |
| 6577 | Air Traffic Control | Caribbean | NY |
| 6604 | Aero WX | New York, NY and Gander, Newfoundland |
| 6628 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Santa Maria |
| 6676 | Aero WX | Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Bombay |
| 6679 | Aero WX | Honolulu, Tokyo, Auckland, Hong Kong |
| 6697 | US Navy |
| 6720 | US Navy |
| 6738 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 6753 | Canadian Military WX | Edmonton, Trenton, St. Johns |
| 6812 | USAF | A prime frequency for Air Force One |
| 7527 | US Anti-Drug Agents |
| 7535 | US Navy Shanwick |
| 7635 | CAP | Nationwide Freq (Command Net Weekdays at 1600 UTC) |
| 8125 | FAA | Eastern Net (Wednesdays at 10:45 AM ET) |
| 8176 | Sydney, Australia. Marine Radio | VIS | (early mornings) |
| 8213 | River Towboats | WCM | Cincinnati |
| 8255 | Marine Ship Calling (Ch. 821) |
| 8297 | Marine Simplex Utility Channel 8B |
| 8794 | Great Lakes Ore Boats | WLC | Rogers City, MI | Ships on 8270 |
| 8825 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Gander, Shanwick |
| 8828 | Aero WX | Honolulu, Tokyo, Auckland, Hong Kong |
| 8846 | Air Traffic Control | Caribbean | NY |
| 8864 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | Gander, Shanwick |
| 8867 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | Honolulu, Auckland, Sydney, Nandi |
| 8903 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific & Africa |
| 8906 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Santa Maria |
| 8912 | US Anti-Drug Agents |
| 8957 | Aero Weather | Shannon Ireland | Continuous |
| 8967 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 8980 | US Coast Guard | Chopper Ops. |
| 8984 | US Coast Guard | Air Ops. |
| 8993 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 9023 | Canadian Military & USAF NORAD |
| 9032 | RAF | Architect |
| 10051 | Aero WX | New York, NY and Gander, Newfoundland |
| 10493 | Federal Emergency Management Agency | Primary Day Channel |
| 10780 | USAF | NASA Support | Cape Radio | Primary Day Channel |
| 11176 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 11191 | US Navy | Air Operations | Hershey at Key West, FL |
| 11195 | US Coast Guard | Air Ops. |
| 11198 | US Coast Guard | Chopper Ops. |
| 11200 | RAF Aero Weather | Continuous |
| 11205 | US Navy |
| 11233 | Canadian Military |
| 11234 | RAF | Architect |
| 11255 | US Navy |
| 11267 | US Navy |
| 11279 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Gander, Shanwick |
| 11282 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | San Francisco, Honolulu |
| 11309 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Santa Maria |
| 11384 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong |
| 11387 | Aero WX | Sydney, Singapore, Bangkok, Bombay |
| 11396 | Air Traffic Control | Caribbean | NY |
| 11494 | US Anti-Drug Agents | Shore on 6516 |
| 12290 | Marine Ship Calling Ch. (Ch. 1221) | Shore Stations on 13137 |
| 12359 | Marine Simplex Utility Channel 12C (Skeds at 14:30 | 15:00 ET) |
| 13201 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 13257 | Canadian Military |
| 13261 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | Honolulu, Auckland, Sydney, Nandi |
| 13264 | Aero Weather | Shannon Ireland | Continuops |
| 13270 | Aero WX | New York, NY and Gander, Newfoundiand |
| 13282 | Aero WX | Honolulu, Tokyo, Auckland, Hono Kong |
| 13288 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | San Francisco, Honolulu |
| 13297 | Air Traffic Control | Caribbean | NY |
| 13300 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong |
| 13306 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Gander, |
| 13312 | Anti-Drug Agents and FAA and Commercial Flight Tests |
| 13330 | Air | Long Distance Operational Control | NY, Houston |
| 13354 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | San Francisco, Honolulu |
| 13457 | FAA | Western Net (Wednesdays at 10:30 AM MT) (Skeds at 13:00 | 14:00 ET) |
| 15015 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 15867 | US Anti-Drug Agents | Shore Stations on 8779 |
| 16420 | Marine Ship Calling Channel (Ch. 1621) | Shore Stations on 17302 |
| 16534 | Marine Simplex Utility Channel 16C |
| 17904 | Air Traffic Control | Pacific | Honolulu, Tokyo, Hong Kong |
| 17946 | Air Traffic Control | North Atlantic | NY, Gander, Shanwick |
| 17975 | US Air Force | Global High Frequency System |
| 18009 | US Navy |
| 22060 | Marine Ship Calling Channel (Ch 2221) | Shore Stations on 22756 |
| 22171 | Marine Simplex Utility Channel 22E |
| 23287 | US Navy |
Utility Frequencies courtesy of Tom McKee, K4ZAD, from his book,
The Other Shortwave (Key Research, PO Box 846G, Cary, NC 27512).
Links
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- Popular Communications Magazine | Worldwide Utility News |The Official #Monitor
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