Department of Sustainability & Environment HF Radio Frequencies

Department of Sustainability & Environment

HF Radio Frequencies

Ch	*RXF/TXF*	*Usage, [Transmitter Locations]*
1	2.7280	[East Melbourne]
2	3.8200	*[Alexandra, East Melbourne, Myrtleford, Heyfield, Nowa Nowa, Portland]*
3	4.8800	*[Alexandra, Benalla, East Melbourne, Myrtleford, Heyfield, Horsham, Nowa Nowa, Portland, Tallangatta, Orbost, Swifts Creek]*
4	5.9310	*[East Melbourne]*
5	7.9210	*[Queenscliff]-Mostly used for NRE Fisheries operations, not fires, though this may not always be the case*

Notes:

1. All of these transmissions are in Upper Side Band (USB) and can be heard easily right across Australia during the fire season. So you will need a shortwave, lo-band receiver or a scanner that goes down to 1MHz in at least 1KHz steps.

2. If a fire is in a state park or other NRE area, then the CFA will use the NRE radio network, as it is “their” fire-the primary responders. If the fire is in a CFA area then the NRE will use the CFA radio network.

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This Page Last Updated: January 14, 2004

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