DISCLAIMER: The article which follows is considered to be in the Public Domain and may be quoted, copied, or rebroadcast without prior approval from the writer. *************** COMMERCIAL HF CW ACTIVITY (Revision B, 6/6/96) The following information has been gleaned from monitoring commercial HF CW frequencies and should be of value to those seeking higher-speed commercial broadcasts for code practice. The list is not intended to be all-inclusive, and periodic non-scheduled activity may take place on one or more of the frequencies listed. No one can dispute the joy the BA CW enthusiast feels when copying these transmissions on a bonafide BA receiver; however, frequent listeners may find a modern receiver/transceiver with eight or more memory channels to be more convenient for quickly checking activity and/or propagation. Please e-mail any updates/additions/changes to me at pbock@melpar.esys.com - and happy listening! 73/ZUT, Paul Bock, K4MSG ********************* STATIONS MONITORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALLSIGN SPEED FREQUENCY (kHz) ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WCC 25 6376, 8630 (simulcast) WLO 31 4343, 6416, 8514 (simulcast) WNU 31 8570 VCS 25 6491.5, 8440 (simulcast) SCHEDULED TRANSMISSIONS (ALL TIMES UTC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CALLSIGN SCHEDULE CONTENT ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ WLO Hourly @ 00:01:30 past TFC list plus occasional the hour, 24 hrs/day marine WX **************************************************************** WCC Every 2 hours @ 00:10:00 TFC list preceding the ODD hours (i.e., 0050, 0250, etc.) 1730 Marine WX *************************************************************** WNU Every 2 hours @ 00:05:00 TFC list preceding the EVEN hours (i.e., 0155, 0355, etc.) 0400, 2200 Marine WX 2300 TFC list *************************************************************** VCS 0130, 2030, 2200 Marine WX 1100 TFC list SPECIFIC DAYS/TIMES OF MONITORED NON-ACTIVITY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the following days/times, *NO ACTIVITY* was monitored on any of the listed frequencies (other than pre-recorded VVV/CQ/QSX transmissions): DAY(S) TIME ~~~~~~ ~~~~ T/W/Th 0030 T/W/S 0230 T/Th/S 0330 S 0430 W 1030 Th/S 1130 S 1230 S 1430 M 2130 M/T/Th 2230 T/Th 2300 T/W/Th 2330 ** EOF **