RADIO SIGNALS IN THE RANGE 15 - 20 kHz

00015.0:UIK:Russian Navy, Vladivostok 43N09 131E53 RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, but no recent info
Main port and HQ of the Russian Pacific Fleet.

00015.1:FUO/HWU:French Navy various locations FRANCE:MSK
NOT ACTIVE, but sporadic transmissions
The frequency is listed as beeing in use by:
FUO Croix,FUO Bordeaux, HWU Rosnay and HWU Le Blanc

00015.1:VTI:Indian Navy Mumbai INDIA:A1A/unid
NOT ACTIVE
VTI is presumed shut down

00015.3:NHB/NPN/NPM/NLK/NEJ:US NAVY various locations USA:(A1A/F1B/MSK)/unid
NOT ACTIVE
All stations except NPM NRTF Lualualei Hawaii and NLK Jim Creek is shut down.
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )
NLK is currently only active at; 00024.8 kHz ( see this )

00015.3:EVT3:Russian Navy, Dikson Ostrov, RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, but no recent info
( But; reports by western engineers, who has been working up there, says the facilities are in bad shape and/or possibly shut down. )

00015.5:NWC/NPM/NAA/NSS:US Navy various locations USA / AUSTRALIA:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
NSS Annapolis is shut down, demolished and the antennas down
NWC is currently only active at; 00018.9 kHz ( see this )
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )
NAA is currently only active at; 00024.0 kHz ( see this )

00015.6:EWB/UVA202:Russian Navy Odessa UKRAINA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
EWB and UVA202 are presumed shut down

00015.625:none:RSDN-20 secondary frequency:P0N
NOT ACTIVE / No recent info
Secondary frequency in use by all RSDN-20 transmitter sites. The Russian RSDN-20 stations are nicknamed ALPHA
Not be mixed up with the TV line scan fundamental frequency of 00015.625 kHz !

00015.7:NPM/NSS/NAK/NPL/NPG US NAVY various locations USA:(A1A/F1B/MSK)/unid
NOT ACTIVE
All stations except NPM NRTF Lualualei Hawaii is shut down.
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )

00016.0:GBR:Royal Navy Rugby Radio Hillmorton 52N22 001W11 UK:(A1A)/MSK
ACTIVE
By use of RDF, other UK transmitters also found active on this frequency

00016.1:unid:Russian Navy Algazy (Ostrov)46:34:60 N 79:46:60 E RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, but no recent info
The facility is presumed shut-down or reallocated

00016.2:UGK/UMS/RPS:Russian Navy various sites RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, but no recent info
UGK Kaliningrad 54N42 20E30
UMS Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy 53N03 158E43
UMS also listed as Gorki, - since 1993, the city of Nizhniy Novgorod,.
RPS listed as "eastern Siberia" 43N00 145E00

00016.3:VTX1:INS Katabomman, South Vijayanarayanam village,INDIA:A1A
NOT ACTIVE
The transmitter site is ( just opposite the Indian Naval Station (INS)
Katabomman ) at South Vijayanarayanam ( Vijaya NÍrÍyanam ) village,
8°25'59.88"N 77°48'00"E, reported as some 30 km's from Turunelveli
on the Kanyakumari highway. In some lists VTX1 is incorrectly located at Vishakapatnam Radio, the HQ of the Indian Coast Guard, East Coast District.
 

00016.4:JXN:NATO VLF transmitter facility Novik(en), NORWAY:MSK
ACTIVE
Operated on behalf of NATO by NODECA. Norwegian Navy is using the facility
for national submarine communication. JXN is often listed as Helgeland. This station is also listed as JXZ, a former call of ex-NATO North Command at Kolsås, outside Oslo in Norway. NATO has moved to Jåtta, outside Stavanger.

00016.5:SOA30:Warsawa POLAND:unid
NOT ACTIVE
SOA30 is shut down

00016.6:NPM/NSS/NAK:US NAVY various locations USA:(A1A/F1B/MSK)/unid
NOT ACTIVE
All stations except NPM NRTF Lualualei Hawaii is shut down.
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )

00016.8:FTA/FTA2:St Assise FRANCE:unid
NOT ACTIVE, but no recent info

00016.9:3SA:Chinese Navy Changde PEOPLES REPUBLIC of CHINA:A1A/unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
Of the 22 listed VLF frequencies for the Chinese Navy, only 20.6 kHz, in use
by 3SA Changde / 3SB Datong, is recently reported with traffic.

