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85m 3430-3500 any activity?.

Posted: 24 Dec 2023, 19:36
by Airwaves
does anyone ever hear the pirates chatting on the 86/85m 3430-3500 band?,i used to hear them years ago.
just wondering do the still operate there?.




45m Band - 6,600 MHz - 6,700 MHz LSB (6,635 MHz LSB Calling Freq.)

85m Band - 3,450 MHz - 3,495 MHz LSB (3,470 MHz LSB Calling Freq.)

Re: 85m 3430-3500 any activity?.

Posted: 24 Dec 2023, 19:57
by NightProwler
Yep I still hear them.

Re: 85m 3430-3500 any activity?.

Posted: 24 Dec 2023, 20:16
by ch25
Plenty of those can be heard.

Re: 85m 3430-3500 any activity?.

Posted: 25 Dec 2023, 08:00
by gmham
Was the call freq not 6.6700 ?

To be honest maybe in Europe the 45 is still used but certainly not a lot of U.K. activity on there anymore. It’s one freq the authorities do like to clamp down on any use due to its original intended users .

Re: 85m 3430-3500 any activity?.

Posted: 25 Dec 2023, 17:43
by Airwaves
does shannon airport use frequencey down near 45m ?

Re: 85m 3430-3500 any activity?.

Posted: 27 Dec 2023, 01:44
by gmham
Mostly around 5mhz but does have one on 6.6 mhz according to a quick google search. Would personally avoid tx on there nowadays . Most folk have gone licenced so not really worth the risk especially with activity being so low anyway.


5505kHz Shannon Volmet
5598kHz Shannon ATC. Secondary calling on 8906
5616kHz Shannon ATC. Secondary calling on 8864
5649kHz Shannon ATC. Secondary calling on 8879
5658kHz Shannon ATC
5680kHz Kinloss Rescue
6622kHz Shannon Volmet and Gander