Radio frequencies in Australia.

This page is a reference table of the radio signals you can hear in Australia with a scanner or a software-defined radio. Sydney and NSW come first: FM, AM, DAB+, digital TV, aviation, marine, UHF CB repeaters, amateur repeaters, and police and emergency services, marked where they are encrypted. Then come the national channel plans that apply everywhere (all 80 UHF CB channels, all 40 27 MHz CB channels, every marine VHF channel, the ham bands, low-power devices, distress beacons and weather satellites), and then Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart and Darwin. Every figure is copied exactly from a regulator’s or operator’s own document, every table names that document, and every table says when we last checked it.

How to read these tables

• Source. Every table has a Source column. It names the document the row came from and links to it.
• Last checked. Under every table heading is a line like “Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list, July 2026”. The first date is when we read the document. The second part is the document’s own edition or effective date.
• Primary and secondary. Rows taken from a regulator, legislation or the operator itself are shown plainly. Where a detail comes from a less authoritative source, such as Wikipedia or trade press, the Source cell says (secondary). Where we calculated a value from a rule in the legislation, it says (derived). Anything we couldn’t confirm is left off the page.
• Licensed is not the same as on air. Broadcasting and repeater lists show that a licence exists. ACMA itself says this “does not guarantee that the particular service is operating”. A UHF CB repeater in our tables is authorised, not necessarily on air today.
• Units. VHF and UHF frequencies are in MHz; MF and HF frequencies (below 30 MHz) are in kHz, except where a channel plan is always quoted in MHz, such as 27 MHz CB. Times are local unless marked UTC.
• Receiving and transmitting. Receiving broadcast radio and TV is what those services are for, and a receive-only SDR can’t interfere with anything. Transmitting is controlled. CB radio and low-interference devices (remotes, sensors, wireless microphones) run under ACMA class licences, which set the channels, power and equipment rules everyone must follow. Marine VHF needs an operator qualification: ACMA says “All operators of marine radios (except 27MHz) are required to hold the appropriate qualification”. Amateur (ham) operators need a recognised qualification and an ACMA call sign; since 19/02/2024 they operate under a class licence with no individual licence fee. Repeaters and beacons need their own apparatus licence. For emergency-service radio and pagers, read Listening and the law. This is general information, not legal advice.
• Encrypted services. You can see an encrypted digital service on an SDR’s waterfall, as bursts or a steady block of data, but you can’t listen to it. NSW police radio is one (see Police and emergency services, and Listening and the law for emergency-service radio and pagers).

Sydney at a glance

The most rewarding Sydney frequencies to try first with an SDR. Details and sources for each are further down the page.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: as listed in each row

Sydney & NSW

FM radio — Sydney

The national FM raster is 88.1, 88.3 … 107.9 MHz. Most Sydney stations transmit from two main sites: Gore Hill (ABC Tower, 221 Pacific Highway) and Artarmon (TXA Artarmon Site Tower, 192–196 Hampden Road). Where ACMA lists two sites for one service, the second is most likely a standby. ACMA gives coordinates only for the other sites, so we describe their area.

Sydney licence area

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; brand names from CRA’s live station list (12/10/2026) and Wikipedia (revision 29/08/2026)

Hope 103.2 is the odd one out: 103.2 MHz is off the national odd-decimal raster.

Suburban, fringe and Blue Mountains licences

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; brand names from Wikipedia (revision 29/08/2026)

87.5–88.0 MHz: low-power narrowcast (LPON)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA LPON registration document, February 2026

Station names aren’t published by ACMA, and most FM stations’ RDS names aren’t published anywhere. Decode them yourself: SDR++ and SDR# both show RDS.

AM radio — Sydney

Australia’s AM band is 526.5–1606.5 kHz on a 9 kHz raster. The site areas below are inferred from ACMA’s coordinates.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Sections 3 and 5), July 2026; brand names from CRA’s live list (12/10/2026) and Wikipedia (revision 29/08/2026)

774 kHz, often listed as a Sydney frequency, is ABC Melbourne. Australian AM stereo, where used, is C-QAM.

DAB+ digital radio — Sydney

Each DAB+ block is 1.536 MHz wide; ACMA allows a multiplex to run up to ±80 kHz off nominal, in 16 kHz steps. All seven Sydney sites carry the same three blocks under the same licence numbers, so they form a single-frequency network. There is no Kings Cross DAB+ site; the main site is Artarmon.

Blocks

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (General Information and Section 6), July 2026; line-up from Wikipedia (revision 29/08/2026), CRA (12/10/2026) and AIB (04/03/2026)

Transmitter sites

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Digital TV — Sydney

Australian digital TV is DVB-T in 7 MHz channels. ACMA lists centre frequencies and allows a ±125 kHz offset from nominal. VHF channel centres: ch 6 = 177.5, ch 7 = 184.5, ch 8 = 191.5, ch 11 = 219.5, ch 12 = 226.5 MHz. A UHF channel N is centred on 529.5 + 7 × (N − 28) MHz. Nine’s Sydney signal on ch 8 is listed at 191.625 MHz, using the +125 kHz offset, so tune there, not 191.5. Network names for callsigns (ATN = Seven, TCN = Nine, TEN = 10) are the standard identities, not stated by ACMA.

