Global ALE High Frequency Network (HFN) is now on ALERT for Haiti earthquake Emergency / Disaster Relief Communications (EMCOMM)
====HFLINK SPECIAL BULLETIN==== 13 JAN 2010
Alert: Haiti Earthquake EMCOMM
HFN Pilot Stations are active and ready 24/7 for ALE calling, relay, and internet messages.
All operators are encouraged to participate in the ALE Comm Centre live operator chat room http://hflink.net and activate ALE radios on the ALE channels:
HFN net (text/internet/sounding/calling)
3596.0 USB
7102.0 USB
10145.5 USB
14109.0 USB
18106.0 USB
21096.0 USB
24926.0 USB
28146.0 USB
HFL net (emcomm/voice/calling)
3791.0 USB
7185.5 USB
14346.0 USB
18117.5 USB
21437.5 USB
24932.0 USB
28312.5 USB
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Bonnie Crystal, KQ6XA
International Emcomm Coordinator - Global ALE High Frequency Network http://hflink.net/
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
FBI ALE Net
Here is the latest FBI ALE Net information from Mark Cleary. Updated: 2-10-2008Frequencies
Freqs: 2808.5, 4991.0, 5058.5, 5388.5, 7778.5, 7903.5, 9183.5, 10913.5, 11073.5, 11491.0, 14458.5, 14493.5, 14532.5, 15953.5, 18171.0, 18666.0, 19344.5 kHz.
Voice: 10913.5 (2/05), 14493.5 (2/05) kHz
The following are also listed in many freq lists, but after monitoring them for four months in 2004 I did not log any traffic on them: 5912.0, 9331.5, 10498.5, 11452.0, 11524.5, 12215.5, 16090.0, 18218.0, 20535.0, 20348.5, 20402.5, 23402.5 kHz
Idents
AL1 FBI, Albany, NY w/IP1
AN1 FBI, Anchorage, AK w/SE1
AQ1 FBI, Albuquerque, NM
AT1 FBI, Atlanta, GA w/QT10
AU1 FBI, Austin, TX
BA1 FBI, Baltimore, MD
BF1 FBI, Buffalo, NY
BI1 FBI, Birmingham, AL
BS1 FBI, Boston, MA
BT1 FBI, Butte, MT
CE1 FBI, Charlotte, NC
CG1 FBI, Chicago, IL
CI1 FBI, Cincinnati, OH
CL1 FBI, Cleveland, OH w/CO1, OM2
CO1 FBI, Columbia, SC w/CL1
CV1, FBI Cleveland, OH
DE1, FBI Detroit, MI
DL1 FBI, Dallas, TX
DN1 FBI, Denver, CO
EP1 FBI, El Paso, TX
GM1 FBI
HN1 FBI, Houston, TX
HO1 FBI, Honolulu, HI
HQ1 FBI, Washington, DC
IP1 FBI, Indianapolis, IN w/AL1, KX1
JC1 FBI
JK1 FBI, Jacksonville, FL
JN1 FBI, Jackson, MS
KC1 FBI, Kansas City, MO
KX1 FBI, Knoxville, TN w/IP1, MM1
KW1 FBI, Key West, FL
LA1 FBI, Los Angeles, CA, voice call KMI66
LR1 FBI, Little Rock, AR
LR2 FBI, Little Rock, AR
LRC33
LS1 FBI, Louisville, KY
LV1 FBI, Las Vegas, NV
ME1 FBI, Memphis, TN
MIACMU, FBI Crisis Management Unit, Miami, FL
MM1 FBI, Miami, FL w/KX1
MM2 FBI, Miami, FL
MO1 FBI, Mobile, AL
MP1 FBI, Minneapolis, MN
MW1 FBI, Milwaukee, WI
NF1 FBI, Norfolk, VA w/RH1, NY1
NH1 FBI, New Haven, CT
NK1, FBI Newark, NJ w/QT1
NO1 FBI, New Orleans, LA
NY1 FBI, New York, NY w/NF1
OC1 FBI, Oklahoma City, OK
OM1 FBI, Omaha, NE
OM2 FBI, Omaha, NE w/CL1
PD1 FBI, Portland, OR
PG1 FBI, Pittsburgh, PA
PH1 FBI, Philadelphia, PA
PO1 FBI, Portland, OR
PX1 FBI, Phoenix, AZ
