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Magadan Area Control Center works flights on polar routes, often handed over from Gander. Magadan Radio can normally be heard on 4712, 8837 and 11390 kHz during the overnight hours from the Western USA. Other published frequencies include: 6585, 13265 and 15030 kHz. Unfortunately the aircraft are just out of my reception range given the conditions, but the high powered transmitter from their control facilities are quite easy to pick up.

Here is a recording of Magadan Radio taken from my archive.

The Boeing 787 returned to Seattle after it’s first international trip to the 2010 Farnborough International Airshow. I just happened to dial in Boeing Radio on 11306 kHz as BOE787 was flying over Canada on it’s way back home.

More Russian aviation comms! This time we have Petropavlovsk ACC working on 2964 kHz. I accidentally ran across this one while seeking out North Korean SWL broadcasts in the 2 MHz band a few months ago. As you can hear from the audio clip, the controller came in quite clear and spoke English. The planes were too weak to copy, but it was surprising enough to catch anything on such a low frequency, so I can’t complain too much.