Frequencies for Antarctic comms:

8867 - Air-to-Ground. ICE flights will talk to Auckland Radio on this freq.
when they have departed Christchurch and until they get to 60 degrees south.
9032 - Air-to-Ground. This is the most likely active frequency you will
hear. You can hear Auckland Radio talking to "ICE" flights. Also McMurdo
Station uses this frequency "Mac Centre". This freq used for 60 degrees
south onwards to Antarctica.
11256 - Air-to-Ground. Secondary frequency.
5276 - Air-to-Ground
5100 - Air-to-Ground

McMurdo Station:
4770 - Ross Island and Dry Valley Field Parties.
5400 - Scott Base Field Parties.
7995 - Remote/South Pole
11553 - Remote Field Parties

Palmer Station:
4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties,
Palmer Station
11553 - Primary USAP Field Parties, Palmer Station

Other freqs:
4718
13251
6835 (AM mode)
57275
261.75 MHz (This was given to me by another WUN list person. It is
in-the-clear, satellite downlink freq, FM mode. Apparently Christchurch
Radio uses this)
14243 kHz (This was given to me by dxAce. Apparently there's an amateur
station that is sometimes active).

I personally have only heard traffic on 9032 kHz and 8867 kHz, including ICE
flights, Auckland Radio and "Mac Centre". Antarctic Field Parties are
required to check in with "Mac Ops" (McMurdo Station) each morning at 08:30
local time (20:30 UTC) on the frequencies listed above for field parties.
The field radios are 20 watts output, so good luck hearing those!

Perhaps you can search the WUN archives to see if anybody has heard any of
these other frequencies active. (Or maybe anybody reading this can verify or
correct my info?)

Mark.
Auckland, New Zealand.
(via WUN)
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dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" forwarded
Frequencies for Antarctic comms:

Palmer Station:
4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties,

Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an
international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might use
it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be
assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO and
other maritime frequency agreements.

Jack
Virginia Beach VA

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" forwarded
Frequencies for Antarctic comms:

Palmer Station:
4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties,

Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an
international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might use
it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be
assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO and
other maritime frequency agreements.

No one ever stated that it was.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" forwarded
Frequencies for Antarctic comms:

Palmer Station:
4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties,

Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an
international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might
use
it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be
assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO
and
other maritime frequency agreements.

No one ever stated that it was.

The original poster ( I forget, was it WUN?, some southender anyway) implied
that the station is assigned the frequencies he posted, and for some of them
that may be true. But accurate logging on 4125 should be something to the
effect like: "USAP Field Parties heard calling base" (or any station), etc,
if it were accurate. He implies they are assigned that frequency by his
inclusion of station-ID information that is never passed over the air. I am
just explaining they are not, and listeners to that frequency have a nill
chance of hearing Antarctica there since 200,000 ships worldwide use it for
hailing and distress.

Jack

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" wrote

Jack Painter wrote:

"dxAce" forwarded
Frequencies for Antarctic comms:

Palmer Station:
4125 - Secondary United States Antarctic Program (USAP) Field Parties,

Have seen this reported as Antarctic comms before. 4125 Khz is an
international maritime calling and distress frequency only. They might
use
it for calling as any maritime mobile station can, but it could not be
assigned to a fixed land station by any country that is signatory to IMO
and
other maritime frequency agreements.

No one ever stated that it was.

The original poster ( I forget, was it WUN?, some southender anyway) implied
that the station is assigned the frequencies he posted, and for some of them
that may be true. But accurate logging on 4125 should be something to the
effect like: "USAP Field Parties heard calling base" (or any station), etc,
if it were accurate. He implies they are assigned that frequency by his
inclusion of station-ID information that is never passed over the air. I am
just explaining they are not, and listeners to that frequency have a nill
chance of hearing Antarctica there since 200,000 ships worldwide use it for
hailing and distress.

They use that frequency.

Simple enough.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Jack,

No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started
listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago.
So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032.

Mark.

Mark wrote:

Jack,

No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started
listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago.
So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032.

The only thing I've had the opportunity to hear this season were the two(?)
aircraft which were calling McMurdo on 9032 a while back.

I've really spent no time at all listening to 8867 yet.

Have heard the Argentine broadcast station, LRA36, up on 15476.1.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know
the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find
anything.)

A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no
response from Mac Center.

Mark.
Auckland, New Zealand.

"dxAce" wrote in message
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Mark wrote:

Jack,

No, haven't ever heard Antarctic stuff on 4125 kHz. Only really started
listening to Antarctic this season, which started a couple of weeks ago.
So far, I've just heard stuff on 8867 and 9032.

The only thing I've had the opportunity to hear this season were the
two(?)
aircraft which were calling McMurdo on 9032 a while back.

I've really spent no time at all listening to 8867 yet.

Have heard the Argentine broadcast station, LRA36, up on 15476.1.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm

Mark wrote:

Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know
the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find
anything.)

1800 2100 LRA36 15476 (Usually about 15476.1)

A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no
response from Mac Center.

I'm currently monitoring the frequency. Every now and then I hear someone who
seems to be whistling on the frequency, very weak. Have heard no flights yet
today as of 2315.

We are still in solar storm conditions.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:

Mark wrote:

Interesting. I would like to give the Argentine station a try. Do you know
the schedule for this station? (I tried a Google search but couldn't find
anything.)

1800 2100 LRA36 15476 (Usually about 15476.1)

Oh yeah, Monday through Friday.



A short while ago, I heard ICE 11 calling Mac Center on 9032. But no
response from Mac Center.

I'm currently monitoring the frequency. Every now and then I hear someone who
seems to be whistling on the frequency, very weak. Have heard no flights yet
today as of 2315.

We are still in solar storm conditions.

dxAce
Michigan
USA