Shuttle Frequencies List
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Space Shuttle Radio Frequency List
Rich Weinkauf, Farmington, MI
01/24/92
STSFRQ03.TXT
A Space Shuttle mission requires the coordination of thousands of
individuals; both on the planet, and off. This coordination is directed largely
by radio communications, both voice and digital; and supplies the
communications enthusiast with several opportunities for listening. The
following list includes radio voice communication frequencies reported to be
in use during a typical Space Shuttle mission. This list has been gleaned
from many sources, including personal communications, messages on
Prodigy, Amateur Radio Bulletin Boards, Space and Astronomy Bulletin
Boards, and the NASA Spacelink BBS. All of it is subject to change without
notice, and reception is dependent on your location and the propagation
conditions.
I can be reached for additions, deletions, and corrections to this list via:
Packet radio: N8QLT @ WD8DWO.#semi.mi.us.na
CompuServe: 70534,227
Internet: 7053...@compuserve.com
Prodigy: BNCG39A
Launch and Landing Operations
NASA Malabar/Palm Bay, FL Nets (in KHz, USB commonly)
Solid rocket booster recovery 2622 primary, 2764, 3187, 4510,
7765, 11407, 11621
NASA tracking vessels 5180, 5187
ETR range control 2678
ETR primary night channel 5190
ETR secondary night channel 5810
ETR primary day channel 10780
ETR secondary day channel 20390
Launch support ships 5680, 11104, 11252, 18009,
19303
Launch support aircraft 5350, 7676, 9022, 9043, 9132,
13227, 13878
Cape Radio/Leader 4856
Cape radio/Coast Guard Ships 4992
Cape Radio/Launch support A/C 7461
Cape radio 6896, 6837, 11414, 11548,
19640, 23413
S&R Coast Guard primary 3024
S&R Primary recovery zone 4376
S&R Primary Atlantic 6720
S&R comm with Bahamas 7412
Backup mission audio 2664
Navy harbor control 2716
Launch tracking net 7525, 20186
Space missle tactical net 10305
OCC Shuttle mission audio 20198
NASA CB radio channel 9 27065 AM
Data buoys 2405
Data channels 7919, 7985, 13237, 13495
Malabar-Ascencion Island MUX 10310, 13600, 20192
Ascencion Island-Malabar MUX 14937, 19966, 22755
USAF/NASA communications 4510, 4760, 4855, 4992, 5350,
5810, 6727, 6740, 8993, 9315,
9974, 10780, 11104, 11414,
11548, 14615, 19303, 19984,
20191, 20475
Edwards AFB: (frequencies in MHz)
116.4 00 ATIS
120.7 00 control tower
121.8 00 ground control
126.100, 127.800 approach control
133.650 approach/departure control
138.450 commandpost
149.925 security
162.6125 NASA ops
164.1 00 NASA
173.5875 fire
236.6 00 control tower
269.9 00 ATIS
290.3 00 departure control
318.1 00 tower
348.7 00 approach control
372.2 00 dispatchers
390.1 00 ground control
Kennedy Space Center Operations (KHz)
2182, 3023
Kennedy: (MHz)
117.8 00 shuttle control
121.750, 126.300 ground control
126.650 weather
142.500, 143.040 cranes
148.455 NASA booster recovery
148.485 launch countdown/status
148.500, 149.100 Search and Rescue ships
149.175 shuttle crawler
162.000 Search and Rescue ships
162.0125 NASA vessels
162.6125 NASA ops
163.4625, 163.4875 security
163.5125 security
163.5625 fire - primary
164.0 00 radiation checks
164.800 Search and Rescue aircraft
165.1875 check points
170.150 base operations
170.175 transportation
170.350 public relations
170.400 General Services Administration
171.150 maintenance/fuel
171.2625 camera tracking
173.175 security - gates
173.4375 medics
173.5625 fire/rescue
173.6625 safety units
173.6875 security - vans
173.7875 fire - secondary
284.0 00 ground control
Kennedy Space Center Ground Support (MHz)
148.480, 149.170, 162.610, 163.460, 163.480, 163.510, 163.560,
165.190, 170,150, 170.170, 170.350, 171.150, 171.260, 173.560,
173.680
Patrick AFB: (MHz)
118.400 approach/departure control
121.700 ground control
125.100 approach control
126.200 control tower
128.800 dispatcher
138.300 command post
273.500 ATIS
335.800 ground control
340.900 approach/departure control
344.600 weather
348.400 control tower
358.300 approach control
372.200 dispatchers
International emergency air frequencies (MHz)
121.500
243.000
Shuttle frequencies: (MHz)
296.800 primary, air-to-ground or orbiter-to-suit
259.700 air-to-ground or suit-to-orbiter
279.000 suit-to-orbiter or suit-to-suit
Communications and other stuff: S-band (MHz)
2205.000 Air-to-ground
2217.500 Air-to-ground secondary
2287.500 Air-to-ground primary digital downlink
2041.900 Ground-to-air
2201.400 Ground-to-air
1831.800 primary (USAF uplink, phase modulation)
1775.100 secondary
2250.000 wide band FM with main engine analog
telemetry during launch, or TV during orbit
operations.
