HF is mandatory in many remote places. Only few HF-radios for GA are available, such as King KHF950, at high costs for purchase and installation. Had an external antenna installed and took the portable Vertex 1210 (Motorola) with internal antenna tuner, programmed with all aviation frequencies in advance. Four weeks before departure the radio failed and Motorola was not able to fix it or provide a new unit for months. They fixed it, but the unit came back without the antenna tuner. Finally it was expressed without a dangerous goods declaration (required for the Lithium powerpack) and I missed it in Brisbane
Bought a portable Clansman PRC-320, but lost the antenna tuner over the Atlantic . The entire flight was made with a Satphone only. Filed HF in the flightplan and confirmed “equipped with HF” whenever asked, but had the phonenumbers ready. It worked, only twice there was another plane that could relay my position report. Here are the phonenumbers (current 12-2010) that worked: Brisbane : +61738663314, Colombo : +94112611572, Jakarta : +62215506188, Melbourne : +61392357492, Mumbay: +912226828222, Nadi: +6796731801, Rarotonga: +68225896, Recife Atlantic: +558121298330, Santiago Oceanico: +5622904705, Mataveri Tower : +563222100248, Tahiti : +689861155
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| Vertex 1210 HF-radio |
HF-Frequencies
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| West Sahara |
North Atlantic (NAT) 2872 2899 2962 2971 3016 3476 4675 5598 5616 5649 6622 6628 8825 8831 8864 8879 8891 8906 11279 11309 11336 13291 13306 17946 Caribbean
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| Southwest Pacific |
(CAR) 2887 3455 5520 5550 6577 6586 8846 8918 11387 11396 13297 17907 South Atlantic (SAT) 2854 2935 3452 5565 6535 8861 11291 13315 13357 17955 South America (SAM) 2944 3479 4669 5526 6649 8855 10024 10096 11360 13297 17907 Europe (EUR) 3479 5661 6598 10084 13288 17961 Middle East (MID) 2944 2992 3467 3473 4669 5658 5667 6625 6631 8918 8951 10018 11375 13288 13312 17961 Africa (AFI) 2851 2878 3419 3425 3467 4657 5493 5652 5658 6559 6574 6673 8894 8903 11300 11330 13273 13288 13294 17961 Indian Ocean (INO) 3476 5634 8879 13306 17961 North Central Asia (NCA) 3004 3019 4678 5646 5664 6592 10096 13303 13315 17958 East Asia (EA) 3016 3485 3491 5655 5670 6571 8897 10042 11396 13297 13303 13309 17907 Southeast Asia (SEA) 3470 3485 5649 5655 6556 8942 10066 11936 13309 13318 17907 Central West Pacific (CWP) 2998 3455 4666 5652 5661 6532 6562 8903 10081 11384 13300 17904 Central East Pacific (CEP) 2869 3413 4657 5547 5574 6673 8843 10057 11282 13300 17904 North Pacific (NP) 2932 5628 6655 6661 10048 11330 13300 17904 South Pacific (SP) 3467 5559 5643 8867 10084 11327 13300 17904
