Radio Services
The Bureau of Meteorology broadcasts its marine weather HF radio services for high seas and Australian coastal areas from transmitters at Charleville in Queensland and Wiluna in Western Australia. Identifiers are VMC (for services from Charleville) and VMW (for services from Wiluna).
VMC (Australia Weather East) broadcasts for the following areas:
- Coastal Waters areas off Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.
- High Seas for the Northern, Southern, North Eastern and South Eastern high seas areas.
VMW (Australia Weather West) broadcasts for the following areas:
- Coastal Waters areas off South Australia, Western Australia and Northern Territory.
- High Seas for the Northern, Western and Southern high seas areas.
Radio frequencies and technical information
- It is important to test which frequencies suit your particular listening requirements for time of day, month and season.
See: Ionospheric Prediction Services (IPS) - Technical characteristics of Voice & Fax transmission
Voice frequencies
| VMC frequencies (kHz): |
 Voice scheduleView HF Voice schedule Download printable schedule |
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| Times are the local time (EST) at the transmitter. | |||
| Daytime (7am-6pm) | 4426 and 16546 | ||
| Night-time (6pm-7am) | 2201 and 6507 | ||
| Anytime | 8176 and 12365 | ||
| VMW frequencies (kHz): | |||
| Times are the local time (WST) at the transmitter. | |||
| Daytime (7am-6pm) | 4149 and 16528 | ||
| Night-time (6pm-7am) | 2056 and 6230 | ||
| Anytime | 8113 and 12362 | ||
Fax frequencies
| VMC Fax frequencies (kHz): | Fax schedule View HF Fax schedule |
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| Times are the local time (EST) at the transmitter. | |||
| Daytime (5am-7pm) | 20469 | ||
| Night-time (7pm-5am) | 2628 | ||
| Anytime | 5100, 11030 and 13920 | ||
| VMW Fax frequencies (kHz): | |||
| Times are the local time (WST) at the transmitter. | |||
| Daytime (5am-7pm) | 18060 | ||
| Night-time (7pm-5am) | 5755 | ||
| Anytime | 7535, 10555 and 15615 | ||
