Shortwave Stations

SKYWIDE SHORTWAVE INTERCEPT COMMAND: Broadcast, Pirate & Numbers Station Calendar
SKYWIDE SHORTWAVE INTERCEPT COMMAND ENIGMA / HF SCHEDULE MATRIX

GLOBAL SHORTWAVE, PIRATE & NUMBERS STATION CALENDAR

Real-Time & Time-Shiftable HF Broadcast Directory (1.8 – 26.0 MHz) β€’ Tailored for Eastern North America / Toronto DXers

SIGNAL AUDITION
STANDBY
LIVE UTC TIME
00:00:00 UTC
TORONTO / EASTERN
19:00 EST
1. Select Intercept Day (UTC)
2. Time-Machine Scrubber (00:00 – 23:59 UTC)
00:00 UTC
00:00Z (7pm EST) 06:00Z (1am EST) 12:00Z (7am EST) 18:00Z (1pm EST) 23:59Z
BCAST
0
NUMBERS
0
PIRATE
0
UTILITY
0
ACTIVE ON-AIR HF SPECTRUM MAP (2.5 MHz – 22.0 MHz)
● Legal Broadcast ● Numbers / Spy Oddity ● Pirate / Clandestine ● Time / Aero / Military
πŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ HUNTING NORTH AMERICAN PIRATES

In North America, virtually all shortwave pirates congregate in the 43-Meter gap between 6925 kHz and 6965 kHz (just below the 40m ham band), operating in Upper Sideband (USB) or AM. Peak activity hits Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights between 23:00 and 04:00 UTC (7:00 PM – Midnight Eastern) and on major holidays like Halloween and New Year's Eve. Many end their shows with SSTV (Slow-Scan TV) QSL art!

πŸ•΅οΈ DECODING SPY NUMBERS STATIONS

Classified by the ENIGMA 2000 group, numbers stations transmit one-time-pad encrypted 4- or 5-digit groups to intelligence officers abroad. From Ontario & the US East Coast, Cuba's HM01 (11530 / 11635 / 10715 kHz) booms in daily with a synthesized Spanish female voice and RDFT data bursts, while Russia's UVB-76 "The Buzzer" (4625 kHz USB) can be heard via European WebSDRs or deep winter greyline paths.

πŸ“‘ LOCAL TORONTO HERITAGE: CFRX 6070 kHz

Right in the Greater Toronto Area's backyard (Mississauga, ON), CFRX on 6070 kHz (49m band) has transmitted continuously since 1937! Operating at 1 kW, it relays Newstalk 1010 CFRB 24 hours a day and serves as a golden propagation beacon for Skywide club members testing HF dipoles, loops, and portable receivers across Ontario.