SWL Emergency Freqs  
 
 

SHORT-WAVE UTILITY SERVICES EMERGENCY SERVICES

Upper Sideband Voice channels

2182.0 Maritime voice calling and distress (guarded until 1999)
2196.0 Federal Aviation Administration, Caribbean hurricane net
2371.0 Civil Air Patrol, all regions
2374.0 Civil Air Patrol, all regions
2500.0 WWV/WWVH Time Signal Stations, Boulder Co./Hawaii
2670.0 U.S. Coast Guard groups, local bulletins, announced on 2182
3047.0 Canadian Forces SAR secondary
3122.0 U.S. Coast Guard, safety of flight
3130.0 U.S. Navy FACSFAC Jacksonville, FL "Sea Lord"
3303.0 U.S. Department Of Transportation evacuation F-1
3331.0 Federal Aviation Administration, southeast
3341.0 FEMA "Foxtrot-6," U.S. Coast Guard in Caribbean
3815.0 (LSB) Antigua / Antilles emergency & weather net
3815.0 (LSB) Inter-island 75 meter frequency (24 hr)
3873.0 (LSB) Texas (Emergency)
3910.0 (LSB) Virginia primary (alt 7360)
3915.0 (LSB) South Carolina Emergency Net
3923.0 (LSB) North Carolina Emergency Net (alt. 7232)
3925.0 (LSB) Always good for SE U.S. H&W
3930.0 (LSB) Gulf Coast Hurricane Net alternate
3930.0 (LSB) Louisiana
3930.0 (LSB) North Texas Emergency Net
3935.0 (LSB) Gulf Coast Hurricane Net
3935.0 (LSB) Texas (Health & Welfare in Bret)
3940.0 (LSB) South Florida Emergency Net
3943.0 (LSB) West Gulf Emergency Net
3947.0 (LSB) Virginia health & welfare (alt 7240)
3950.0 (LSB) National Hurricane Watch Net alternate
3950.0 (LSB) North Florida Emergency Net
3955.0 (LSB) South Texas Emergency Net
3957.0 (LSB) Louisiana State EOC
4055.0 Federal Aviation Administration, southeast
4081.5 British military, relief use in Bahamas
4125.0 Maritime calling and distress frequency, some weather info
4146.0 Maritime simplex channel 4A
4149.0 Maritime simplex channel 4B
4372.0 U.S. Navy FACSFAC VACAPES, VA, "Giant Killer"
4411.0 WLO, Gulf at 0500
4426.0 U.S. Coast Guard, maritime duplex, ships call on 4134
4426.0 U.S. Coast Guard, Portsmouth, VA, Atlantic WX at 0330, 0500, and 0930
4426.0 U.S. Coast Guard, San Francisco, CA, Pacific WX at 0430 and 1030
4466.0 Civil Air Patrol, NE US Primary, SE Alternate
4469.0 Civil Air Patrol, Gulf Coast Hurricane Net, SE Pri, NE Alt
4490.0 SHARES Co-ordination Network Ch. 3
4506.0 Civil Air Patrol, N. Central US Primary
4520.0 US Army NG New Jersey in Floyd
4582.0 Civil Air Patrol, National Clg & Emergency, Pacific Alternate
4583.5 Civil Air Patrol, Tuesday hurricane nets 2100 local in season
4585.0 Civil Air Patrol, Pacific & Mid-East (Atlantic) Primary
4601.0 Civil Air Patrol, Rocky Mtn. Primary, Great Lakes Alternate
4604.0 Civil Air Patrol, Great Lakes Primary, Rocky Mtn. Alternate
4627.0 Civil Air Patrol, Southwest US Primary
5000.0 WWV/WWVH Time Signal Stations, Boulder Co./Hawaii
5547.0 Transpacific Aircraft, San Francisco - Honolulu
5574.0 Transpacific Aircraft, San Francisco - Honolulu
6640.0 Transatlantic Aircraft, New York ARINC
6679.0 Honolulu VOLMET Weather
7335.0 CHU Canada Time Signal Station
10000.0 WWV/WWVH Time Signal Stations, Boulder Co./Hawaii
15000.0 WWV/WWVH Time Signal Stations, Boulder Co./Hawaii
20000.0 WWV/WWVH Time Signal Stations, Boulder Co./Hawaii
25344.0 (USB) NCS Nationwide: National Communications System
25347.0 (USB) NCS Nationwide: National Communications System
25350.0 (USB) USCS Worldwide: Cothen Network Scan 10
25363.0 (USB) USAF Andersen AB, Guam
26617.0 CAP US Air Force: Civil Air Patrol
26620.0 CAP US Air Force: Civil Air Patrol Search and Rescue
26859.0 (USB) DoD Nightwatch Airborne Command Post Net Zulu 335
26910.0 (USB) USAF US Air Force MARS - Nationwide
27565.0 (USB) US Army MARS
27736.0 (USB) US Air Force MARS
27780.0 (USB) US Army MARS
27790.0 (USB) US Army MARS
27810.0 (USB) US Army MARS
27820.0 (USB) US Army MARS
27829.0 (USB) US Air Force MARS
27870.0 (USB) ALE Channel Scope Command
27877.0 (USB) US Air Force MARS
27978.0 (USB) US Air Force MARS
27985.0 (USB) US Air Force MARS
27991.0 (USB) US Air Force MARS
27992.0 (USB) US Army MARS