QT1 FBI, Quantico, VA w/SF1, NK1
QT2 FBI, Quantico, VA, voice call KGE22A
QT5 FBI, Quantico, VA
QT8 FBI, Quantico, VA
QT10 FBI, Quantico, VA w/AT1
QW10
RH1 FBI, Richmond, VA w/NF1
SA1 FBI, San Antonio, TX
SC1 FBI, Sacramento, CA
SD1 FBI, San Diego, CA w/SF1
SE1 FBI, Seattle, WA w/AN1
SF1 FBI, San Francisco, CA w/SD1, QT1
SI1 FBI, Springfield, IL
SJ1 FBI, San Juan, PR
SL1 FBI, St. Louis, MO
SU1 FBI, Salt Lake City, UT
SV1 FBI, Savannah, GA
TP1 FBI, Tampa, FL
WF1 FBI, Washington, DC
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Who runs the 055 HF ALE Net
I have been trying to dig up anything on this mystery ALE net and so far, nothing!
So to the readers of this blog, anyone have a handle on the net below> If so drop me a note at the address in the masthead.
ALE Address: 055 (Net NCS)
5395.0 5782.0 8972.0 9070.0 9075.0 9080.0 10618.0 10627.0 10635.0 10640.0 11475.0 12297.0 12626.0 13348.0 13378.0 13442.0 14422.0 14535.0 14665.0 14731.0 14913.0 16528.0 17198.0 18021.5 18194.0 18212.0 18336.0 18480.0 18834.0 18836.0 19043.0 19309.0 19554.0 20107.0 20438.0 20759.0 22227.0 22571.0 22769.0 23428.0 25571.0 kHz.
So to the readers of this blog, anyone have a handle on the net below> If so drop me a note at the address in the masthead.
ALE Address: 055 (Net NCS)
5395.0 5782.0 8972.0 9070.0 9075.0 9080.0 10618.0 10627.0 10635.0 10640.0 11475.0 12297.0 12626.0 13348.0 13378.0 13442.0 14422.0 14535.0 14665.0 14731.0 14913.0 16528.0 17198.0 18021.5 18194.0 18212.0 18336.0 18480.0 18834.0 18836.0 19043.0 19309.0 19554.0 20107.0 20438.0 20759.0 22227.0 22571.0 22769.0 23428.0 25571.0 kHz.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
ALE On The Air Week: 05-15 October
AOTAW (ALE On The Air Week) is an annual International Amateur Radio event sponsored by HFLINK, a resource for ALE, HF Interoperative Communications, and HF Emcomm. Ham radio operators worldwide are invited to participate in a 10 day readiness event of ALE HF activity on the air. AOTAW-2007 is an excellent chance to explore ALE communications.
Start: 0001 UTC Friday 05 October
End: 2359 UTC Monday 15 October
Thousands of amateur radio operators worldwide have ALE capability now, using HF ham transceivers and computers running PCALE software, Multipsk software, or commercial ALE HF transceivers adapted to ham radio ALE use. The experience gained by operator participation is also useful for HF Emergency / Disaster Relief Communications.
What Is ALE? Automatic Link Establishment. In the hands of a skilled HF ham operator, ALE is a force multiplier. With the capability to call up a specific HF station, a group of stations, a net, or a networked station, ALE is a versatile digital calling system for initiating and maintaining QSOs with SSB voice, data, text, instant messaging, internet messaging, or image communications.
