Following is a description of all those factions as I know it today (including web site information if available). I'd appreciate any additions or corrections as appropriate.
Marine Related Nets on the Amateur Radio Frequencies (as of 01/12/2005):
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Winlink 2000 (e-mail) |
Multiple Gateways |
World Wide Coverage |
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Sail The World |
French World Sailing Assoc. |
3900+ members representing 850 boats |
currently 450 boats sailing the globe |
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Mediterranean M/M Net |
7.085 Mhz |
0700 UTC |
Med. Coverage |
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U.K. Maritime Net |
14.303 Mhz |
0800 UTC & 1800 UTC |
Eastern Atlantic |
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Trans-Atlantic MM Net |
21.400 Mhz |
1300 UTC |
Atlantic |
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S.A. M/M Net |
14.316 / 7.045 Mhz |
0630 UTC / 1130 UTC |
Indian Ocean / S. Atl. |
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Caribbean Emerg. & Weather Net |
7.162 Mhz / 3.815 Mhz |
1030 UTC / 2230 UTC |
E. Caribbean / Atl. |
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Caribbean M/M Net, St Croix, U.S. V.I. |
7.241 Mhz |
1100 UTC |
Caribbean |
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Mississauga Net |
14.121 Mhz |
1245 UTC |
Canada/Bermuda |
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Intercon. Traffic Net |
14.300 Mhz |
0700-1200 Eastern |
U.S./Caribbean/Central America/W. Atl. |
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Maritime Mobile Service Net |
14.300 Mhz |
1200-2200 Eastern |
U.S./Caribbean/Central America/W. Atl. |
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Waterway Radio & Cruising Club |
7.268 Mhz |
0745 Eastern Time |
U.S. East Coast, Bahamas, Caribbean |
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Pacific Seafarers Net |
14.313 Mhz |
0315 UTC |
Pacific |
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Maritime Emerg. Net |
14.310 Mhz |
0400 UTC / 1800 UTC |
Pacific |
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Baja California MM Net |
7.238 Mhz |
0800 PDT |
Coastal Baja / Calif |
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Chubasco Net |
7.294 Mhz |
1530 PST / 1430 DST |
Mexico West Coast |
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Comedy Net |
7.087 Mhz |
2040 UTC |
SW Pac., New Caledonia, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Australian E coast |
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Sonrisa Net |
3.968 Mhz |
1415 UTC |
Baja / SW US/Mex |
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Manana Net |
14.340 Mhz |
1900 UTC |
E. Pac / AK to Panama/Haw |
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Happy Hour Net |
3.969 Mhz |
0000 UTC |
Baja / SW US / Mex. |
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Mobile Maritime Net |
14.323 Mhz |
0025 UTC daily |
S/E Asia |
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Pacific Inter-Isl. Net |
14.315 Mhz |
0800 UTC |
Micronesia up to Hawaii |
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Pac. M/M Service Net |
21.412 Mhz |
0200 UTC |
Pacific World Wide |
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Roy's Net, Perth |
14.320 Mhz |
1115 UTC |
N&W Indian Ocean |
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Robby's Net (Australia) |
14.315 Mhz |
1000 UTC / 2300 UTC |
South Pacific |
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Tony's Net (New Zealand) |
14.315 Mhz |
2100 UTC |
South Pac. / Australia |
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John's Weather Net |
14.315 Mhz |
2140 UTC |
SW Pacific |
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Tony's Net (Kenya) |
14.316 Mhz |
0500 UTC |
Indian Ocean/Red Sea |
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S.E Asia M/M Net |
14.320 Mhz |
0630 UTC / 1130 UTC |
Indian Ocean / S. Atl. |
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Le reSeau du Capitaine |
14.118 |
7am Montreal time, daily |
Med, E Pac, Indian, Atl, Carib, Bermuda |
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INTERMAR (Germany) |
14.313 Mhz |
1630 UTC daily |
Europe |
Following are known non-ham services for mariners:
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Herb Hilgenberg's Southbound ll Net |
12.359 Mhz SSB |
2000 UTC |
Detailed Wx, Atlantic, Caribbean & Pacific |
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Cruiseheimer's Net |
8.152 Mhz SSB |
0830 Eastern |
U.S. east coast to Eastern Caribbean |
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Caribbean Wx Cntr Daily Net |
8.104 SSB |
1230 UTC |
Caribbean and SW N. Atlantic/Bahamas |
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Caribbean Safety and Security Net |
8.104 SSB |
1215 UTC daily |
Caribbean and SWN. Atlantic |
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N.W. Caribbean Marine SSB Net |
8.188 Mhz |
1400 UTC |
Western Carib. to Panama and Gulf of Mexico |
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Panama Canal Connection Net |
8.107 Mhz |
1330 UTC |
Eastern Pacific & SW Caribbean |
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Russel Radio, New Zealand |
12.359 Mhz / 12.353 Mhz |
0830 & 1630 NZT / 0915 & 1600 NZT |
Bora Bora to Australia |
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Brunei Bay Radio |
various |
various |
Asia, NW Pacific & Indian Oceans |
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BASRA (Bahamas Air-Sea Rescue Association) |
4.003 USB | VHF Ch 72 | 7.096 Mhz |
0700 ET | 0715 ET (Nassau) | 0720 ET |
Wx and Emergency traffic throughout the Bahamas |
www.basra.org |
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WLO and KLB |
See web site for details. |
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HF SSB Ship to Shore |
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Ocean Pro |
See web site for details |
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Professional weather & routing |
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Note from author: With your assistance to keep me informed of updates, deletes, and/or corrections to the entries above, I will do my best to keep the lists current.