ALE Networks
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Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 US Air Force GHFS ALE Network
- 3 US Air Force SIPRNET ALE Network
- 4 US Air Force NIPRNET ALE Network
- 5 US Army Flight Watch Service (Southern Command)
- 6 US Army National Guard
- 7 CBP / DHS COTHEN Network
- 8 Mexican Air Force
- 9 Pemex (Petróleos Mexicanos) Mexico
- 10 International Amateur Radio ALE Network Channel List
Overview
This page consolidates a listing of ALE Networks that are active on HF Radio. For an overview of ALE, of course see the ALE page. Also see the Utility Monitoring Central Networks website for more information.
ALE Networks can be tracked and monitored using the PC-ALE application, among several others.
US Air Force GHFS ALE Network
ALE Address and Frequency Chart Station ALE Frequency Address 3137 4721 5708 6721 9025 11226 13215 15043 18003 23337 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrews ADW x x x x x x x x x x Ascension HAW x x x x x x x x x Croughton CRO x x x x x x x x x Diego Garcia JDG x x x x x x x x x x Elmendorf AED x x x x x x x x x x Guam GUA x x x x x x x x x x Hawaii HIK x x x x x x x x x Keflavik IKF x x x x x x x x x x Lajes PLA x x x x x x x x x x McClellan MCC x x x x x x x x x x Offutt OFF x x x x x x x x x x Salinas JNR x x x x x x x x x x Sigonella ICZ x x x x x x x x x S Atlantic MPA x x x x x x x x x x West Coast MCC x x x x x x x x x x Yokota JTY x x x x x x x x x
US Air Force SIPRNET ALE Network
5702.0 5708.0 6715.0 8968.0 11181.0 17976.0 27870.0
US Air Force NIPRNET ALE Network
3068.0 4745.0 5684.0 8965.0 11199.0 13242.0 17973.0 20631.0
US Army Flight Watch Service (Southern Command)
All Frequencies USB
8065 8972 12022 16144.5 19103.5
US Army National Guard
4882.0 4924.5 5202.0 8047.0 10816.5 14653.0 16338.5 17458.5
The following ALE nets are listed on this undated Texas National Guard document.
HQ NGB Arlington VA 3032.0 4924.5 5847.0 8047.0 10816.5 12087.0 13568.0 14653.0 16338.5 17458.5 19233.5 20906.0 26697.0
NGB Region 6 Little Rock AR 4867.0 5878.5 7648.5 9121.0 10690.0 12057.0 14350.5
HQ Texas National Guard 6907.0 5777.0 5202.0 5877.0 9119.5 9062.0 5062.0 4517.0
CBP / DHS COTHEN Network
All Frequencies USB. This ALE network is very busy with CBP, US Coast Guard, and other units that are part of the US Dept of Homeland Security. The US Coast Guard is starting to use this network as a primary flight following mechanism for helos and aircraft, so you will hear lots of position and operations reports on the network. CBP Interceptor Aircraft and P-3 AWACS aircraft also use the network, however most comms are in PARKHILL encryption (sounds like Donald Duck).
See this article on the Milcom Blog for additional information on sites and frequencies
5732.0 7527.0 8912.0 10242.0 11494.0 13907.0 15867.0 18594.0 20890.0 23214.0 25350.0
ADDITIONAL FREQUENCIES 10/15/09
4614.5 5250.0 5909.5 12222.0 13312.0 14582.0 20662.0
Mexican Air Force
ALE IDs ACERO## found sounding here. No voice yet. Still looking for the other frequencies as part of this network
5734
Pemex (Petróleos Mexicanos) Mexico
Logged soundings of AKALN2 and AKALL1
2182.0 7450.0 11095.0
Logged soundings AKALN2 AKALJ2 AKALL1
9265.0
International Amateur Radio ALE Network Channel List
This ALE channel list is in everyday use in the Amateur Radio service, for normal communication. ALE channels are frequency coordinated internationally, and operators are subject to the different rules, regulations, and bandplans of their region and local country of operation. There is commonly an ALE signal active on the air, every minute of every day on these frequencies.
GLOBAL ALE HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK (HFN) AMATEUR RADIO CH# FREQ kHz SIDEBAND COMMON USE, DESCRIPTION, AREA, NETCALL ---- 01- 3596.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 02- 3791.0 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL 03- 3996.0 USB ALE VOICE, NORTH AMERICA, HFL 04- 5357.0 USB ALE VOICE, NORTH AMERICA, HFL 05- 5371.5 USB ALE VOICE/DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 06- 7102.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 07- 7185.5 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL 08- 7296.0 USB ALE VOICE, NORTH AMERICA, HFL 09- 10145.5 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 10- 14109.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 11- 14346.0 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL 12- 18106.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 13- 18117.5 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL 14- 21096.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 15- 21432.5 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL 16- 24926.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 17- 24432.0 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL 18- 28146.0 USB ALE DATA/SOUNDING, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFN 19- 28312.5 USB ALE VOICE, PRIMARY, WORLDWIDE, HFL
Amateur Radio ALE technical standards:
1. ALE System= MIL-STD 188-141 ; FED-1045 (8FSK - 2kHz Bandwidth) 2. If repetitive sounding, transmit soundings only on the Primary Data Channels. 3. Calling or sounding transmission: Maximum Duration = 22 seconds. 4. Sounding Interval= 60 Minutes (or more) for same channel. 5. When sounding, always use "This Was Sound" (TWS). 6. Scan rate: 1 channel per second when scanning 10 channels or less. 7. Scan rate: 2 ch/sec or faster when scanning 11 channels or more. 8. Digital Modes Center Audio Frequency = 1625 Hz 9. Short text messaging standard = AMD. 10. Always transmit "CLEAR LINK" after ALL CALLS, QSOs, and LINKS. 11. There is no guarantee that a channel is clear in a local area or region. 12. Use LBT (Listen Before Transmit). 13. Tune Time (TT) max = 2 seconds (or 2048mSec) 14. Time Wait for Reply (TWR) max = 2 seconds (or 2048mSec) 15. Link Quality Analysis (LQA) time out = 3 hours (or 180 minutes) 16. Linked PTT Inactivity (TWA) time out = 5 minutes (or 300 seconds)
Amateur Radio ALE NETCALLS always use 3 characters:
1. HFN = HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK DATA/SOUND HFLINK.NET (10 member slots) 2. HFL = HIGH FREQUENCY NETWORK VOICE HFLINK.NET (10 member slots)
Info: This listing is current as of FEB2015. For more information about Amateur Radio ALE and updates of this channel list please see the ALE coordination organization HFLINK.COM.