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The purpose of this section is to gather and group HF Utility Monitoring information in a single location
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The purpose of this section is to gather and group HF Utility Monitoring information in a single location.  For information on antennas, please see the [[Antennas]] Wiki, or the [[:Category:HF Antennas]]. Our [[HF Propagation]] article has links regarding how HF signals travel great differences. It's an important topic to understand if you wish to be successful in this game.<br>
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Discussion is in the {{Forum|utility-listening|Utility Listening}}
  
== Aircraft ==
 
* [[ICAO HF Aeronautical Stations]] - Aircraft use the ICAO stations to communicate over water when out of VHF radio range.
 
  
== Antennas ==
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== General Topics ==
You can't hear anything without them...
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*For Aeronautical topics, see our [[HF Aeronautical Communications]] article
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*For Maritime topics, see our [[HF Maritime Communications]] article
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*See our [[HF Military Communications]] page for more information about monitoring the military on HF.
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* [[ICE]] - Monitoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement HF Operations
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*You can also find some Mid-East / African Police departments as well as non-classified diplomatic communications here
  
*  [http://www.alphadeltacom.com/ Alpha Delta Communications]
 
*  [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/ant-1.html History, Definitions and Building a random length antenna (from the MT website)]
 
*  [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/ant-2.html Terminology, and building a Dipole (from the MT website)]
 
*  [http://www.parelectronics.com/swl_end.htm Par Electronics EF-SWL antenna]
 
*  [http://www.greertech.com/hfloop/mymagloop.html Coax Loop Antennas]
 
  
== Digital Decoding ==
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===What Equipment Will I Need to Hear these Stations?===
* [http://www.chace-ortiz.org/umc/ Utility Monitoring Central]
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* See our [[The HF Utility Receiver and Accessories]] article for a discussion of this topic.
* Here's Marius Rensen's popular [http://www.hffax.de HF FAX] site for FAX/SSTV information
 
  
== Hurricane Related Frequency Lists ==
 
* [http://www.ominous-valve.com/hurricne.txt Hugh Stegman's Hurricane Frequency List]
 
* [http://aa6kc.home.mindspring.com/ Bill Snyder's Hurricane Frequencies]
 
* [http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/hfsitor.htm NOAA HF Sitor schedule information]
 
* [http://www.wloradio.com/Frequencies.htm  WLO Mobile Ala. frequencies and schedules]
 
  
== Military ==
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=== Digital Decoding ===
* [[USAF High Frequency Global Communications System]] reference information
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* Here's Marius Rensen's popular [http://www.hffax.de HF FAX] site for FAX information
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* For additional information on HF digital utilities, see the [[DXing Digital Utilities]] section
  
 
==Other Websites ==
 
==Other Websites ==
* [http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil//radio/shortwave/ Armed Forces Network]
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* [[NATO Common Channels]]
What was once known as the Armed Forces Radio and TV Network (AFRTS)
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* [http://mt-utility.blogspot.com/ Utility World Blog by Hugh Stegman]
* [http://www.hurricanehunters.com Hurricane Hunters]
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* [http://www.udxf.nl Utility DXers Forum Home Page]
* [http://www.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html MT columnist Hugh Stegman's Utility World website]
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* [[RadioReference UDXF Portal]]
* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/hehilgen/vax498.htm Southbound 2 Net page by Herb Hilgenberg VE3LML]  
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* [http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ William Hepburn's DX Information Centre]
* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/forecasts/recon/MIAREPRPD Tropical Cyclone Plan of the Day]
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* [[WUN Links Archive]]
* [http://hometown.aol.de/aibold/qaa.htm Utility Address and QSL page]
 
  
== Receiver Control Software ==
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== Utility Related Clubs and mailing lists ==
* [http://www.strongsignals.net/access/content/software.html#HF Strong Signals Software HF section]
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* [http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milcom Milcom] 
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* [https://groups.io/g/UDXF Utility DXers Forum]
  
== Receiver Reviews and User Opinions ==
 
* [http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8 EHam Receiver user reviews]
 
* [http://www.radiointel.com/reviews.htm RadioIntel Receivers page 1]
 
* [http://www.radiointel.com/radioinfo.htm RadioIntel Receivers and Accesories page]
 
  
== US Federal Goverment ==
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* [[ICE]] - Monitoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement HF Operations
 
  
== Utility Related Clubs ==
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[[Category:HF Topics]]
* [http://www.wunclub.com/ WorldWide Utility News]
 
* You can join this list on QTH.net by using this [http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/wun page]
 

Revision as of 10:46, 13 October 2020

The purpose of this section is to gather and group HF Utility Monitoring information in a single location. For information on antennas, please see the Antennas Wiki, or the Category:HF Antennas. Our HF Propagation article has links regarding how HF signals travel great differences. It's an important topic to understand if you wish to be successful in this game.

Discussion is in the Utility Listening Forum


General Topics


What Equipment Will I Need to Hear these Stations?


Digital Decoding

  • Here's Marius Rensen's popular HF FAX site for FAX information
  • For additional information on HF digital utilities, see the DXing Digital Utilities section

Other Websites

Utility Related Clubs and mailing lists


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