Main transmitters (Gore Hill, Artarmon, Willoughby)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9 and General Information), July 2026

Translators and infill

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026

The UHF ch 28–33 group is a single-frequency network: four sites, identical channels. Hornsby, Cronulla and Palm Beach have no TV entry in the July 2026 list. Channels 52–69 were the Digital Dividend and are no longer used for TV.

Aviation — Sydney

Aircraft voice is AM in the 118–137 MHz VHF airband. All figures below are from the Airservices En Route Supplement (ERSA) effective 03/09/2026; the pending edition effective 26/11/2026 shows no change to them.

Sydney Kingsford Smith (YSSY)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YSSY, effective 03/09/2026 (26/11/2026 edition compared: no change)

On HF, Australia VOLMET (airport weather for pilots) is on 6676 and 11387 kHz USB, 24 hours, at 00–05 and 30–35 minutes past each hour (ERSA YSSY, 03/09/2026).

Bankstown, Camden and Western Sydney International

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YSBK, YSCN and YSWS, effective 03/09/2026

Frequencies that apply everywhere

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA EMERG, effective 03/09/2026

Marine — Sydney and NSW

Marine VHF voice is FM. The full Australian channel list is in Marine VHF: every Australian channel; this section is who listens on what around Sydney and NSW.

Port Authority of NSW: vessel traffic services and Coast Radio Sydney

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Port Authority of NSW web pages (undated, © 2025); Newcastle Harbour Master Directions, December 2025; TfNSW radio network services page (undated)

Marine Rescue NSW

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Marine Rescue NSW web pages (undated); TfNSW radio network services page (undated)

TfNSW also says some Marine Rescue NSW units keep a listening watch on 2182 kHz (MF), without saying which (TfNSW radio services). For your local base, listen on 16, 67, 73 and the local repeater.

NSW marine VHF repeaters (official map, 2014)

The only official channel-by-site list is a TfNSW/RMS map produced 22/12/2014, still linked from the TfNSW page. It labels channels and nearby towns, not sites. Treat it as indicative: TfNSW says “Not all channels are available in a given area. Ask your local Marine Rescue NSW Unit.” You hear the repeater on the shore (repeater) frequency; boats transmit 4.6 MHz lower.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: “Marine VHF Repeater Regional Coverage” map, date produced 22/12/2014

NSW HF marine distress traffic is monitored nationally by AMSA (see MF and HF marine).

UHF CB repeaters — Sydney and NSW

Every repeater below holds an ACMA apparatus licence for the CB repeater service. The list is every granted, fixed-site CB repeater licence in NSW and the ACT in ACMA’s Register of Radiocommunications Licences, extracted on 12/10/2026. A licence means the repeater is authorised, not that it is on air today. Another 26 granted licences have no fixed site (portable or area-wide) and aren’t listed. Licensee names are left out, and sites that look like private homes are reduced to the suburb.

A repeater listens on its input channel and retransmits on its output channel, 0.750 MHz lower. To hear a repeater, tune the output. To use one, set your radio to the output channel with “duplex” on.

Sydney and within 75 km of the CBD (Central Coast, Blue Mountains, northern Illawarra)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Two repeaters share ch 3 at Fairfield and Kellyville Ridge, about 20 km apart, so in western Sydney you may hear both. Several Sydney-area licences expire on 24/10/2026; we’ll re-check them.

North Coast (Northern Rivers to Mid North Coast)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Hunter, Newcastle and the southern Mid North Coast

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

New England and North West

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Illawarra, Southern Highlands, South Coast and Southern Tablelands

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Snowy Mountains, Monaro, far South Coast and the ACT

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Central West, Orana and Upper Hunter

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Riverina and Murray

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Far West

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur (ham) radio — Sydney and NSW

Repeaters are listed as the WIA Australian Repeater Directory shows them, July 2026, and only those it marks operating. Offset is input minus output. Tone is the CTCSS tone needed to open the repeater (“–” means none listed). Mode is FM unless stated. Repeaters change often: check before relying on one.

VK2RWI Dural (ARNSW, the Sydney flagship)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Repeater Directory, 05/07/2026 (as listed by WIA, July 2026); ARNSW Dural Facilities page (undated, © 2026)

Other Sydney repeaters (analogue FM, some mixed-mode)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Repeater Directory, 05/07/2026 (as listed by WIA, July 2026)

Sydney digital-only repeaters

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Repeater Directory, 05/07/2026 (as listed by WIA, July 2026)

Amateur TV: VK2RTS Lawson outputs 446.500 MHz DVB-T (input 1250 MHz FM), and VK2RTG Kariong (Gosford) outputs 444.250 MHz (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026). An RTL-SDR on its TV driver can try the DVB-T one.

NSW regional and Canberra repeaters (main repeaters)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Repeater Directory, 05/07/2026 (as listed by WIA, July 2026); WIA “Where To Hear Us”, updated 09/07/2026

NSW and ACT beacons

Beacons send their call sign in Morse continuously, so they make good test signals for an aerial.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA National Beacon Directory, September 2025; ARNSW Dural Facilities page (undated, © 2026)

HF beacons:

VHF and UHF beacons:

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA National Beacon Directory, September 2025; ARNSW Dural Facilities page (undated, © 2026)

The Dural 1296.420 MHz beacon is off air for an antenna relocation, and ARNSW runs no Dural beacons above 23 cm (ARNSW Dural).