Note from Ron Parise, WA4SIR, on above S-band frequencies: "The S-
band system is one of the primary orbiter downlink bands. The voice
channels are digital slope delta modulation and are MUX'ed in with
the rest of orbiter telemetry- very difficult to copy. Much of the
downlink TV is S-band wide band FM and should be easy to copy.
The Ku-band system is used in conjunction with the TDRS satellites,
and is used more heavily during Spacelab flight than others. The data
rate is very high digital (50 Mbits/sec), and will be nearly impossible
for you to demodulate and decommutate in your basement.
Nevertheless, the shuttle transmits on 15.003 GHz. These
transmission are directed toward the TDRS satellite with a high gain
antenna, and cannot be copied from the gound.
The UHF frequencies are fun to listen to, but are not heavily used
except during EVA's. You will almost always hear some activity on
them during a mission, just be patient."
Ron WA4SIR
Contractors
Rockwell (Edwards)
2995.5, 3282.5, 3475.5, 5597.5, 10010.5, 17966.5 (kHz, USB)
122.800, 123.050, 123.350, 123.525, 462.925 (MHz)
Rockwell (Edwards/Kennedy)
123.475 (MHz)
McDonnell Douglas (Edwards)
123.300, 123.550 (MHz)
Com-Tech Associates (Kennedy)
151.955 (MHz)
IBM & Harris Corp. (Kennedy)
152.480 (MHz)
TWA (Kennedy)
154.515 (MHz)
Retransmission on HF/shortwave/Ham bands (KHz, USB commonly)
NASA: 20198, 20186
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD
WA3NAN: 28650, 21395, 14295, 7185, 3860
Johnson Space Center
Houston, TX
W5RRR: 28495, 21350, 14280, 7227, 3850
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA
W6VIO: 21340, 21280, 14282, 14270, 7165, 3840
San Francisco, CA
NASAAmes Research Center
K6MF: 7165, 3840
Retransmission of audio and video on VHF/UHF Ham Bands
AMSAT OSCAR A0-13 Satellite
145.945 MHz primary
145.955 MHz secondary
Comments: "This Mode B requires a satellite high-gain antenna."
Eastern United States
Birmingham, AL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.380 MHz WB4CXD direct
145.150 MHz N4AHN repeater
Huntsville, AL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
Marshall Center Amateur Radio Club
145.100 MHz
173.025 MHz
North Alabama DX Club
147.100 MHz
Connecticut (area not known)
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
448.425 MHz
Cape Canaveral, FL
NASA Select audio
Meritt Island Launch Area
146.940 MHz K4GCC repeater
Cocoa, FL
Shuttle video re-transmissions
421.250 MHz
Daytona Beach, FL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.150 MHz
Shuttle video re-transmissions
421.250 MHz
Fort Pierce, FL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.130 MHz
Jacksonville, FL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.120 MHz WD4AOG repeater
Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.760 MHz
444.575 MHz
145.390 MHz
444.725 MHz
Vero Beach/Ft. Pierce, FL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.130 MHz
Atlanta, GA
Big Shanty Repeater Group
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.655 MHz
147.345 MHz
Shuttle video re-transmissions
427.250 MHz (Channel 58 on cable-ready TV's)
Comments: "Transmitters located on Sweat Mountain in northeastern
Cobb County."
