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The best way to describe Utility (Ute) monitoring is to use negative logic; it excludes CB, Amateur and Short Wave Broadcast. This includes, but is not limited to, aeronautical stations, digital signals (outside of the specified amateur bands), military, maritime, federal and other users.
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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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The RR forum for this topic can be found [http://www.radioreference.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=79 here]
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Discussion is in the {{Forum|utility-listening|Utility Listening}}
  
== Hurricane Related Frequency Lists ==
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* [http://www.ominous-valve.com/hurricne.txt Hugh Stegman's Hurricane Frequency List]
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== General Topics ==
* [http://www.hurricanefrequencies.com/ Bill Snyder's Hurricane Frequencies]
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*For Aeronautical topics, see our [[HF Aeronautical Communications]] article
* [http://www.shipcom.com/frequencies.html ShipCom LLC synthesized weather broadcasts]
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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
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===What Equipment Will I Need to Hear these Stations?===
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* See our [[The HF Utility Receiver and Accessories]] article for a discussion of this topic.
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=== Digital Decoding ===
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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/ShortWave.aspx Armed Forces Network]
 
** What was once known as the Armed Forces Radio and TV Network (AFRTS)
 
* [http://www.docksideradio.com/ Dockside Radio]
 
* [http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/glad/cga_callsign.sh?lng=E ITU Callsign Prefixes]
 
* [http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/ MT Milcom Blog by Larry Van Horn]
 
* [http://mt-utility.blogspot.com/ MT Utility World Blog by Hugh Stegman]
 
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/Monitoring%20NASA%20and%20Space%20Communications.pdf Monitoring NASA and Space Communications (PDF)]
 
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mttopHF.html MT Top 1000 Frequencies]
 
 
* [[NATO Common Channels]]
 
* [[NATO Common Channels]]
* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/hehilgen/vax498.htm Southbound 2 Net page by Herb Hilgenberg VE3LML]  
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* [http://mt-utility.blogspot.com/ Utility World Blog by Hugh Stegman]
* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/forecasts/recon/MIAREPRPD Tropical Cyclone Plan of the Day]
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* [http://www.udxf.nl Utility DXers Forum Home Page]
* [http://home.planet.nl/~boend177/ Utility DXers Forum Home Page]
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* [[RadioReference UDXF Portal]]
* [http://www.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html Utility World]
 
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/eam.html What is an EAM? by Jeff Haverlah (MT Website)]
 
 
* [http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ William Hepburn's DX Information Centre]
 
* [http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ William Hepburn's DX Information Centre]
 
* [[WUN Links Archive]]
 
* [[WUN Links Archive]]
 
==Past Natural Disasters==
 
All of these heavily used HF during recovery, rescue and SAR operations
 
*[[Hurricane Gustav]]
 
*[[Hurricane Hanna]]
 
*[[Hurricane Ike]]
 
*[[Hurricane Katrina]]
 
*[[Hurricane Rita]]
 
*[[Hurricane Wilma]]
 
*[[Haiti Earthquake 2010]]
 
  
 
== Utility Related Clubs and mailing lists ==
 
== Utility Related Clubs and mailing lists ==
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cothen/ COTHEN]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HFmonitors/ HFmonitors]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iscanmarine/ iscanmarine]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/low-level/ Low Level]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MilAirCommsChat/ MilAirCommsChat]
 
 
* [http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milcom Milcom]   
 
* [http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milcom Milcom]   
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MilGovMonitoring/ MilGov Monitoring]
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* [https://groups.io/g/UDXF Utility DXers Forum]
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/radio_clubs.html MT Radio Clubs and Nets page]
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* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ Ontario DX Association (ODXA)] 
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* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioMonitors/ Radio Monitors]
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* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ScannerTalk/ ScannerTalk]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/udxf/ Utility DXers Forum (UDXF)]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/utility_listening/  Utility Listening]
 
  
 
 
[[Category:HF Topics]]
 
[[Category:HF Topics]]

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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