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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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What are utility stations on HF?
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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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This is a valid question, and one that can be answered using a bit of negative logic. If it isn't
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* Amateur Radio
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* CB
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* SW broadcast
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Then it's considered a utility station.
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This type of station has many different types; military, aeronautical, maritime even non-governmental organizations like the Red Cross all fall into this category.
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This page represents a tiny fraction of the available services and topics. The single best reflector that covers this topic is the [https://groups.io/g/UDXF Utility DXers Forum] reflector on the groups.io server. The [http://www.udxf.nl/ Utility DXer's Forum] webpage has an exhaustive set of links and pages covering a wide range of utility related topics.
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This topic is covered in the {{Forum|utility-listening.134|Utility Listening}}
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== General Topics ==
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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
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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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* For additional information on HF digital utilities, see the [[DXing Digital Utilities]] section
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* Several digital decoding apps have mailing lists (reflectors) and/or Facebook for support. Links for them can be found [[Utility Monitoring Central Links|here]]
  
== Hurricane Related Frequency Lists ==
 
* [http://www.ominous-valve.com/hurricne.txt Hugh Stegman's Hurricane Frequency List]
 
* [http://www.hurricanefrequencies.com/ Bill Snyder's Hurricane Frequencies]
 
* [http://www.shipcom.com/frequencies.html ShipCom LLC synthesized weather broadcasts]
 
  
 
==Other Websites ==
 
==Other Websites ==
* [http://myafn.dodmedia.osd.mil/ShortWave.aspx Armed Forces Network]
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* [[RadioReference UDXF Portal]]
** What was once known as the Armed Forces Radio and TV Network (AFRTS)
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* [http://www.utilityradio.com/ Virtual Museum of Radio Communications]
* [http://www.docksideradio.com/ Dockside Radio]  
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* [http://www.itu.int/cgi-bin/htsh/glad/cga_callsign.sh?lng=E ITU Callsign Prefixes]
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== Utility Related Clubs, Mailing lists and Publications ==
* [http://mt-milcom.blogspot.com/ MT Milcom Blog by Larry Van Horn]
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; Mailing Lists / Social
* [http://mt-utility.blogspot.com/ MT Utility World Blog by Hugh Stegman]
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* [https://www.facebook.com/ARDXC.Inc/ Australian DX Club (Facebook)]
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/Monitoring%20NASA%20and%20Space%20Communications.pdf Monitoring NASA and Space Communications (PDF)]
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* [http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/milcom Milcom]
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/mttopHF.html MT Top 1000 Frequencies]
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* [https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=FirstToken FirstToken YouTube channel (numbers stations)]
* [[NATO Common Channels]]
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* [http://www3.sympatico.ca/hehilgen/vax498.htm Southbound 2 Net page by Herb Hilgenberg VE3LML]
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* [http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/pub/forecasts/recon/MIAREPRPD Tropical Cyclone Plan of the Day]
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; Publications
* [http://home.planet.nl/~boend177/ Utility DXers Forum Home Page]
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* [http://www.thespectrummonitor.com/index.aspx The Spectrum Monitor] Electronic Magazine is the only remaining hobby level magazine that publishes logs from its subscribers. Most others have gone by the wayside, having been supplanted by many web-based sites - which may or may not have up to date information.
* [http://www.ominous-valve.com/uteworld.html Utility World]
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* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/eam.html What is an EAM? by Jeff Haverlah (MT Website)]
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* [http://www.dxinfocentre.com/ William Hepburn's DX Information Centre]
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; Websites
* [[WUN Links Archive]]
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* [http://www.bdxc.nl/ Benelux DX Club]
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* [http://www.cidx.ca/ Canadian International DX Club]
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* [http://www.dx-antwerp.com/ DX Antwerp]
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* [https://www.lwca.net/ Longwave Club of America]
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* [http://www.utdx.de UTDX]  
  
==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 ==
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* [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://groups.yahoo.com/group/MilGovMonitoring/ MilGov Monitoring]
 
* [http://www.monitoringtimes.com/html/radio_clubs.html MT Radio Clubs and Nets page]
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/odxa/ Ontario DX Association (ODXA)]  
 
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RadioMonitors/ Radio Monitors]
 
* [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]]

Latest revision as of 07:29, 26 September 2021

What are utility stations on HF?

This is a valid question, and one that can be answered using a bit of negative logic. If it isn't

  • Amateur Radio
  • CB
  • SW broadcast

Then it's considered a utility station.

This type of station has many different types; military, aeronautical, maritime even non-governmental organizations like the Red Cross all fall into this category.

This page represents a tiny fraction of the available services and topics. The single best reflector that covers this topic is the Utility DXers Forum reflector on the groups.io server. The Utility DXer's Forum webpage has an exhaustive set of links and pages covering a wide range of utility related topics.

This topic is covered in the Utility Listening Forum

General Topics


What Equipment Will I Need to Hear these Stations?


Digital Decoding

  • For additional information on HF digital utilities, see the DXing Digital Utilities section
  • Several digital decoding apps have mailing lists (reflectors) and/or Facebook for support. Links for them can be found here


Other Websites

Utility Related Clubs, Mailing lists and Publications

Mailing Lists / Social


Publications
  • The Spectrum Monitor Electronic Magazine is the only remaining hobby level magazine that publishes logs from its subscribers. Most others have gone by the wayside, having been supplanted by many web-based sites - which may or may not have up to date information.


Websites


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