3311 kHz. U.S. Air Force Calling Frequency
4041 Navy/Marine Emergency Frequency
4585 Civil Air Patrol Command and Control
4590 Air Force Calling Frequency
5203 North Carolina National Guard
5211 Federal Emergency Management Agency
5755 Federal Agencies' Emergency Command
6826 US Army MARS (Military Affil. Radio)
6870 Federal Aviation Admin. Command
6999 US Army Emergency
7302 USAF MARS Emergency Net
7635 Civil Air Patrol Alternate Command
7743 Federal Agencies' Command/Control Net
8125 FAA Regional Command and Control Net
10493 FEMA Command and Control Net
11045 Federal Agencies' Command/Control Net
13457 FAA Regional Command/Control Alternate

U.S. ARMY/NATIONAL GUARD - USB Voice

3032 Night-time Primary Net
4442 Night-time Operations
4445 Night-time Operations
4520 Night-time Operations
5202 Night-time Operations
5203.5 Night-time Alternate Net
6766 Evening Primary Operations
6910 Evening Operations
7648.5 Evening Operations
8061.5 (in LSB) Day time Operations
8093 Day time Primary Operations
9121 Day time Operations
10796 Day-time Operations
12168.5 Day-time Operations

 

SHARES (SHARED RESOURCES EMERGENCY SERVICES)

USB Voice

5236 Voice Primary Night Channel 1
14396.5 Voice Primary Day Channel 2

 

U.S & CANADIAN COAST GUARD USB Voice


5696 U.S. Primary Night Frequency
5717 Canadian Primary Frequency
8983 U.S. Primary Day Frequency

U.S. ARMED FORCES GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM

USB Voice

 

USAF Bases such as Andrews, Edwards, McClellan,
Offutt, Ascension, Hickam, Thule, Elmendorf, etc.
with worldwide phone patches, Emergency Action
Messages, general traffic, etc.

4742, 6712, 6739, 8992, 11175, 11244, 13200, 15016


INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL

USB Voice

NORTH ATLANTIC A ROUTE

includes Canary Islands, Gander, New York
Paramaribo, Piarco, Santa Maria & Shanwick

30126, 5598, 8906, 13306, 17946 kHz.

 

NORTH ATLANTIC B ROUTE

includes Gander, Reykjavik, New York,
Santa Maria & Shanwick

2899, 5616, 8864, 13291, 17946 kHz.