VK2WI news broadcasts (Sundays)

Every Sunday at 10:00 am ARNSW’s VK2WI at Dural relays the VK1WIA WIA National News, then local VK2WI news from about 10:30 am, then call-backs. Sunday at 7:30 pm is a longer VK2WI bulletin plus a DX report; the WIA notes it is not the national news. ARNSW also streams VK2WI live and keeps recordings.

HF frequencies:

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ARNSW VK2WI News Broadcasts page (undated, © 2026); WIA “Where To Hear Us”, updated 09/07/2026

VHF and UHF frequencies:

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ARNSW VK2WI News Broadcasts page (undated, © 2026); WIA “Where To Hear Us”, updated 09/07/2026

Regional NSW relays of the Sunday news: VK2RAG Gosford 53.725 and 146.725 MHz; VK2RDX Mt Bindo 146.650; VK2RNC Newcastle 146.975; VK2RMP Illawarra 146.850 (53.650 not at 10 am); VK2RUW Illawarra 146.675; VK2RWG Wagga 146.750 (Sunday 10 am and Tuesday 7:30 pm). In Canberra, VK1WIA is on Sunday at 9:00 am via Mt Ginini, 146.950 and 438.050 MHz (WIA Where To Hear Us, updated 09/07/2026).

NSW regional broadcast and Canberra

National broadcasters: AM

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026

Commercial AM in the same list: Newcastle 2HD 1143 kHz; Canberra 2CA 1053 kHz and 2CC 1206 kHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

National broadcasters: FM

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026

On the Central Coast, ABC Classic, triple j, RN and SBS have no Gosford-licensed transmitter, so listeners there use the Sydney signals. Commercial and community FM in the same list includes Newcastle 2KKO 102.9, 2NEW 105.3 and 2XXX 106.9; Wollongong 2UUL 96.5, 2WIN 98.1 and 2VOX 106.9; Canberra 2ROC 104.7 and 1CBR 106.3 MHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ outside Sydney

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Newcastle, the Central Coast and Wollongong have no DAB+ licences in the July 2026 list. Canberra’s old 10B trial block is gone; it is 8D now.

Regional TV (main transmitters)

Networks for regional callsigns have changed hands several times, so we list callsigns; check the on-screen ident.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026

The Central Coast’s Gosford, Bouddi and Wyong sites are in the Sydney translators table.

Regional airports

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YWLM and YSCB, effective 03/09/2026 (26/11/2026 edition compared: no change)

Both ATIS broadcasts are also on an NDB in the MF band: Williamtown on 365 kHz and Canberra on 263 kHz (ERSA YWLM, ERSA YSCB).

Police and emergency services: NSW

Most NSW emergency-service radio is digital, and much of it is encrypted. The frequencies below are licence assignments from ACMA’s public Register of Radiocommunications Licences. The register shows that a frequency is licensed, not what it carries, and its emission codes never show whether traffic is encrypted. So the Encrypted? column reports only what a source says: Yes, No or Not published. Where that source is a vendor, the press or a community site, the Source cell says (secondary); where we could only read an official document through a search excerpt, it says (excerpt only). We don’t list talkgroups, pager codes or control channels. Receive only: never transmit on these frequencies. Before listening, read Listening and the law.

In an emergency, call 000. These frequencies are for listening; a scanner is not a way to call for help.

Networks

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43; Audit Office of NSW performance audit, 23/06/2023; NSW Parliament answers to supplementary questions (2024)
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

The PSN and the police network sit in ACMA’s 400 MHz band, where segments between 403 and 470 MHz are reserved as Harmonised Government Spectrum for national security, law enforcement and emergency services (ACMA: 400 MHz band). Fire and Rescue NSW’s Sydney voice traffic is on the PSN; it has no separate Sydney base stations in the register.

Sydney examples

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Police encryption status comes from the network-level sources in the table above.

Paging

Fire and SES volunteers are called out by pager: short digital text messages broadcast from towers. Read Listening and the law before going near these.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43; NSW RFS Service Standard 5.1.3 v4.0 (effective 28/03/2022); ARCIA vendor presentation (07/2024)
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Fireground, surf lifesaving and other channels

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43; NSW RFS Service Standard 5.1.3 v4.0 (effective 28/03/2022)
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

The RFS also holds statewide HF channels on 2661.5, 4646.5, 6941.5, 9406.5 and 11545.5 kHz USB, licensed as analogue SSB; encryption not published (ACMA RRL). Marine Rescue NSW is in Marine — Sydney and NSW.

Canberra (ACT)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Listening and the law

This is general information, not legal advice.

