Schedules for HF Marine Radio Voice Services

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Contents

• Broadcast frequencies
• Coastal waters forecasts and warnings schedule
• High seas forecasts and warnings schedule
• Coastal reports

Broadcast frequencies

HF radio broadcast areas

Station	Day Time (kHz) 7 am to 6 pm *	Night Time (kHz) 6 pm to 7 am *
VMC	4426, 8176, 12365, 16546	2201, 6507, 8176, 12365
VMW	4149, 8113, 12362, 16528	2056, 6230, 8113, 12362
	* EST for VMC; WST for VMW	* EST for VMC; WST for VMW

Marine radio coastal waters forecasts and warnings schedule

VMC and VMW voice broadcast schedules provide for bulletins of warnings broadcast on the hour in WST and EST (on the half hour CST). Weather forecasts for Coastal Waters and High Seas followed by coastal observations are broadcast using a program that is repeated every four hours. The program contains up-to-date forecasts, warnings and coastal observations.

Location	Station	Scheduled Broadcast times
Warnings for QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS and SA	VMC	Every hour commencing 0000 EST (0030 CST)
Warnings for QLD Gulf, NT, WA and SA	VMW	Every hour commencing 0000 WST (0030 CST)

Special Announcements	VMW/VMC	Five minutes to every hour (25 minutes after the hour CST)
Forecasts for Queensland	VMC	0330, 0730, 1130, 1530, 1930, 2330 EST
Forecasts for Queensland Gulf Waters	VMW	0030, 0430, 0830, 1230, 1630, 2030 EST
Forecasts for New South Wales	VMC	0130, 0530, 0930, 1330, 1730, 2130 EST
Forecasts for Victoria	VMC	0130, 0530, 0930, 1330, 1730, 2130 EST
Forecasts for Tasmania	VMC	0230, 0630, 1030, 1430, 1830, 2230 EST
Forecasts for South Australia	VMC	0200, 0600, 1000, 1400, 1800, 2200 CST
	VMW	0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2300 CST
Forecasts for Western Australia	VMW	0030, 0430, 0830, 1230, 1630, 2030 WST
Forecasts for Northern Territory	VMW	0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2300 CST
Northern Territory coast east of Cape Don	VMC	0300, 0700, 1100, 1500, 1900, 2300 CST

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Marine radio high seas forecasts and warnings schedule

Location	Station	Scheduled broadcast times
Warnings for Northern, NE and SE Areas	VMC	Every hour commencing 0000 EST (0030 CST)
Warnings for Northern, Western and SE Areas	VMW	Every hour commencing 0000 WST (0030 CST)

Special Announcements	VMW/VMC	Five Minutes to every hour (25 minutes after the hour CST)
Forecasts for Northern Area	VMC	0000, 0400, 0800, 1200, 1600, 2000 CST
	VMW	0230, 0630, 1030, 1430, 1830, 2230 WST
Forecasts for North Eastern Area	VMC	0030, 0430, 0830, 1230, 1630, 2030 EST
Forecasts for South Eastern Area	VMC	0030, 0430, 0830, 1230, 1630, 2030 EST
	VMW	0330, 0730, 1130, 1530, 1930, 2330 WST
Forecasts for Western Area	VMW	0230, 0630, 1030, 1430, 1830, 2230 WST

Coastal reports

List of current locations of coastal reports and broadcast times (pdf)

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