Ashburn, GA
Coastal Plains Amateur Radio Club
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.285 MHz WD4EVD repeater
Forsyth, GA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.915 MHz
Comments: "Contact Herschel C. Hopper
PO Box 426
Forsyth, GA 31029"
Portland, ME
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.925 MHz KA1SSZ/R
York, ME
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
224.840 MHz K1MON/R
Comments: "Re-transmitted from Mt. Agamenticus, Maine"
Bay St. Louis, MS
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.700 MHz
Mebane, NC
Slow scan TV
14230 KHz W4MWG
Albany/Troy, NY
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ARC
Suttle aduio re-transmissions
146.820 MHz W2SZ
Pittsburgh, PA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.470 MHz
Washington, DC/Greenbelt, MD
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
Goddard Space Flight Center, WA3NAN
28650, 21395, 14295, 7185, 3860 KHz, 147.45 MHz
Shuttle video re-transmissions in Washington, DC Area
Contact: Russ Jones, N3EGO
Frank Bauer, KA3HDO
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Midwestern United States
Cedar Rapids, IA
NASA Select audio
444.300 MHz
146.400 MHz
Comments: "For mission STS-34, transmission was on 444.300 MHz
only. May also be carried on Cox cable channel 13 (KTS)."
Chicago, IL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.210 MHz
Downers Grove, IL
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.350 MHz
Minneapolis/St.Paul, MN
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.150 MHz Bloomington
149.200 MHz
147.120 MHz WB0BQG/R 3M ARC
Comments: "Listen to 145.150 during all normal missions. Shuttle
audio can also be heard on 147.120 MHz WB0BQG/R 3M ARC repeater
during some flights."
Waseca, MN
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.450 MHz
427.250 MHz
Dayton, OH
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.110 MHz WB4LA repeater
Comments: "Via Kettering Medical center repeater, covers northern
Kentucky to Columbus."
Greenville, OH
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.790 MHz WA8KZR
Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
448.750 MHz WB5EPI Arlington
145.310 MHz K5OJI Arlington
146.600 MHz Dallas
El Paso, TX
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
448.650 MHz
Houston, TX
NASA Select audio
Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club, W5RRR
28495, 21350, 14280, 7227, 3850 KHz, 146.640, 171.150 MHz
Wausau, WI
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.820 MHz
147.060 MHz
NASA Select video re-transmissions
421.250 MHz
Western United States
Phoenix, AZ
NASA Select audio
448.975 MHz
449.000 MHz
Phoenix, AZ
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
449.000 MHz
448.750 MHz
Shuttle video re-transmissions
Arizona Amateurs on TV
421.250 MHz
Comments: "The signal can be montiored with an ATV
downconverter, or on channel 57 on a cable-ready TV with outside
antenna. Repeater is located on Shaw Butte Mountain."
Tucson, AZ
NASA Select audio
448.625 MHz
Bakersfield/Stockton, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
52.220MHz WD6BNO/R
Comments: "Coverage includes Bakersfield to Stockton, CA"
El Segundo, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.320 MHz
Fresno, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
52.220 MHz
Los Angeles, CA
Shuttle audio and video re-transmissions
52.640 MHz NASA Select audio
145.320 MHz NASA Select audio
145.460 MHz NASA Select audio, W6FXN
224.040 MHz NASA Select audio, La Canada Flintridge
224.940 MHz NASA Select audio
445.400 MHz NASA Select audio
445.425 MHz NASA Select audio
446.575 MHz NASA Select audio
447.000 MHz NASA Select audio
447.025 MHz NASA Select audio
447.400 MHz NASA Select audio
447.475 MHz NASA Select audio
448.375 MHz NASA Select audio
448.500 MHz NASA Select audio, Mt. Wilson, K6KMN
448.650 MHz NASA Select audio, Cactus System
449.000 MHz NASA Select audio, Cactus System
1241.25 MHz NASA Select video, Mt. Wilson, K6KMN
Menlo Park, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.585 Ames
Monterey Bay Area, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
443.300 MHz KB5JR
Comments: "The KB5JR repeater is located on Mt. Loma Prieta at
3700 feet."