• Two-way radio that isn’t encrypted. An Australian emergency-law commentator finds no legal prohibition on using a scanner to listen to radio. The interception offence in the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (s 7) is about telecommunications systems, which exclude systems carrying communications solely by radio. On that reading, hearing un-encrypted two-way radio with a scanner appears lawful (Australian Emergency Law, 30/12/2024 (secondary)).
• Pager messages are different. The same commentator says whether an emergency-service pager feed counts as a telecommunication is a question of fact for a court. If it does, decoding pages not addressed to you is likely an offence under s 7 of that Act. So don’t decode pager messages (Australian Emergency Law, 09/03/2016 (secondary)).
• Don’t publish or act on what you hear. Emergency radio is about real people on bad days.
• Encrypted traffic shows on a waterfall as a digital signal, but there is nothing to listen to.
• Receive only. Transmitting on these frequencies risks an offence and can interfere with emergency services (Australian Emergency Law, 09/03/2016 (secondary)).

Australia-wide channel plans

These apply everywhere in Australia.

UHF CB: all 80 channels

UHF CB runs under the Citizen Band Radio Stations Class Licence 2025, which replaced the 2015 licence on 01/10/2025 and was varied on 25/07/2026. Older lists online describe the 2015 rules. Three things changed that matter:

• There are no legal calling channels any more. UHF ch 11 was an “initiate contact only” channel under the 2015 licence. The 2025 licence dropped that rule, so ch 11 calling is now a convention, not law.
• Ch 61, 62 and 63 are not authorised. They aren’t listed in the class licence at all.
• Ch 5/35 (and 27 MHz ch 9) stay emergency-only. The licence notes say they are no substitute for Triple Zero and emergency services don’t monitor them.

Channels 1–40 are 25 kHz apart and channels 41–80 sit halfway between them, giving 80 channels 12.5 kHz apart (ch 1–40 = 476.4250 + 0.025 × (n − 1) MHz; ch 41–80 = 476.4375 + 0.025 × (n − 41) MHz). Older 40-channel radios still work on ch 1–40. Speech is FM only. No encrypted speech on the emergency channels or through any CB repeater. Selective-calling tones are allowed in short bursts, but not to start a call on ch 5 or 35.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: CB Class Licence 2025 (F2025L01088), Compilation No. 1, 25/07/2026; conventions from Wikipedia (fetched 12/10/2026) and Main Roads WA

27 MHz HF CB: all 40 channels

The same class licence covers 27 MHz CB. Since 25/07/2026 every channel except ch 9 allows AM or FM at 4 W pZ (carrier power) or SSB (USB or LSB) at 12 W pX (peak envelope power). Ch 9 is emergency-only. Note the standard quirk printed in the licence: ch 23 is 27.255 MHz, ch 24 is 27.235 and ch 25 is 27.245. It isn’t a typo. Below about 28.8 MHz an RTL-SDR needs direct sampling or an upconverter.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: CB Class Licence 2025 (F2025L01088), Compilation No. 1, 25/07/2026

Marine VHF: every Australian channel

All channels are 25 kHz, FM voice unless marked data. Simplex means ship and coast use the same frequency; duplex means the coast station or repeater transmits 4.6 MHz above the ship. From the shore you hear the coast/repeater column; boats transmit on the ship column. Marine VHF operators need a qualification; listening needs nothing. Ship power is generally limited to 25 W, AIS to 12.5 W.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA “VHF maritime mobile band – Channel allocations” (page timestamp 16/02/2026); Radiocommunications (Maritime Ship Station) Class Licence 2025 (F2025L01131), Compilation No. 1, 17/03/2026

ACMA’s table notes that channels 24, 84, 25 and 85 may be merged into one 100 kHz duplex VDES channel. International channel 69 (156.475 MHz) is not allocated in Australia, and the ITU duplex pairs 19, 27 and 28 are split into the single-frequency channels above (ACMA VHF allocations; ITU frequency for ch 69 from USCG NAVCEN (secondary)). Australia has no American-style VHF weather channels (162.400–162.550 MHz); marine weather comes by HF and, in NSW, VHF ch 67.

What you’ll hear on the main channels

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA “Marine radio protocols and procedures” (undated); TfNSW radio network services page (undated)

Other maritime signals worth finding

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA VHF allocations (page timestamp 16/02/2026); Maritime Ship Station Class Licence 2025, C01 17/03/2026; Ship Licence LCD 2025, compilation 17/03/2026

27 MHz marine: all 10 channels

Power is 4 W pZ (AM carrier) or 12 W pX (SSB). No operator qualification is needed for 27 MHz. The channel number is the frequency’s last two digits: 27.88 MHz is ch 88. No other 27 MHz marine frequencies are authorised. WA says 27 MHz sets “will no longer be compliant from 1 September 2028” in WA; the national class licence still authorises them, and TfNSW and Marine Rescue NSW both urge boaters to switch to VHF. Use AM to listen.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Radiocommunications (Maritime Ship Station) Class Licence 2025 (F2025L01131), Compilation No. 1, 17/03/2026

MF and HF marine: distress, safety and weather

Everything here is below 28.8 MHz, so an RTL-SDR needs direct sampling or an upconverter. Voice is SSB (tune USB) unless stated.