00017.0:VTX2:INS Katabomman, South Vijayanarayanam village,INDIA:A1A
NOT ACTIVE, but has been monitored with A1A
The transmitter site is ( just opposite the Indian Naval Station (INS)
Katabomman ) at South Vijayanarayanam ( Vijaya NÍrÍyanam ) village,
8°25'59.88"N 77°48'00"E, reported as some 30 km's from Turunelveli
on the Kanyakumari highway. In some lists VTX2 is incorrectly located at Vishakapatnam Radio, the HQ of the Indian Coast Guard, East Coast District.

00017.0:ROR:Russian Navy "Gorki". Since 1993, the city of Nizhniy Novgorod RUSSIA:A1A
NOT ACTIVE
This is the antenna system of the German WW2 transmitter GOLIATH, wich was
located north-east of Calbe, by the river Elbe in Germany. Due to shortage
of copper during WW2 the antenna wires was made of steel. No recent info of
the whereabouts of this historic very interesting facility.

00017.1:UMS:Russian Navy Moskva RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, but no recent info
UMS is presumed shut down or reallocated

00017.2:SAQ:Grimeton Radio Varberg SWEDEN:A1A
SPORADIC ACTIVE
Historic transmitter constructed by Ernst F.W.Alexanderson. The inventor of
the Alexanderson Alternator. www.alexander.n.se

00017.4:NDT:US Navy Yosamai/Yokosukaichi JAPAN:unid
NOT ACTIVE
NDT is shut down

00017.5:unid:unid:N0N/F1B
NOT ACTIVE
this frequency was reported with F1B and N0N, april 2000

00017.55:HWU:French Navy Le Blanc FRANCE:unid
NOT ACTIVE

00017.55:unid:RDF’ed as a UK facility, poss. Rugby or Criggion:F1B MSK 50Hz
NOT ACTIVE
Monitored only once, 25/Jun/2001 from 1109-1155UTC with 5 separate msg’s

00017.6:SOA401:Warsawa, POLAND:unid
NOT ACTIVE
SOA401 is shut down

00017.6:JXN:secondary frequency of NATO VLF transmitter facility Novik(en)NORWAY:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
Operated on behalf of NATO by NODECA. Norwegian Navy is using the facility
for national submarine communication. JXN is often listed as Helgeland. This station is also listed as JXZ, a former call of ex-NATO North Command, at Kolsås, outside Oslo in Norway. NATO has moved to Jåtta, outside Stavanger.

00017.8:NPM/NAA/NSS:US Navy various locations USA:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
NSS Annapolis is shut down, demolished and the antennas down
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )
NAA is currently only active at; 00024.0 kHz ( see this )

00017.9:UBE(2)/unid:Russian Navy various sites RUSSIA/UZBEKISTAN:unid
NOT ACTIVE
UBE(2) Petrolovsk 52N59 158E59
unid Salar, Uzbekistan 41N22 69N22

00017.9:RDL(?):CIS MIL HQ Moskva VLF network,RUSSIA /UNID:N0N/A1A/F1B-T600
ACTIVE
None of the transmitter sites, in this new net, are so far indentified.

00017.9:unid:US NAVY TACAMO mobile worldwide:F1B-50Hz and 190Hz/MSK 400Hz and 800Hz BW
ACTIVE
This particular TACAMO frequency is nicknamed "Channel One"
TACAMO is an acronym for; TAke Charge And Move Out

00018.0:unid:US NAVY TACAMO mobile worldwide:F1B-50Hz and 190Hz/MSK 400Hz and 800Hz BW
NO INFO
TACAMO is an acronym for; TAke Charge And Move Out

00018.0:NBA/NPL/NPG/NLK:US NAVY various locations USA:(A1A/F1B/MSK)/unid
NOT ACTIVE
All stations except NLK NRTF Jim Creek is shut down.
NLK is currently only active at; 00024.8 kHz ( see this )

