| A note, most of this information is interesting, but I find it hard to hear any meaningful military communications, | |||||||
| I guess if you listen LONG AND HARD you will find something, good luck, | |||||||
| Military Long Range Aeronautical Frequencies | |||||||
| U.S. ARMED FORCES GLOBAL HIGH FREQUENCY SYSTEM IS NOW CALLED | |||||||
| The High Frequency Global Communications System (HF-GCS). | |||||||
| The High Frequency Global Communications System is a network of | |||||||
| single side band shortwave transmitters of the United States Air Force | |||||||
| which is used to communicate with aircraft in flight, ground stations | |||||||
| and some United States Navy surface assets. All worldwide receiving and | |||||||
| transmitting sites in the HF-GCS system are remotely controlled from Andrews AFB. | |||||||
| PUBLISHED FREQUENCY LISTING - HFGCS stations operate on “core" frequencies | |||||||
| to provide increased "Global" coverage. The published frequency listing does not reflect | |||||||
| complete system frequency authorizations. These published frequencies will be used | |||||||
| for initial contact, EAM broadcasts, and short-term phone patch and message delivery. | |||||||
| Other extended or special services will be moved to each station’s available "discrete" frequencies. | |||||||
| You may hear highly encrypted or coded voice transmissions at times that make no sense | |||||||
| whatsoever. Just be patient. Military and national security at work! | |||||||
| HF-GCS stations tend to operate in the aviation bands clustered around 5, 8 and 11/12 MHz, | |||||||
| although other frequencies are in use. | |||||||
| The primary HF-GCS voice frequencies are. | |||||||
| 4724.0 KHz, 6739.0 KHz, 8992.0 KHz, 11175.0 KHz, 13200.0 KHz and 15016.0 KHz | |||||||
| Primary HFGCS Frequencies 24 Hours: 8992 and 11175 | |||||||
| Back up HFGCS Frequencies Day: 13200 15016 | |||||||
| Back up HFGCS Frequencies Night: 4724 6739 | |||||||
| In addition to the HF-GCS, U.S. aircraft frequently use Military Affiliate Radio System (MARS) | |||||||
| HF stations (13927.0 KHz) and Canadian Forces HF stations (11232.0 KHz) to relay messages. | |||||||
| Although transmissions are often single sideband, the use of the ALE , a type of digital transmission mode, is more and more common. | |||||||
| 4.709 | Sigonella | ||||||
| 4.724 | Andrews, Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Lejes, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota | ||||||
| 4.742 | |||||||
| 6.712 | Andrews, Ascension, Guam, Lajes | ||||||
| 6.724 | Sigonella | ||||||
| 6.739 | Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Salinas, Offutt, Thule, Yokota | ||||||
| 8.992 | Andrews, Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota | ||||||
| 9.007 | Sigonella | ||||||
| 9.025 | Lejes | ||||||
| 10.780 | AF Eastern Test Range (Backup for Ascension), Cape Canaveral, Antigua, Ascension, Maui | ||||||
| 11.175 | Andrews, Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Salinas, Offutt, Thule, Yokota | ||||||
| 11.181 | Lajes | ||||||
| 11.244 | |||||||
| 11.271 | Andrews, Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Lejes, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota | ||||||
| 13.200 | |||||||
| 13.212 | Lajes | ||||||
| 15.016 | Andrews, Ascension, Elmendorf, Guam, Hickam, Lajes, Offutt, Salinas, Thule, Yokota | ||||||
| 15.038 | Sigonella | ||||||
| 20.390 | AF Eastern Test Range (Backup for Ascension), Cape Canaveral, Antigua, Ascension, Maui | ||||||