HF frequencies
 

Hi everyone,

I have been looking for a moment now on internet but without succes. I would like to know if some of you had some interesting Freq to share on HF to listen to music or sport while flying

Highly professional!!!

As SLF, I used to regularly ride SAS DC-10's 25 years ago - and was delighted to find they had a Sony ICF-2001 piped into one of the audio entertainment channels. I could generally sweet-talk one of the CC into picking up a BBC frequency on that early digital-tuned receiver. :)

What, do you sit there and look at the screens for 12 hours?

Does it occur to anyone else that this is a redundant expression?

e.g.
CSD drive
5 year anniversary
AM modulation

No worse that PAT tester, ATM machine or PIN number!

"Highly professional." ?

Chew 4 aspirin, shallow two quaaludes, call me in the morning if you're still breathing.

Not at all. "HF" is the name of the frequency band and the word "frequencies" is referring to a specific frequency within that band, not redundant at all.

There's an app for iPhone that has hundreds of frequencies and it will filter by region, playing now, language etc.

I have been searching on the App Store with no luck. You don't have it's name do you?

I flew to Tel Aviv and back from London the other day, which is a long time to spend in an aircraft cockpit as two crew - not 12 hours but four and a half each way, so 9 hours two crew (no relief, except for a turn around).

First we deal with the extra security precautions before departure, and think about the heavy weight take-off (with 16 odd tons of fuel on board).

Across the North Sea (and I can see the bottom on a good day, too ), over Holland and Southern Germany completing the paperwork, updating the onboard weather reports for European diversions and sending ACARS reports.

As we approach the Alps high terrain area, get out the Jeppesen Alp terrain awareness chart and give a high terrain brief including the changes in depressurisation and descent strategies, brief the memory items.

Then over the Balkan states, talk about diversion strategies in the Balkan countries, and the different security requirements.

Fuel in the tanks is getting a bit cold, descend 4000' to deal with that.

Update the weather for the destination.

Into Turkey and then deal with the Ercan control hassle over the captured territory of Northern Cyprus (where the Turks attempt to illegally control the aircraft while it is in Greek airspace over Cyprus).

Comply with the security notification and passenger requirements for entering Israeli airspace.

Entering the Med, take special note of the NOTAM in which the Americans warn that their warships will fire upon unrecognised aircraft in the Eastern Mediterranean/Middle eastern region (and also recommend that the civilian weather radar is turned on, transponder is set and aircraft external lights are on, to aid identification! )

And then the whole thing in reverse, and against the wind.

Also remembered to bring Toasti Toes, as the company ordered the airbus without the optional foot warmers - and the cockpit footwell gets VERY cold after about two hours with the temperature outside at -65ºC (as in "cold enough to be physically painful" ).

If it's a nice clear night, good for star gazing.

... so, no, I don't just sit there and stare at the screens, and if I were a passenger I would hope that the operating crew were doing a bit more than listening to sports and not even looking at the screens. :rolleyes:

On the other hand, flogging down the Pacific through the night, CPDLC with one HF on SELCAL watch, the tactical plan for EDTO diversion well briefed and understood, good foot warmers, a Company preferred Route, weather good, gas OK: damned right I will listen to the rugby on the other HF (especially when the All Blacks are playing the Wallabies:))

Ae you sure you haven't missed something?

You should do your HAM exam then you could become callsign/am (Aeronautical Mobile) provided you have permission from george. The wide range of frequencies on some bands would enable you to communicate with Amateur Radio stations on a global scale and the morse requirement has been binned so no cw operating required.

Approve!

To my shame I've never worked one of those.

CW

[G2DVP]

Search shortwave in the App Store

Checkboard you sound like such a pro. Wow.
I've perfected the art of being able to listen to the FO, 121.5, ATC, and a film on the iPad ( headphones under headset )
It does take practice though. Don't turn VHF 1 up too high or you'll keep getting distracted and it ruins the film