Navy
This page describes the HF services of the French Navy. All frequencies mentioned on this page are on the upper sideband.
The French Navy has nine shore stations:
| Callsign | Location | Transmitter |
|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan France | ||
| FUE | Brest, France | 48°25′33″N 4°14′27″W |
| FUG | Saissac, France | 43°23′25″N 2°5′59″E |
| FUO | Toulon, France | 43°8′8″N 6°3′35″E |
| Overseas | ||
| 6WW | Senegal | 14°45′37″N 17°16′26″W |
| FUF | Martinique | 14°31′55″N 60°58′44″W |
| FUJ | New Caledonia | 22°18′19″S 166°27′17″E |
| FUM | French Polynesia | 17°30′21″S 149°28′57″W |
| FUV | Djibouti | 11°32′9″N 43°9′20″E |
| FUX | Réunion | 20°54′36″S 55°35′3″E |
Ship-to-shore
| Station | 2 MHz | 4 MHz | 6 MHz | 8 MHz | 12-13 MHz | 16-17 MHz | 22 MHz | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shore | Ship | Shore | Ship | Shore | Ship | Shore | Ship | Shore | Ship | Shore | Ship | Shore | Ship | |
| Metropolitan France | ||||||||||||||
| FUE | 2789 | 2847 | 4295 | 4165.6 | 6348 | 6259 | ||||||||
| FUO | 2608.4 | 2259 | 8453* | 8330.6 | 12666.5* | 12410.6 | ||||||||
| Overseas | ||||||||||||||
| 6WW | 12857 | ? | 16951.5 | ? | ||||||||||
| FUF | 4232 | ? | 8478.5 | 8314.6 | 13031.2 | ? | 16961.5 | ? | ||||||
| FUJ** | 4271 | ? | 8646 | ? | 16957.8 | ? | 22461.2 | ? | ||||||
| FUM | 6462 | ? | 8625 | ? | 12664.5 | ? | 16959.2 | ? | ||||||
| FUV | 8568 | ? | 13042.5 | 12398.6 | 16904.9 | ? | 22447 | ? | ||||||
| FUX | 4334 | ? | 8475.5 | ? | 12691.5 | ? | 16915 | ? | ||||||
The ship-to-shore communications utilize STANAG 4285 at 600 bit/s with long interleaving. The shore transmits ITA2 text with 5N1 framing, while the ship output is KG-84 encrypted. The shore refers to ships using temporary 2-letter callsigns starting with F.
While no ship is being worked on a given channel, the shore broadcasts a looped test message. Otherwise, the shore frequency is silent, transmitting only in bursts.
* - 8453 and 12666.5 are identified as FUG in their test messages.
** - FUJ uses 5E1 framing (even parity bit) instead of 5N1 (no parity bit).
Fleet broadcasts
- 2063.8 - FUG (FSK; nighttime)
- 2587.6 - FUO
- 2601 - FUG
- 2638.6 - FUE
- 2698.6 - FUF
- 4288.6 - FUG
- 4325 - FUG (600 bit/s)
- 4590 - 6WW
- 4643 - FUG
- 4810.1 - FUF
- 5215.6 - FUO
- 5758.6 - FUO
- 6360.6 - FUX
- 6365.3 - FUG (FSK; daytime)
- 6406 - FUE
- 6429.8 - FUG (FSK; nighttime)
- 6842.6 - FUJ
- 7554.6 - FUG
- 8516.8 - FUG (FSK; daytime)
- 8548 - FUV
- 8552.6 - FUF
- 8564.8 - FUG (FSK; nighttime)
- 8573.6 - FUX
- 8632.6 - FUO
- 9095 - 6WW
- 9098.6 - FUG
- 9910.6 - FUJ
- 10186.1 - FUG
- 10264.1 - FUE
- 12144.6 - FUJ
- 12144.6 - FUO
- 12713 - FUV
- 12724 - FUM
- 12730 - FUG (600 bit/s)
- 12873.6 - FUG
- 12883.6 - FUO
- 13410 - 6WW
- 13411.6 - FUG
- 13417.8 - FUG (FSK)
- 14722.2 - FUG
- 14723.7 - FUX
- 16966 - FUG (600 bit/s)
- 17060.6 - FUX
- 17063.4 - FUG
- 17097.6 - FUM
- 17106.6 - FUF
- 17121 - FUG
- 18365 - 6WW
- 18493.5 - FUV
- 18598.4 - FUJ
The fleet broadcasts of all shore stations utilize STANAG 4285 at 1200 bit/s with long interleaving and KW-46 encryption. Additionally, FUG also uses two other modes: STANAG 4285 at 600 bit/s with long interleaving and KW-46 encryption; and FSK 50Bd/850Hz with 21-bit framing.
Naval Aviation
Brest (callsign: "UI")
- 3044 (ANZ06)
- 3909 (ARCN172)
- 5714 (ANZ08)
- 6718 (ARCN173)
- 10520
Centre de Coordination et de Contrôle Marine de l'Atlantique (CCMAR ATL) (callsign: "Armor")
- 3107
- 5708
Toulon (callsign: "PI")
- 3942
- 5702
- 6760
- 7628 (ANZ09)
- 9019
Centre de Coordination et de Contrôle Marine en Méditerranée (CCMAR MED) (callsign: "Fanny")
- 2436
- 3896
Aircraft callsigns
- 3 characters (letters and digits)
- "Wallaby _": Breguet Atlantique II
The French Naval Aviation utilizes plain voice and 75Bd/850Hz FSK with KG-84 encryption. The operators refer to channels using code names, rather than their frequencies; the name is given in parentheses, if known for the given frequency.