Each ALE station uses the operator's callsign as the digital address in the ALE controller. When not actively in communication with another station, the transceiver constantly scans through a list of frequencies in multiple HF or VHF bands, listening for its callsign. To reach a specific station, the operator simply enters the callsign just like dialing a phone number, and transmits a short digital signal burst. When the distant scanning station detects the first few characters of its callsign, it stops scanning and stays on that frequency. The receiving station, which was muted up until now, typically emits an audible alarm and visual alert for the receiving operator of the incoming call. It also indicates the callsign of the linked station. The two stations' ALE controllers automatically handshake to confirm that a link is established and they are ready to communicate in any mode, such as SSB voice, text or image. All of this happens quite fast, usually within a few minutes.
A unique ALE Operator Certificate is available to operators who participate in AOTAW. To qualify for the certificate, the operator simply completes at least 5 QSOs through Automatic Link Establishment communications on HF or VHF. The initial ALE linking QSO can use SSB Voice or "AMD" Text Message (the standard text messaging format in all ALE systems). See AOTAW Guidelines and Details. http://hflink.com/aotaw
Additional certificate endorsements are issued to operators who link with 25 stations or more, or send 2 ALE-SMS text messages through High Frequency Network Pilot Stations.
ALE High Frequency Network (HFN)
The HFN Pilot Stations are equipped with scanning ALE transceivers, multiband antenna systems, and special software control systems for internet connectivity. Ham radio ALE users in the field on HF connect with the HFN Pilot Stations to exchange digital ALE-SMS text messaging to and from internet devices such as cell mobile phones, black berry type devices, PDAs, PCs and laptops. The free service includes:
HF-to-Cellphone message
HF-to-email message
HF-to-HF message
All HFN stations automatically exchange signal reports with each other every hour on every HF band, and all this ALE HF activity with signal reports and messages is displayed in real time on the web at ALE CHANNEL ZERO: http://hflink.net/qso
Organized ALE ham activity began about 6 years ago, when a group of operators started working together to experiment with various methods of HF selective calling on HF. The need to call up emergency nets or inter-operability and liaison with government HF systems led many hams to adopt the government ALE standard, called FED-STD-1045 or MIL-STD 188-141. This standard caught on slowly in the ham community, initiated by a few operators with limited government surplus gear and some with expensive commercial equipment having embedded ALE or hardware controllers. They adapted the system into what has come to be known as Ham Friendly ALE, which includes ham-specific programming and use of frequencies in the automatic subbands. Now, with a ham HF transceiver, a computer as the controller, and an appropriate antenna system, hams can harness the power of ALE using one of the available software ALE controllers.
How to Get Started in ALE
The number of hams with ALE has grown steadily each year. In mid-2007, when the ALE HF Network expanded to 24/7 operation, a big increase in daily ALE activity was noticed. Some operators are following the traditional ham curiosity to explore interesting aspects of communications; others are developing dependable HF nets for Emcomm; many are using it as a propagation tool; others are just using ALE for fun, or to keep in touch with a circle of ham friends. Whatever the reason, there's room for everyone.
The AOTAW "ALE QSO Party" in 2006 saw many new ALE calls on the air around the world. Some surprisingly good DX ALE contacts were made, despite the being at the bottom of the solar cycle. We look forward to another good ALE On The Air Week this October 2007.
NNN
more information: http://hflink.com
Start: 0001 UTC Friday 05 October
End: 2359 UTC Monday 15 October
Thousands of amateur radio operators worldwide have ALE capability now, using HF ham transceivers and computers running PCALE software, Multipsk software, or commercial ALE HF transceivers adapted to ham radio ALE use. The experience gained by operator participation is also useful for HF Emergency / Disaster Relief Communications.
What Is ALE? Automatic Link Establishment. In the hands of a skilled HF ham operator, ALE is a force multiplier. With the capability to call up a specific HF station, a group of stations, a net, or a networked station, ALE is a versatile digital calling system for initiating and maintaining QSOs with SSB voice, data, text, instant messaging, internet messaging, or image communications.
