"A"/"B" Version Abbreviations of ILGRadio Database with CURRENT STRUCTURE

 

Field No.	FIELD_NAME	SIZE	DESCRIPTION	ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION	SPECIAL_ABBREVIATIONS
1	FREQ	8/2 numeric	Frequency in KHz	in some cases frequency rounded	Carrier Frequency of Utilty Stations (see also for center frequency in last column)
2	STATION	30	Station with full name	Name according to the official station identification	External & International  Services in capital letters and Home Services in small letters
3	UTC	9	Time in UTC  "Universal Time  Co - Ordinated"  former GMT  (Greenwich Mean Time)	LINK FOR DETAILS ":" (****:****) breaks in transmission, no constant signal "=" (****=****) extended or reduced times within given timeslot	sign-on time of  **59 minutes rounded by full hour   in various cases full-time broadcasts are divided in one hour blocks to make ILG bandscans much more precisely
4	DAYS	7	Days		given in ITU/HFCC format: 1: Sunday, 2: Monday ... 7: Saturday
5	LANGUAGE	20	Language of Programme	full name of language and dialect given	UTILITY Entries are starting with "DATA:" followed by details: CODES (Spy Radio) DATA (Data Transfer) EMAIL (E-Mail Transfer) FAX (Telefax) METEO (Weather Info) MORSE  (CW) RADAR (Over the Horizon) TELEX (Telegraphy) TIMES (Time Signals) VOICE (Traffic/Information)
6	GRAPHIC	48	Graphical Diagramm: the exact Occupation of each frequency is presented by the "Times by Lines" giving the Language of the broadcast. This is processed in a Time Scale of 24 hours with a  precision of 30 minutes. Exclusive ILG data field	If the transmitter is not on the air during ILGRadio publishing time only a line "------" is given instead !	Capital Letters: External / International / Home Service    Small Letters: SSB transmissions with clear voice    1: Sunday ... 7: Saturday  #: not daily  $: Monday-Friday  @:Monday-Saturday  =: Saturday/Sunday  ?: inactive  -: standby (alternative)| : DRM   "!" is given at 6, 12 and 18 hours if this position is not used
7	TARGET	8	Target Area	External Services: main taget with details (see right) e.g. AF, AS, AU, CA, EU, ME, NA, PA, SA Home Services: in brackets with ADM country code	further description: e = east n = north s = south, w = west ne = north-east nw = north-west se = south-east sw = south-west
8	LOCATION	26	Location of Transmitter Site	the name of the  Transmitter Site or main town and home port of ships (airborne, coastguard, navy, seaborne)
9	LOC	3	Abbreviation of Location	LINK FOR DETAILS
10	POWER	8/3 numeric	Transmitter Power in kW (kiloWatt)	for UTILITY stations correct power not confirmed in many cases
11	AZI	3	Azimuth of Antenna	1 - 360 degree  0 = non direction	ATTENTION: HFCC / ITU gives 0 or 1 for 360 degree north !!!
12	ANT	10	Antenna Type	describes the antenna / aerial in techn. types (data not verified for UTILITY stations so far, so "ND" is used)	Main Antenna Types: HR: Curtain Antenna HRS: Curtain Antenna slewable LPH: Log Periodic Hor. ND: Non-Directional/Dipole RHO: Rhombic
13	REMARKS	16	Remarks	further details -if not weekly -notes on observations -SPY RADIO	Spy Radio: e.g. E06, E07,  E11, E17, F01, F02, F03, F06, F11, G06, M01, M12, M14, S06, S11, V07, XPA
14	MOD	3	Modulation	LINK FOR DETAILS	AM: Amplitude Modulation DIG: Digital (various) DRM:Digital Radio Mondiale ISB: Independent Side Band LSB: Lower Side Band USB: Upper Side Band
15	MODTYPE	6	Designator of Modulation		some examples A3E: Sound (broadcasting) D7W: DRM A1A: Morse F1B: Telex F3C: Fax J3E: Voice J7D: Digital
16	NA	2	Target: North-America	"--" if not used
17	CA	2	Target: Central America & Caribbean	"--" if not used
18	SA	2	Target: South America	"--" if not used
19	EU	2	Target: Europe	"--" if not used
20	AF	2	Target: Africa	"--" if not used
21	ME	2	Target: Middle East	"--" if not used
22	AS	2	Target: Asia	"--" if not used
23	AU	2	Target: Australia	"--" if not used
24	PA	2	Target: Pacific	"--" if not used
25	CIRAFZONES	30	CIRAF Zones	LINK FOR DETAILS
26	STN	5	Name of Station in short version
27	BRC	3	Broadcaster	LINK FOR DETAILS
28	ADM	3	Administration	3 letter code of  Aministration, official ITU Abbreviations LINK FOR DETAILS	additionally listed Countries and Overseas Territories given with own ITU Code, e.g. ALS: Alaska ASC: Ascension AZR: Azores CNR: Canary Islands DGA: Diego Garcia GIB: Gibraltar GUF: Guyana HKG: Hong Kong HWA: Hawaii MRA: North.Mariana Isl. MRT: Martinique NCL: New Caledonia OCE: French Polynesia REU: Reunion TWN: Taiwan
29	COUNTRY	18	Country	"Geographical" Name of the country	ILGRadio gives countries as the world looks like
30	LC	2	Transmitter Site by CIRAF Zone	LINK FOR DETAILS
31	LONGI	6	Longitude	ILG gives degree and minute without dot and blank	old ILGRadio format
32	LATI	5	Latitude	ILG gives degree and minute without dot and blank	old ILGRadio format
33	POSITION	20	Position of Transmitter Site with Longitude and Latitude	LINK FOR DETAILS	ILG gives GOOGLE EARTH compatible format with degree, minute and second. If Longitude and Latitude gives "00" for Seconds in both cases the transmitter site is not found so far.
