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HF PROPAGATION
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FREQUENCY FINDER
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WORLDWIDE STATION IDENTIFIER
Callsign lookup
Identify UK and international amateur stations, including public names, country, digital-radio details and recent reception reports.
NEARBY RADIO
Closest repeaters
UK-wide repeater data: RSGB ETCC. Distances and bearings are straight-line estimates; terrain and repeater status affect real coverage.
FREQUENCY EXPLORER
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NUMBER STATIONS
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Times are UTC and schedules are based on monitoring reports—not official announcements. A listed transmission may carry a null message, move frequency or not appear.
Schedule data: Priyom.org, used with attribution under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. SignalHunt shows a rolling view from its latest schedule snapshot.
LOCAL LISTENING
PMR446 & UK CB
Programme as NFM, 12.5 kHz. PMR446 is simplex, so receive and transmit use the same frequency.
Scanning tip: scan 446.00625–446.19375 MHz in 12.5 kHz steps. Leave CTCSS/DCS decode off to hear every user; tones only silence unwanted audio and do not make a channel private.
Transmit note: licence-exempt use requires compliant PMR446 equipment operating within the UK rules. Many amateur handhelds with removable antennas are suitable for listening, but are not compliant PMR446 transmitters.
80 legal UK CB channels. Choose the original UK 27/81 block or the internationally harmonised CEPT/EU block.
Listening tip: Channel 19 is a common road and calling channel. Scan the whole selected block when activity is quiet; distant stations may arrive during 11-metre propagation openings.
UK rules: UK 27/81 channels are FM. CEPT channels may use FM, AM or SSB with compliant equipment and the permitted power limits. CB is licence-exempt, but the radio and installation must meet Ofcom requirements.
LIVE AMATEUR ACTIVITY
Spotted on the bands
Recent reception reports from radio amateurs and automated listening stations. A spot means the station was heard recently—not necessarily that it is still transmitting or audible at your location.
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Live spots: Spothole’s open DX cluster feed. Data is refreshed on demand and automatically every 60 seconds; spot details can contain reporting errors.
MARINE REFERENCE
UK marine channels
AIRBAND DIRECTORY
UK aircraft frequencies
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Frequencies can change by AIRAC cycle. Confirm operational details against the current UK AIP before relying on them.
PROPAGATION BEACONS
Beacon directory
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NAVTEX coast stations send navigational warnings, gale warnings and forecasts as radio-teletype. Use USB with a narrow filter and tune about 1.7 kHz below the published frequency: roughly 516.3 kHz for 518 kHz NAVTEX or 488.3 kHz for 490 kHz. A decoder such as SeaTTY is needed to read the text.
UK amateur beacon data: RSGB ETCC / UKRepeater. Maritime schedules: UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency. International schedule: NCDXF/IARU. Beacon status can change; entries are receive references.
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