Utility Planet

Utility Planet is the official blog for the column of the same name in The Spectrum Monitor. It replaces Utility World in the discontinued Monitoring Times magazine. Utilities are all VLF/LF/MF/HF (and sometimes low-band VHF) radio communications except broadcasting, CB, and non-emergency amateur. If you understood the last sentence, you know enough to read this blog.

Friday, January 29, 2016

VOA Radiogram for January 30-31

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Hello friends, We will test slow modes again this weekend, so let’s hope for some bad reception. In addition to the Olivia 64-2000 th...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Planetary VOA Radiogram for January 23-24

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Hello friends, Last weekend's long transmission of Olivia 64-2000 was very interesting. It did result in some successful decodes u...
Friday, January 15, 2016

Slow VOA Radiogram for January 16-17

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From Kim Andrew Elliott: Hello friends, A reminder that this weekend's VOA Radiogram will be mostly Olivia 64-2000. If receptio...
Thursday, December 24, 2015

Merry VOA Radiogram for December 26-27

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From Kim Andrew Elliott: Hello friends, This weekend's VOA Radiogram will be another all MFSK32 show to get us through the holid...
Friday, November 27, 2015

VOA Radiogram for November 28-29

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Hello friends, Last week's experiments on VOA Radiogram were largely successful. A good demonstration of the simultaneous deco...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Experimental VOA Radiogram for November 21-22

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From Kim Andrew Elliott: Hello friends, This weekend’s VOA Radiogram will include some experiments. Simultaneous text and image. ...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

MRHS Mini Night of Nights in Progress

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KSM has again this year stayed on the air for its "Mini Night of Nights," in which it broadcasts various special things, and takes...
Friday, November 13, 2015

VOA Radiogram (with a QSY) for November 14-15

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Note: Saturday 0930 has moved again, this time to AM frequency 5865 kHz. This move is to get off a channel also used by a broadcaster in Co...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

MRHS Mini Night of Nights this Saturday (US Time)!

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From Maritime Radio Historical Society: Many True Believers will recall that last year around this time we conducted a mini-Night of Nigh...
Friday, November 06, 2015

Illustrated VOA Radiogram for November 7-8

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From Kim Andrew Elliott: Hello friends, VOA Radiogram this weekend will be all MFSK32, except for the transmission schedule in Olivi...
Friday, October 30, 2015

Spooky VOA Radiogram for Halloween/ November 1

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Don't forget the new frequencies effective 10/31 (UTC)! From Kim Andrew Elliott: Hello friends, We start with three announceme...
Friday, October 23, 2015

VOA Radiogram for October 24-25

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Don't forget the frequency changes next week! From Kim Andrew Elliott: Hello friends, Most shortwave broadcast stations change...

Patricia TCPOD for 23 October

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00 NOUS42 KNHC 221259 REPRPD WEATHER RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHTS CARCAH, NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER, MIAMI, FL. 0900 AM EDT THU 22 OCTOBER 2015 SU...

Mexican emergency comms for massive Hurricane Patricia

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From ARRL : [UPDATED 2015-10-23 @ 1600 UTC] An emergency net has been established on 7060 kHz (LSB) from Manzanillo in the Mexican state ...
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Some NOBLE SKYWAVE frequencies/ calls heard today

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Most of these come from Jack Metcalfe, though I have heard some activity out here on 13584 ALE. 5205.0 ZOMBIE, 8ACCS, 4ACCS, CSOR6 & 3...

Exercise NOBLE SKYWAVE 2015 in progress

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This is an exercise done yearly by Canadian Forces, CFARS, and other organizations as a test of HF interoperability. It's run kind of li...
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