00018.1:RDL/RLO/RKS:CIS MIL HQ Moskva, VLF network,RUSSIA/OTHER:N0N/A1A/F1B-T600 75 Hz
ACTIVE
RDL is active from a number of transmitter sites, of wich these are indentified;
RDL Krasnodar 45N24 38E09
RDL Nizhniy Novgorod 56N11 43E58
RDL Arkhangelsk 64N24 41E32
RDL Tashkent, Uzbekistan 41N19 69E15
RDL Molodechno, Belarus 54N26 26E48, is presumed shut down
RDL ( Kaliningrad ? 54N45 20E30,coordinates and location according to preliminary RDF)
RLO (Ryazan ?)54N60 39E71
RKS (Murmansk ?)68N58 33E04
Current, 24h transmission schedule: hh:28 - hh:38 - hh:48 - hh:49 - hh:58,
with frequent, flash-override messages, in between using; A1A morse, FSK morse and F1B T600 75 Hz. This VLF net was recently, for some days, 24h continuously on air, with T600 idle between all scheduled messages.

00018.1:UFQE/RAU8/UPD/UPD8/UPP:Russian Navy various sites RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
UFQE/RAU8, located near the nuclear test site, at Matotchkin Shar on Novaya Zemlya,are both presumed shut down or reallocated.
UPD/UPD8/UPP; all located in the Murmansk area, on the Kola-peninsula, is presumed shut down or reallocated.

00018.2:VTX3:INS Katabomman, South Vijayanarayanam village,INDIA:A1A,MSK
ACTIVE
The transmitter site is ( just opposite the Indian Naval Station Katabomman ) at South Vijayanarayanam ( Vijaya NÍrÍyanam ) village, 8°25'59.88"N 77°48'00"E, reported as some 30 km's from Turunelveli on the Kanyakumari highway. In some lists VTX3 is incorrectly located at Vishakapatnam Radio, the HQ of the Indian Coast Guard, East Coast District. VTX3 has been monitored using very high speed A1A, morse.

00018.2:NSS:US Navy Annapolis USA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
NSS is shut down

00018.2:JJH:Japanese Navy, Kure, Japan:F1B 50Hz/unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
Of the VLF frequencies allocated to the Japanese Navy, only 00022.2 kHz(see this)is currently reported with traffic

00018.3:HWU:French Navy, Le Blanc, FRANCE:MSK
ACTIVE
After a long period of silence, this frequency has since 15/Nov/2001 been monitored with MSK 200Hz BW.

00018.4:NAD/NAH:US Navy Boston/New York USA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
NAD and NAH are both shut down

00018.5:DHO(35?):German Navy Ramsloh GERMANY:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
This location is known also as Rhauderfehn and Burlage
On VLF the German Navy is currently only to be found at 00023.4 kHz (see this)

00018.5:NAA:US Navy NCTS Cutler Maine USA:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
NAA is currently only active at; 00024.0 kHz ( see this )

00018.6:NAA/NHB/NPN/NPM/NLK/NPG/NEJ: US Navy various sites USA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
NHB/NPN/NPG/NEJ are all shut down
NWC is currently only active at; 00018.9 kHz ( see this )
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )
NAA is currently only active at; 00024.0 kHz ( see this )

00018.6:unid:US NAVY TACAMO mobile worldwide:F1B-50Hz and 190Hz/MSK 400Hz and 800Hz BW
NO INFO
TACAMO is an acronym for; TAke Charge And Move Out

00018.7:JJI:Japanese Navy, Ebino, Japan:F1B 50Hz/unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
Of the VLF frequencies allocated to the Japanese Navy, only 00022.2 kHz(see this)is currently reported with traffic

00018.8:NAD/NAH:US Navy Boston/New York USA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
NAD and NAH are both shut down

00018.9:UMB:Russian Navy Rostov RUSSIA:unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
UMB Rostov 57N14 039E48, not to be mixed up with Rostov na Donu
Possible reallocation of this facility for the CIS MIL HQ Moskva VLF network, (see 00018.9)

00018.9:(RDL)/unid:CIS MIL HQ Moskva VLF network,RUSSIA /UNID:N0N/F1B-T600
ACTIVE
None of the transmitter sites, on this new net frequency, so far indentified

00018.9:RKS:CIS MIL HQ Moskva VLF network, possibly Murmansk, RUSSIA :A1A/F1B-T600
SPORADIC ACTIVE
Monitored with both F1B T600 and with strategic code messages, using A1A morse. Example;
xxx xxx rks rks 85668 ciklizaciÿ 8738 8953

