Forty-fifth edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter

(Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2002 11:46:09 +0100)

Arabic voice stations in the aero bands

Aero dxer Risto Hirvonen asks if anyone has information about the many Arabic voice stations in the aero bands. He mentions the following frequencies: 5491, 5566, 5588, 5660, 5663.5, 6530, 6640, 8840, 8844, 8866, 8881, 8895, 8900, 8905, 8950, 8954, 8979, 9005, 11269, 11325, 11360, and 13320 kHz. Risto says "Some of the traffic sounds like phone patches, but I also heard other formats."