Each ALE station uses the operator's callsign as the digital address in the ALE controller. When not actively in communication with another station, the transceiver constantly scans through a list of frequencies in multiple HF or VHF bands, listening for its callsign. To reach a specific station, the operator simply enters the callsign just like dialing a phone number, and transmits a short digital signal burst. When the distant scanning station detects the first few characters of its callsign, it stops scanning and stays on that frequency. The receiving station, which was muted up until now, typically emits an audible alarm and visual alert for the receiving operator of the incoming call. It also indicates the callsign of the linked station. The two stations' ALE controllers automatically handshake to confirm that a link is established and they are ready to communicate in any mode, such as SSB voice, text or image. All of this happens quite fast, usually within a few minutes.
A unique ALE Operator Certificate is available to operators who participate in AOTAW. To qualify for the certificate, the operator simply completes at least 5 QSOs through Automatic Link Establishment communications on HF or VHF. The initial ALE linking QSO can use SSB Voice or "AMD" Text Message (the standard text messaging format in all ALE systems). See AOTAW Guidelines and Details. http://hflink.com/aotaw
Additional certificate endorsements are issued to operators who link with 25 stations or more, or send 2 ALE-SMS text messages through High Frequency Network Pilot Stations.
ALE High Frequency Network (HFN)
The HFN Pilot Stations are equipped with scanning ALE transceivers, multiband antenna systems, and special software control systems for internet connectivity. Ham radio ALE users in the field on HF connect with the HFN Pilot Stations to exchange digital ALE-SMS text messaging to and from internet devices such as cell mobile phones, black berry type devices, PDAs, PCs and laptops. The free service includes:
HF-to-Cellphone message
HF-to-email message
HF-to-HF message
All HFN stations automatically exchange signal reports with each other every hour on every HF band, and all this ALE HF activity with signal reports and messages is displayed in real time on the web at ALE CHANNEL ZERO: http://hflink.net/qso
Organized ALE ham activity began about 6 years ago, when a group of operators started working together to experiment with various methods of HF selective calling on HF. The need to call up emergency nets or inter-operability and liaison with government HF systems led many hams to adopt the government ALE standard, called FED-STD-1045 or MIL-STD 188-141. This standard caught on slowly in the ham community, initiated by a few operators with limited government surplus gear and some with expensive commercial equipment having embedded ALE or hardware controllers. They adapted the system into what has come to be known as Ham Friendly ALE, which includes ham-specific programming and use of frequencies in the automatic subbands. Now, with a ham HF transceiver, a computer as the controller, and an appropriate antenna system, hams can harness the power of ALE using one of the available software ALE controllers.
How to Get Started in ALE
The number of hams with ALE has grown steadily each year. In mid-2007, when the ALE HF Network expanded to 24/7 operation, a big increase in daily ALE activity was noticed. Some operators are following the traditional ham curiosity to explore interesting aspects of communications; others are developing dependable HF nets for Emcomm; many are using it as a propagation tool; others are just using ALE for fun, or to keep in touch with a circle of ham friends. Whatever the reason, there's room for everyone.
The AOTAW "ALE QSO Party" in 2006 saw many new ALE calls on the air around the world. Some surprisingly good DX ALE contacts were made, despite the being at the bottom of the solar cycle. We look forward to another good ALE On The Air Week this October 2007.
NNN
more information: http://hflink.com
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Mystery HF ALE Net -- 055 Net
Last week Sam in the UK posted to the UDXF newsgroup information on a mystery HF ALE net known as the "055 Net" due to the station ALE Address seen sounding on the net.
Frequencies monitored 2007 (ALE/USB)
5782.0 9070.0 10618.0 10627.0 11475.0 12297.0 13348.0 13442.0 14422.0 14731.0 17198.0 18336.0 19043.0 19309.0 19554.0 20107.0 20438.0 20759.0 22277.0 23428.0 kHz
Additional frequencies monitored 2006 (ALE/USB)
12626.0 13378.0 14913.0 18194.0 25571.0 kHz
One theory I have seen proposed is that this may be an Indonesian HF net. That is pretty much the book on this mystery. Anyone that has any additional information can contact me at the email address in the masthead.