00018.98:PKX:Jakarta Radio, Indonesia:unid
NOT ACTIVE, NO FURTHER INFO

00019.0:GQD:NATO VLF transmitter facility Anthorn, Cumbria UK:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
GQD is currently only operating on 00019.6 kHz (see this)
00019.0 is also found listed as GBR Rugby Radio, not verified

00019.0:NPM/NSS:US navy NRTF Lualualei Hawaii and Annapolis, USA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
NSS is shut down
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz ( see this )

00019.1:JJI2:Japanese Navy, Ebino, Japan:F1B 50Hz/unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
Of the VLF frequencies allocated to the Japanese Navy, only 00022.2 kHz(see this)is currently reported with traffic
 
00019.2:VTX4:INS Katabomman, South Vijayanarayanam village,INDIA:A1A
NOT ACTIVE
The transmitter site is ( just opposite the Indian Naval Station
Katabomman ) at South Vijayanarayanam ( Vijaya NÍrÍyanam ) village,
8°25'59.88"N 77°48'00"E, reported as some 30 km's from Turunelveli
on the Kanyakumari highway. In some lists VTX4 is incorrectly located at Vishakapatnam Radio, the HQ of the Indian Coast Guard, East Coast District.

00019.2:SOA50:Warsawa POLAND:unid
NOT ACTIVE
SOA50 is shut down

00019.3:unid:US NAVY TACAMO mobile worldwide:F1B-50Hz and 190Hz/MSK 400Hz and 800Hz BW
NO INFO
TACAMO is an acronym for; TAke Charge And Move Out

00019.3:ULK:Russian Navy, Panfilov, KAZAKHSTAN:unid
NOT ACTIVE, no recent info
ULK Panfilov, 43N22 77E07, is presumed shut down or reallocated.

00019.3:RFP8:Russian Navy, Povorothnyy RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, no recent info
RFP8 Povorothnyy is presumed shut down or reallocated.

00019.3:UZX215:Russian Navy, Pereyezdnoye, UKRAINA:unid
NOT ACTIVE, no recent info
UZX215 Pereyezdnoye, 48N46 38E04, is presumed shut down or reallocated.

00019.4:UGE:Russian Navy, Arkhangelsk, RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
UGE Arkhangelsk 64N63 40E48 is presumed shut down or reallocated.

00019.5:3SA:Chinese Navy, Changde, PEOPLES REPUBLIC of CHINA:A1A/unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
Of the 22 listed VLF frequencies for the Chinese Navy, only 00020.6 kHz, in use by 3SA Changde / 3SB Datong, is recently reported with traffic.

00019.6:GQD/(GBR/GBZ):NATO VLF transmitter facility Anthorn, Cumbria UK:MSK
ACTIVE
Currently only active frequency of GQD.
By use of RDF, other UK transmitters also found active on this frequency

00019.7:UGE:Russian Navy, Arkhangelsk, RUSSIA:unid
NOT ACTIVE
UGE Arkhangelsk 64N63 40E48 is presumed shut down or reallocated

00019.8:NWC:US Navy NCS Harold E. Holt, North West Cape, AUSTRALIA:MSK
ACTIVE
Operated on behalf of US Navy by RAN. Royal Australian Navy is reported to be
using the facility for national submarine communication.
NISBS capable (Nato Interoperable Submarine Broadcast System)

00019.8:NPM/NLK/NPL/NPG:US NAVY various locations USA:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
All stations except NPM NRTF Lualualei Hawaii and NLK NRTF Jim Creek is shut down.
NPM is currently only active at; 00021.4 kHz (see this)
NLK is currently only active at; 00024.8 kHz (see this)

00019.8:TBA:Turkish Navy, Antalya 36N53 030E43, TURKEY:MSK
NOT ACTIVE
All TN traffic using VLF, most likely from TBB Bafa on 00026.7 kHz (see this)

00019.9:JJI:Japanese Navy, Ebino, Japan:F1B 50Hz/unid
PRESUMED NOT ACTIVE
Of the VLF frequencies allocated to the Japanese Navy, only 00022.2 kHz(see this)is currently reported with traffic

00019.9:WWVL:Standard frequency transmission, Ft. Collins, Colorado, USA:
NOT ACTIVE
WWVL Ft. Collins is shut down and their VLF time-signal service discontinued since July 1972.



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