Mountain View, CA
NASA Select audio
Ames Amateur Club
145.580 MHz
Comments: "The signal originates from the NASA-Ames Research
Center in Mountain View, CA. NASA Select video is also available for
those with line-of-sight to Black Mountain via Amateur TV. For ATV
details write:"
Ames Amateur Club
P.O. Box 73
Moffett Field, CA 94035-0073
Northern CA
Shuttle audio re-transmission
145.530 MHz WA6IEO
Comments: "12 watts transmitting from an altitude of 3200'."
Pasadena, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, W6VIO
21340, 21280, 14282, 14270, 7227, 3850 KHz, 224.040 MHz
Sacramento, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.195 MHz
444.750 MHz
Shuttle video re-transmissions
427.250 MHz
San Diego, CA
NASA Select audio re-tranmissions
448.625 MHz
448.675 MHz
San Francisco/Sacremento, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
145.580 MHz K6MF
444.775 MHz
Shuttle video re-transmissions
427.250 Mhz W6NKF
Comments: "W6NKF ATV Repeater, Mt. Diablo, operates with vertical
polarization. Those with cable-ready TV's, VCR's or cable company
boxes can tune to channel 58 in CATV mode, and if hooked to an
outside TV antenna, should be able to receive the telecast."
San Jose, CA
NASA Select audio re-transmissions
443.550 MHz
Santa Barbara, CA
NASA Select audio re-transmissions
449.000 MHz
448.650 MHz
NASA Select video and audio re-transmissions
1277.000 MHz
Visalia, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.760 MHz
Ventura/Oxnard, CA
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.655 MHz N6QOL
Southern New Mexico
NASA Select audio
448.625 MHz
448.650 MHz
488.675 MHz
448.975 MHz
449.000 MHz Las Cruces/White Sands
Las Vegas, NV
NASA Select audio
449.000 MHz
Provo, UT
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
147.480 MHz
223.560 MHz
448.250 MHz
Salt Lake City, UT
NASA Select audio
448.625 MHz
Cedar City, UT
NASA Select audio
448.650 MHz
Eastern Desert
NASA Select audio
448.650 MHz
Canada
Kitchener, ON
Shuttle audio re-transmissions
146.865 MHz
wei...@aa.wl.com
>
> Space Shuttle Radio Frequency List
> Rich Weinkauf, Farmington, MI
> 01/24/92
> STSFRQ03.TXT
>
Robert Munger tracked me down and let me know he had posted this shuttle
frequency list here- no small feat considering 3 of the 4 addresses I
listed in the document are now invalid.
For everyone's information, this list is about 18 months old, and new
information has come to my attention. I am in the process of updating
the Space Shuttle Frequencies List with these new frequencies, and it should
be available in early August. I will post it here when ready.
In the mean time I have received several requests for permission to post
this information to other groups, nets, and internal company forums. I
welcome the distribution of this information, but request that you credit
the source and make sure the version is included (STSFRQ03).
The revised list (which will be STSFRQ08) will include about 150 more
frequencies than STSFRQ03, will be sorted by frequency, frequency use
or organization, and by geographic area for line-of-sight and low-power
comms. In addition, it will include more detailed information for
viewing ATV NASA Select video re-transmissions on home cable-ready
televisions. Informational appendices will also be part of the document.
Rich Weinkauf Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research
wei...@aa.wl.com
N8QLT@WB8ZPN.#SEMI.MI.USA.NA