Distress and safety voice

Since 01/01/2022 AMSA has monitored HF voice distress, urgency and safety calls nationwide, 24 hours, on 4125, 6215, 8291, 12290 and 16420 kHz, as JRCC Australia (call sign VIC). JRCC Australia does not monitor VHF ch 16 or VHF DSC ch 70; those are left to the states and volunteers.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Ship Licence LCD 2025 (F2025L00314), compilation 17/03/2026; AMSA GMDSS Handbook, 12th edition, August 2026; AMSA HF monitoring page (updated 17/12/2021); AMSA SAR page (updated 20/08/2026)

Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and NBDP

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Ship Licence LCD 2025, compilation 17/03/2026; AMSA GMDSS page (updated 09/10/2023); AMSA HF consultation report (updated 14/11/2023)

AMSA’s HF DSC shore station VIC is MMSI 005030001, used for DSC test calls (AMSA GMDSS).

AMSA HF navigation warnings (call sign VIC)

SSB voice. Charleville covers the east coast (AUSCOAST areas A–D, including NSW); Wiluna covers the west (E–H).

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: AMSA “Maritime safety information” page, updated 20/08/2026

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: AMSA “Maritime safety information” page, updated 20/08/2026; AMSA GMDSS Handbook, August 2026

\* Since 00:00 UTC on Friday 08/04/2022, Charleville no longer sends navigation warnings at 06:25, 08:25 and 10:25 UTC on 8176 kHz. Sydney is UTC+10 (AEST) or UTC+11 (AEDT).

Bureau of Meteorology HF marine weather voice (VMC and VMW)

Both stations were still operating on 11/10/2026. Mode is SSB (J3E): tune USB on the listed frequency.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: BoM “HF Marine Radio Services (Voice and Fax)” and “Schedules and Frequencies for HF Marine Radio Voice Services”, pages generated 11/10/2026 UTC

Schedule (BoM voice schedule):

• Warnings on the hour (EST) from both stations; navigation notices at 25 past the hour when there are any.
• VMC forecasts at 30 past the hour EST on a 4-hour cycle: Queensland, high seas, New South Wales and Victoria, Tasmania. NSW and Victoria forecasts: 0130, 0530, 0930, 1330, 1730 and 2130 EST (1530, 1930, 2330, 0330, 0730 and 1130 UTC). Add an hour in daylight saving time.
• VMW forecasts at 30 past the hour WST: WA north zones and NT, WA west and south zones, South Australia, Qld Gulf and high seas, repeating every 4 hours from 0730 WST.

Bureau of Meteorology HF weatherfax

Weather maps sent as fax: 120 lines per minute, IOC 576, FSK with a 1900 Hz carrier and ±400 Hz shift. Tune your SSB receiver 1.9 kHz below the published frequency. Most charts start with 60 seconds of tuning tone. The chart schedule page still says “Schedule updated 1 July 2017”, so check BoM for the current chart times.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: BoM “HF Marine Radio Services (Voice and Fax)” and “Technical characteristics of Voice and Fax HF transmissions”, pages generated 11/10/2026 UTC; fax schedule “updated 1 July 2017”

NAVTEX: none

Australia has no NAVTEX service on 518 or 490 kHz. AMSA says “Australia does not provide a NAVTEX service”; marine safety information goes by satellite (Inmarsat SafetyNET and Iridium SafetyCast) plus the HF voice services above (AMSA MN 2023/05; AMSA GMDSS Handbook, Aug 2026). Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Amateur (ham) radio bands

Since 19/02/2024 Australian amateurs operate under the Radiocommunications (Amateur Stations) Class Licence 2023. There are still three qualification levels, Foundation, Standard and Advanced, with the same bands and power as before. Australia has no 60 m (5 MHz) amateur band. Band edges include the upper frequency but not the lower one. 2.3 GHz and above is out of an RTL-SDR’s range; below about 29.7 MHz it needs direct sampling or an upconverter.

Power by licence class

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Amateur Stations Class Licence 2023 (F2023L01648), as made (not amended as at 12/10/2026)

pX is peak envelope power and pY is mean power (definition from the repealed 2015 determination and ITU-R SM.326, secondary). J3E and R3E are SSB; C3F is analogue TV.

MF and HF bands

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Amateur Stations Class Licence 2023 (F2023L01648), Schedule 2

VHF, UHF and microwave bands

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Amateur Stations Class Licence 2023 (F2023L01648), Schedule 2; band status from the WIA Australian Band Plan, Revision 2026-1 (February 2026)

Advanced operators also have 24.000–24.250, 47.000–47.200, 76.000–81.000, 122.250–123.000, 134.000–141.000 and 241.000–250.000 GHz (Amateur Class Licence 2023). Operators send their call sign at the start and end of each transmission and every 10 minutes, and may not encode transmissions to hide their meaning, except for satellite or unattended-station control and emergency services.

Key HF frequencies: digital modes, calling and emergency

The band plan is voluntary. Digital-mode figures are USB dial frequencies.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Band Plan, Revision 2026-1 (February 2026)

\* The WIA plan’s 20 m and 30 m WSPR dials may differ slightly from the defaults in WSJT-X.