NORTH ATLANTIC C ROUTE

includes Gander, Reykjavik & Shanwick

2862, 5649, 8879, 13306, 17946 kHz.


NORTH ATLANTIC D ROUTE

includes Bodo, Cambridge Bay, Churchill,
Iqaluit, Gander, Reykjavik & Sondrestrom

2971, 4675, 8891, 11279, 13291, 17946 kHz


NORTH ATLANTIC E ROUTE

includes New York and Santa Maria

2962, 6628, 8825, 11309, 13354 kHz.


NORTH ATLANTIC F ROUTE

includes Gander and Shanwick

3476, 6622, 8831, 11336, 13291 kHz.


CARIBBEAN A ROUTE

includes Barranquilla, Boyeros, Guatemala City,
Meridia, New York, Panama, Piarco, San Andres,
San Jose, Tegucigalpa

2887, 5550, 6577, 8918, 11396, 13297, 17907 kHz.

 

CARIBBEAN B ROUTE

includes Barranquilla, Boyeros, Cayenne,
Georgetown, Maiquetia, New York, Panama,
Paramaribo, Piarco, San Andres

3455, 5520, 6586, 8846, 11330, 17907 kHz.

 

AFRICA 1 ROUTE

includes, Abidjan, Bamako, Bangui, Bissau,
Bobo dioulasso, Bouake, Casablanca, Conakry,
Canaris, Dakar, Freetown, Kano, Niamey,
Nouadhibou, Nouakchott, Ouagadougou, Roberts

3452, 6535, 8861, 13357, 17955 kHz.

 

AFRICA 2 ROUTE

includes Algiers, Brazzaville, Kano, Gao, Niamey,
N'djamena, Tamanrasset, Timimoun, Tripoli, Tunis

3419, 5652, 8894, 13273, 17961 kHz.

 

AFRICA 3 ROUTE

includes Addis Ababa, Aden, Asmara, Bahrain,
Benghazi, Bombay, Bujumbura, Cairo, Comoros,
Dar es Salaam, Entebbe, Hargesia, Djibouti, Jeddah,
Khartoum, Kigali, Kisimayu, Male, Mogadishu,
Nairobi, N'djamena, Sana'a, Seychelles, Tripoli

3467, 5658, 10018, 11300, 13288, 17961 kHz.

 

AFRICA 4 ROUTE

includes Accra, Bangui, Brazzaville, Bulawayo,
Cotonou, Douala, Entebbe, Franceville, Garoua,
Goma, Johannesburg, Kano, Kinshasa, Kisangani,
Lagos, Libreville, Lome, Luanda, Lumbumbashi,
Lusaka, Maroua, Maseur, Nairobi, N'djamena,
N'djili, Niamey, Niamtougou, Port Gentil, Roberts,
Salisbury, Salazar, Seychelles, Windhoek, Yaounde

2878, 5493, 8903, 13294, 17961 kHz.

 

CENTRAL EAST PACIFIC 1 2 ROUTES

includes Honolulu and San Francisco

2869, 3413, 5547, 5574, 8843, 11282, 13261 kHz.

 

NORTH PACIFIC 2 4 ROUTES

includes Honolulu, San Francisco & Tokyo
NOTE: San Francisco covers Anchorage

2932, 5628, 5677, 6665, 8915, 10048, 13294, 13339

 

COMMERCIAL MARITIME DUPLEX FREQUENCIES

USB Voice


You might like to tune throughout the various commercial maritime
bands. Ships and other vessels at sea will be placing phone calls
to friends and family around the planet via coastal radio service
stations. This can make for some very interesting and emotional
listening. Tune through the following frequency ranges:

4351 to 4435 kHz.
6501 to 6522 kHz.
8707 to 8812 kHz.
12230 to 12350 kHz.
13077 to 13197 kHz.
17242 to 17407 kHz.
19755 to 19797 kHz.
22696 to 22852 kHz.