Utility Monitoring
From The RadioReference Wiki
The purpose of this section is to gather and group HF Utility Monitoring information in a single location
Contents
- 1 Aircraft
- 2 Antennas
- 3 Digital Decoding
- 4 Hurricane Related Frequency Lists
- 5 Military
- 6 MW (AM Band) Rejection Filters
- 7 Other Websites
- 8 Propagation and Solar Information
- 9 Receiver Control Software
- 10 Receiver Reviews and User Opinions
- 11 US Federal Goverment
- 12 Utility Related Clubs and mailing lists
Aircraft
- ICAO HF Aeronautical Stations - Aircraft use the ICAO stations to communicate over water when out of VHF radio range.
Antennas
You can't hear anything without them...
- Alpha Delta Communications
- Coax Loop Antennas
- Grove SW/MW Antennas page
- Build a SW Antenna (from the HamUniverse page)
- History, Definitions and Building a random length antenna (from the MT website)
- Nordic DX Antenna page
- Hosted by Hard Core DX; lots of technical information, plans and so forth
- Par Electronics EF-SWL antenna
- RadioWorks Antennas page (PDF Catalog)
- Terminology, and building a Dipole (from the MT website)
- Universal Radio SW/MW Antennas page
- Universal Radio ham antennas page
Digital Decoding
- Utility Monitoring Central
- Here's Marius Rensen's popular HF FAX site for FAX/SSTV information
Hurricane Related Frequency Lists
- Hugh Stegman's Hurricane Frequency List
- Bill Snyder's Hurricane Frequencies
- NOAA HF Sitor schedule information
- WLO Mobile Ala. frequencies and schedules
Military
- USAF High Frequency Global Communications System reference information
MW (AM Band) Rejection Filters
Other Websites
- Armed Forces Network
- What was once known as the Armed Forces Radio and TV Network (AFRTS)
- MT columnist Hugh Stegman's Utility World website
- Southbound 2 Net page by Herb Hilgenberg VE3LML
- Tropical Cyclone Plan of the Day
- Utility Address and QSL page
Propagation and Solar Information
Receiver Control Software
Receiver Reviews and User Opinions
- EHam Receiver user reviews
- RadioIntel Receivers page 1
- RadioIntel Receivers and Accesories page
- R Netherland Receiver Shopping List
- Even tho it's not updated with new rxs, this is still a valuable resource for receiver tests
US Federal Goverment
- ICE - Monitoring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement HF Operations
Utility Related Clubs and mailing lists
- WorldWide Utility News
- You can join this list on QTH.net by using this page
- Additional frequencies are often reported on the Milcom list on QTH.net
- And some Yahoo groups;