Key VHF and UHF frequencies

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Band Plan, Revision 2026-1 (February 2026)

Repeater sub-bands and offsets

Many Sydney and NSW 70 cm repeaters use a −5 MHz split (438.x out, 433.x in) rather than the band plan’s −7 MHz, so check each repeater.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: WIA Australian Band Plan, Revision 2026-1 (February 2026); WIA Australian Repeater Directory, 05/07/2026

International Space Station (ISS)

Two things changed in 2026: ISS SSTV picture events moved from 145.800 to 437.550 MHz, and ISS APRS is currently on 437.825 MHz, not the classic 145.825.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ARISS “Current Status of ISS Stations”, status as of 07/10/2026; ARISS “Contact the ISS” and “Upcoming SSTV events” (undated)

Low-interference-potential devices (LIPD)

Remotes, sensors, wireless microphones, Wi-Fi and much else run under the Low Interference Potential Devices Class Licence 2025, in force from 01/10/2025. The licence names device classes, not products, so the “what you’ll typically hear” column is our own illustration: treat it as secondary unless the class itself names the device. Devices in the ISM bands (13.553–13.567, 26.957–27.283, 40.66–40.70, 918–926, 2400–2500 and 5725–5875 MHz, and 24.00–24.25 GHz) get no protection from industrial equipment.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Radiocommunications (Low Interference Potential Devices) Class Licence 2025 (F2025L01047), as made, commenced 01/10/2025

Radio-controlled models

The Radio-controlled Models Class Licence 2025 covers much less than people assume: only two bands, at more than 300 mW and up to 1 W EIRP. Everyday 2.4 GHz, 915 MHz and 433 MHz radio-control gear and drones, and lower-power 27/29/36/40 MHz gear, run under the LIPD class licence above. ACMA says “Drones are generally operated as a form of low interference potential equipment”.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Radiocommunications (Radio-controlled Models) Class Licence 2025 (F2025L00971), as made, commenced 01/10/2025; ACMA consultation paper, April 2025

The 36 MHz channels worked out from those formulas (derived, exact):

• Vessels and aircraft (n = 1–30): 36.010, 36.030, 36.050, 36.070, 36.090, 36.110, 36.130, 36.150, 36.170, 36.190, 36.210, 36.230, 36.250, 36.270, 36.290, 36.310, 36.330, 36.350, 36.370, 36.390, 36.410, 36.430, 36.450, 36.470, 36.490, 36.510, 36.530, 36.550, 36.570, 36.590 MHz.
• Aircraft only (n = 1–29): 36.020, 36.040, 36.060, 36.080, 36.100, 36.120, 36.140, 36.160, 36.180, 36.200, 36.220, 36.240, 36.260, 36.280, 36.300, 36.320, 36.340, 36.360, 36.380, 36.400, 36.420, 36.440, 36.460, 36.480, 36.500, 36.520, 36.540, 36.560, 36.580 MHz.

Distress beacons (EPIRB, PLB, ELT)

Listen only. Never transmit on, or test-key, 406, 121.5 or 243 MHz; AMSA has a beacon-testing policy for operational tests.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan 2021, Compilation No. 1 (09/10/2025); AMSA National Search and Rescue Manual Vol 2, February 2026; AMSA beacon pages (fetched 12/10/2026)

If you own a beacon: AMSA recommends a digital 406 MHz beacon with GPS, registered free with AMSA (online or 1800 406 406), and proper disposal of old 121.5 MHz beacons (AMSA beacons).

Weather satellites

The NOAA APT weather satellites are gone. The three NOAA polar satellites that sent the classic 137 MHz APT pictures were all switched off in 2025, and NOAA’s newer satellites don’t transmit APT. Russia’s Meteor-M satellites still send LRPT digital pictures near 137 MHz.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: NOAA OSPO POES Operational Status (live page, 12/10/2026); WMO OSCAR satellite pages (updated 23/01/2026)

LRPT is 80 kbps in a 150 kHz channel, right-hand circular polarisation. Roscosmos switches between the listed frequencies, so check a recent pass on SatNOGS before you set up.

Other capital cities

Canberra is in NSW regional broadcast and Canberra. For each city: FM, AM, DAB+, TV, the airport, licensed UHF CB repeaters within 50 km of the CBD, the main ham repeater, marine monitoring, and the state’s police and emergency-services radio, marked encrypted where a source says so. Brand names change much more often than frequencies; ACMA identifies stations by callsign. Where ACMA’s media-interests file and trade press disagree on a brand, we show both. TV network names for callsigns are from Wikipedia’s network articles (secondary). ABC Local Radio and NewsRadio are AM-only in most capitals; Perth and Darwin are the exceptions.

Melbourne

FM — Melbourne (main site area: Mt Dandenong)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026; SBS (updated 07/08/2026)

Community FM in the same list: 3SCB 88.3, 3TSC 89.9, 3SYN 90.7, 3ZZZ 92.3, 3JOY 94.9 (City), 3INR 96.5, 3SER 97.7, 3ECB 98.1, 3NOW 98.9, 3RRR 102.7, 3MBS 103.5, 3PBS 106.7 MHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026). ABC Radio Melbourne and ABC NewsRadio are not on FM in metropolitan Melbourne.

AM — Melbourne

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026

Also in the Melbourne list: 3CR 855 (community), 3RPH 1179 (community, print-handicapped), 3KND 1503 (community), and narrowcast (HPON) stations on 1422 and 1593 kHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ — Melbourne

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

On-channel repeaters for all three blocks: Melbourne City (roof, 101 Collins St, 400 W), Port Melbourne (213 Boundary St, 300 W) and Bacchus Marsh/Melton (Bald Hill, Darley, 500 W) (ACMA A6, Jul 2026).

