SWLD - Shortwave Listeners Delight - Australian Antarctic Division HF Frequencies

Australian Antarctic Division

The Australian Antarctic Division occupies a portion of Antarctica for the advancement of Australia's strategic, scientific, environmental and economic interests in the Antarctic by protecting administering and researching the region.

Australia maintains three stations on the Antarctic continent – Mawson, Davis, and Casey – and a subantarctic station on Macquarie Island. All have modern buildings with living quarters, research laboratories, power houses, stores, workshops and other operational facilities. Remote field bases operate during the summer research season, supporting coastal, inland and traverse operations.

HF is the main mode of communications between Macquarie Island station and the island's field huts. On the continent it is used to talk between the stations and field parties outside VHF range that are not equipped with satellite terminals and, in some cases, for low capacity data transmission.

HF is used to communicate with aircraft flying between Antarctic stations and, in the future, will be used to communicate with aircraft flying between Hobart and Casey. A daily SKED is conducted on 3023 between Macquarie Island station and field huts.

Most communications to the Australian mainland, however, are conducted via ANARESAT (Intelsat/Inmarsat/Iridium Satellite).

Aircraft 5726, 9032 & 11256 KHz USB - Mac Centre

2.720	2k8J3E
3.023	2k8J3E
3.175	3k0J3E
3.418	3k0J3E
4.040	2k8J3E
4.540	3k0J3E
4.678	3k0J3E
5.400	2k8J3E PRIMARY
5.835	3k0J3E
6.610	3k0J3E
6.850	2k8J3E
6.9049	3k0J3E
6.9050	3k0J3E
7.9210	2k8J3E
7.9225	3k0J3E
8.1100	2k8J3E
8.9380	3k0J3E
9.9400	2k8J3E
11.4900	2k8J3E
11.4915	3k0J3E
12.1482	1k50F1B
14.4150	2k8J3E
15.8450	2k8J3E
17.4800	2k8J3E
19.2550	2k8J3E

Australian Antarctic Division stations

Information correct as of 18/10/2012

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