Frequencies monitored 2007 (ALE/USB)
5782.0 9070.0 10618.0 10627.0 11475.0 12297.0 13348.0 13442.0 14422.0 14731.0 17198.0 18336.0 19043.0 19309.0 19554.0 20107.0 20438.0 20759.0 22277.0 23428.0 kHz
Additional frequencies monitored 2006 (ALE/USB)
12626.0 13378.0 14913.0 18194.0 25571.0 kHz
One theory I have seen proposed is that this may be an Indonesian HF net. That is pretty much the book on this mystery. Anyone that has any additional information can contact me at the email address in the masthead.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Interesting Intercept in ITU IM #313
Here on the Btown Monitoring Post I have written several times about the HF XSS ALE net. And in my previous post to this blog I mentioned that the new International Monitor #313 is now available from the ITU website. I just started reviewing this doc this morning and found an intercept on page 2 that immediately caught my eye.
G BALDOCK 3161.00 19 02 0733 0733 XSS 2K80E J7D 248 B MIL-188-141 ALE
Based on day/night propagation patterns(a 0733 local time intercept in England), the intercept above adds more credability that the mysterious XSS ALE net is a UK based network. Based on monitoring it is widely believed that ALE address "XSS" is the netcos for this HF net and if so then this is most likely a British HF net (some estimates say British Ministry of Defense).
More as it becomes available.
G BALDOCK 3161.00 19 02 0733 0733 XSS 2K80E J7D 248 B MIL-188-141 ALE
Based on day/night propagation patterns(a 0733 local time intercept in England), the intercept above adds more credability that the mysterious XSS ALE net is a UK based network. Based on monitoring it is widely believed that ALE address "XSS" is the netcos for this HF net and if so then this is most likely a British HF net (some estimates say British Ministry of Defense).
More as it becomes available.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Oil and Gas HF ALE Networks - 2/15/2007
Here are some HF frequencies reported recently for various oil and gas companies.
3336.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
4190.0 Western/Southern Africa Oil Industry USB
4390.0 Congo Brazzaville Offshore Oil USB
5036.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
5410.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
5418.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
5500.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
5807.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
6500.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
6790.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
6981.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
7739.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
7759.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
7818.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
7969.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/USB
7980.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
8086.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
9315.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
10211.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
10244.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/USB
10275.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
10285.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
11466.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
3336.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
4190.0 Western/Southern Africa Oil Industry USB
4390.0 Congo Brazzaville Offshore Oil USB
5036.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
5410.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
5418.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
5500.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
5807.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
6500.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
6790.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
6981.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
7739.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
7759.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
7818.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
7969.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/USB
7980.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
8086.0 Nigerian Oil NNPC ALE/USB
9315.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
10211.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
10244.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/USB
10275.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
10285.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
11466.0 Sonatrach - Algeria ALE/LSB
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
What is the "LEN" HF Net
An interesting HF ALE net has been reported for someime now on the UDXF newsgroup.
ALE Addresses noted include: LEN (NCS), BF1, BG1, BR1, BR2, BT2, DZ1, GS1, 21B.
Frequencies noted for this net (kHz):
3785.0 4505.0 4780.0 4970.0 5200.0 5290.0 5335.0 5530.0 6690.0 6695.0 6855.0 6950.0
7500.0 7580.0 7725.0 7780.0 8080.0
Anyone have an idea who is running this network? Please send it along to larryvanhorn @ monitoringtimes.com.
ALE Addresses noted include: LEN (NCS), BF1, BG1, BR1, BR2, BT2, DZ1, GS1, 21B.
Frequencies noted for this net (kHz):
3785.0 4505.0 4780.0 4970.0 5200.0 5290.0 5335.0 5530.0 6690.0 6695.0 6855.0 6950.0
7500.0 7580.0 7725.0 7780.0 8080.0
Anyone have an idea who is running this network? Please send it along to larryvanhorn @ monitoringtimes.com.
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