Digital TV — Melbourne (Mt Dandenong)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026

Aviation — Melbourne Airport (YMML)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YMML, effective 03/09/2026

UHF CB repeaters — Melbourne (within 50 km)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur and marine — Melbourne

• Main ham repeater: VK3RML Ferny Creek, output 146.700 MHz, input 146.100, tone 91.5 Hz; relays the WIA/ARV news (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026; WIA Where To Hear Us).
• Marine: Marine Radio Victoria has monitored and recorded VHF and HF emergency channels along the whole Victorian coast since 15/09/2017 (Premier of Victoria, 15/09/2017). Use VHF 16 for distress.

Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Police and emergency services — Victoria

Receive only. See Listening and the law.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43; Triple Zero Victoria “Our services” (updated 10/10/2024); Premier of Victoria media release, 22/12/2016
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Brisbane

FM — Brisbane (main site: Mt Coot-tha)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026; SBS (updated 07/08/2026)

Community FM: 4FRB 96.5, 4EB 98.1, 4AAA 98.9, 4ZZZ 102.1, 4MBS 103.7 MHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

AM — Brisbane

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026

Also listed: 4BI 1197 and 4RPH 1296 (community), and a narrowcast (HPON) station on 1053 kHz. SBS has no AM service in Brisbane (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ — Brisbane

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Repeater: Caboolture, all three blocks, Mount Mee Rd, 500 W. Block 9D is not licensed for Brisbane; it is used on the Gold Coast (ACMA A6, Jul 2026).

Digital TV — Brisbane (Mt Coot-tha)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026

Aviation — Brisbane Airport (YBBN)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YBBN, effective 03/09/2026

UHF CB repeaters — Brisbane (within 50 km)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur and marine — Brisbane

• Main ham repeater: VK4RMC Mt Coot-tha, output 146.650 MHz, input 146.050, tone 91.5 Hz; part of the south-east Queensland 2 m wide-area network (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026).
• Marine: Maritime Safety Queensland keeps a 24-hour listening watch on VHF ch 16 (156.800 MHz) and ch 67 (156.375 MHz) along most of the coast from Cooktown to the NSW border. Distress: VHF 16; 27 MHz ch 88 (27.880 MHz, with 27.860 supplementary); HF 4125, 6215 and 8291 kHz. Navigation warnings on 8176 kHz (MSQ marine radios).

Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Police and emergency services — Queensland

Receive only. See Listening and the law.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Adelaide

FM — Adelaide (main site: Mt Lofty, Crafers)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026; SBS (updated 07/08/2026)

Community FM: 5CST 88.7 (south-west suburbs), 5FBI 92.7, 5DDD 93.7, 5MBS 99.9 (Adelaide Foothills), 5UV 101.5, 5EBI 103.1, 5RAM 107.9 MHz. If your dial shows a station twice, it is probably the Adelaide Foothills fill-in (2 kW): 5SSA 90.3, 5SBSFM 95.1, 5JJJ 95.9, 5ADD 96.7, 5ABCFM 97.5, 5MMM 98.3, 5ADL 99.1 MHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

AM — Adelaide

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026

Also listed: 5RPH 1197 (community) and narrowcast (HPON) stations on 531 and 1539 kHz. SBS has no AM service in Adelaide (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ — Adelaide

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Blocks 9A and 9D are not licensed in Adelaide.

Digital TV — Adelaide (Mt Lofty, Crafers)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026

Unlike Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Adelaide’s Nine is on 191.5 MHz with no offset.

Aviation — Adelaide Airport (YPAD)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YPAD, effective 03/09/2026

UHF CB repeaters — Adelaide (within 50 km)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur and marine — Adelaide

• Main ham repeater: VK5RAD Belair, output 147.000 MHz, input 146.400, no tone listed; relays the WIA news at 9:00 am Sunday (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026; WIA Where To Hear Us).
• Marine: Coast Radio Adelaide keeps a 24-hour ch 16 (156.800 MHz) watch through 14 SA Government Radio Network sites: SA Sea Rescue Squadron (West Beach) 0700–1900, Flinders Ports 1900–0700 (Marine Safety SA).

Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Police and emergency services — South Australia

Receive only. See Listening and the law.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Perth

ABC Radio Perth moved from 720 AM to 102.5 FM in 2026, RN to 103.3 FM and NewsRadio to 104.1 FM (staying on 585 AM too). Older Perth lists online are now wrong.

FM — Perth (main sites: Bickley and Carmel, Perth Hills)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026; ABC Perth page (12/10/2026); SBS (updated 07/08/2026)

Community FM: 6RTR 92.1, 6SON 98.5, 6NR 100.1, 6NME 100.9, 6SEN 101.7 MHz; narrowcast (HPON) 90.5 MHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

AM — Perth

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026

Also listed: 6RPH 990 (community) and narrowcast (HPON) stations on 657 and 1206 kHz. There is no 720 kHz entry for Perth in the July 2026 list, and SBS has no AM service (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ — Perth

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Repeaters for 9B/9C: Perth City (Central Park, 152–158 St Georges Tce, 300 W) and Perth Northern Beaches (Mindarie, 300 W). Blocks 9A and 9D are not licensed in Perth (ACMA A6, Jul 2026).

Digital TV — Perth (Bickley and Carmel)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026

Aviation — Perth Airport (YPPH)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YPPH, effective 03/09/2026

UHF CB repeaters — Perth (within 50 km)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur and marine — Perth

• Main ham repeater: VK6RAP Roleystone, output 146.700 MHz, input 146.100, no tone listed; relays the WIA news (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026; WIA Where To Hear Us).
• Marine: WA Water Police monitor VHF ch 16 and 67 and broadcast local weather and navigation warnings on them at 0718 and 1918 WST (Perth metro, within 20 nm). HF 4125, 6215 and 8291 kHz are monitored 24/7 by the Water Police Coordination Centre, with WA navigation warnings on 8176 kHz. In WA, 27 MHz marine radios “will no longer be compliant from 1 September 2028”, and not all Marine Rescue groups monitor 27 MHz ch 88 (WA Department of Transport, updated 22/07/2026).

Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Police and emergency services — Western Australia

Receive only. See Listening and the law.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43; WA Government media statement, 10/12/2020
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Hobart

FM — Hobart (main site: Mt Wellington)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026; SBS (updated 07/08/2026)

Community FM: 7THE 96.1 (also 92.1 Hobart North), 7EDG 99.3 (Hobart South), 7HFC 106.5 MHz; narrowcast (HPON) 104.3 MHz. ABC Radio Hobart and ABC NewsRadio are not on FM in metropolitan Hobart (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

AM — Hobart

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026

Hobart has no commercial AM station: the only others listed are 7RPH 864 (community) and a narrowcast (HPON) station on 1080 kHz (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ — Hobart

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Blocks 9B and 9D are not licensed in Hobart.

Digital TV — Hobart (Mt Wellington)

Hobart’s channel layout differs from the mainland capitals.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026

Aviation — Hobart Airport (YMHB)

The tower and approach are not 24-hour: 1950–1210 UTC daily, an hour earlier in daylight saving. Outside those hours the airspace becomes Class G.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YMHB, effective 03/09/2026

UHF CB repeaters — Hobart (within 50 km)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur and marine — Hobart

• Main ham repeaters: VK7RHT Grey Mountain (Huon and Channel), output 146.700 MHz, input 146.100, tone 141.3 Hz; relays the WIA news; multi-site simulcast. VK7RAF Mt Faulkner, output 146.650 MHz, input 146.050, tone 123 Hz (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026).
• Marine: Tas Maritime Radio monitors VHF ch 16 statewide, 24 hours, and HF 4125, 6215 and 8291 kHz from 0700 to 1900; the overnight ch 16 watch is handed to Golden Electronics Security (Tas Maritime Radio).

Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Police and emergency services — Tasmania

Receive only. See Listening and the law.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Darwin

FM — Darwin (main site: Shoal Bay)

Darwin is the one capital where ABC Local Radio and NewsRadio are FM only.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026; ABC Darwin page (12/10/2026); SBS (updated 07/08/2026)

Community FM: 8KNB 94.5, 8GGG 97.7, 8TFM 104.1 MHz; narrowcast (HPON) FM on 90.7 (Darwin East), 91.5 (Darwin North) and 92.3 MHz (Darwin City) (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

AM — Darwin

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 5), July 2026

Darwin has no commercial AM station; the only other listing is a narrowcast (HPON) station on 1242 kHz. SBS has no AM service (ACMA A5, Jul 2026).

DAB+ — Darwin

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 6), July 2026

Blocks 9B and 9D are not licensed in Darwin.

Digital TV — Darwin (Shoal Bay; all UHF)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA broadcasting list (Section 9), July 2026; ACMA media-interests snapshot, current at 11/09/2026

Aviation — Darwin (YPDN, joint civil and RAAF)

Air traffic control at Darwin is RAAF, and each VHF frequency is automatically re-transmitted on a UHF partner (134.1/363.8, 125.2/305.5, 133.1/257.8, 123.0/325.4, 121.8/265.3, 126.8/237.3). An RTL-SDR covers both bands.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: Airservices ERSA FAC YPDN, effective 03/09/2026

UHF CB repeaters — Darwin (within 50 km)

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL bulk extract, last modified 12/10/2026 05:43 AEDT
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Amateur radio — Darwin

• Ham repeater: VK8RDA Darwin, output 146.900 MHz, input 146.300, tone 123 Hz, is listed by the WIA directory as off air since 09/2025, although the WIA news page still lists Darwin news on 146.900 (WIA repeater directory, 05/07/2026; WIA Where To Hear Us) (secondary: the sources disagree).

Last checked: 12/10/2026.

Police and emergency services — Northern Territory

Receive only. See Listening and the law.

Last checked: 12/10/2026 · Source edition: ACMA RRL, extract 12/10/2026 05:43
Based on Australian Communications and Media Authority information.

Nationally, ACMA has reserved 809–814 / 854–859 MHz for a future public-safety mobile broadband network; none is operating yet (NEMA: PSMB (excerpt only)).

Common questions