34	NOTES	30	Additional Information, Modulation Type	LINK FOR SIGNAL IDENTIFICATION AND DETAILS	some popular examples used for Utility transmissions: ALE MIL-STD 188-110A ALE MIL-STD 188-141A ARQ 100Bd/500 CCIR 493-4/100Bd/170 DSC FSK 100Bd/170 FSK 50Bd/200...500 HFDL ARINC 1800Bd LINK-11 MIL-STD 6011 MFSK-8 THALES S-3000 MPSK-12 AT3004D (M5) PACTOR-1 100Bd/200 PACTOR-2 100Bd/200 PACTOR-3 QPSK/***Bd/*** QPSK-63 SAAB GRINTEC MHF-50 SITOR-B 100Bd/170 STANAG 4481 75Bd/850 STANAG 4285/300...1200L STANAG 4538/FLSU T-206/50Bd/500 T-600/50Bd/200...250 WFAX 120/576
35	STATUS	1	Status of Transmission	ILGRadio do not include FAKE (wooden) entries as listed in great number in the HFCC / ITU databases !	C = confirmed A = Alternative or no longer observed during last 12 months I = inactive N = not confirmed X = Info Data (data set for detailed language / dialect information)
36	YEAR	4	Monitoring Date with YEAR+MONTH	this information verifies that station is/was really on air	e.g. 2301 means monitored during January 2023
37	CALL	50	Call Sign	BROADCASTING: Calls for broadcasting only in use within the USA UTILITY: station identification: transmitter sites, ships, mobile units	UTILITY: - full call sign -call sign sets in use - part of call sign with wildcard ( "*" ) for network or variable call signs
38	FDATE	6	Date of START of Transmission	DDMMYY format	date given if different to season period (empty if effective during full season)
39	TDATE	6	Date of STOP of Transmission	DDMMYY format	date given if different to season period (empty if effective during full season)
40	CFFREQ	8/2 numeric	Center Frequency in KHz	in some cases frequency rounded	important  information for UTILITY station reception
41	START	5	START Time (begin of broadcast) in UTC  "Universal Time  Co - Ordinated"	LINK FOR DETAILS	in various cases full-time broadcasts are divided in one hour blocks to make ILGRadio bandscans much more precisely
42	STOP	5	STOP Time (end of broadcast) in UTC  "Universal Time  Co - Ordinated"	LINK FOR DETAILS	in various cases full-time broadcasts are divided in one hour blocks to make ILGRadio bandscans much more precisely
43	G00	2	UTC-Graphic: 0000-0100 hr	data field for filter function (set "G00" <> ". ")
44	G01	2	UTC-Graphic: 0100-0200 hr	data field for filter function (set "G01" <> ". ")
45	G02	2	UTC-Graphic: 0200-0300 hr	data field for filter function (set "G02" <> ". ")
46	G03	2	UTC-Graphic: 0300-0400 hr	data field for filter function (set "G03" <> ". ")
47	G04	2	UTC-Graphic: 0400-0500 hr	data field for filter function (set "G04" <> ". ")
48	G05	2	UTC-Graphic: 0500-0600 hr	data field for filter function (set "G05" <> ". ")
49	G06	2	UTC-Graphic: 0600-0700 hr	data field for filter function (set "G06" <> ". ")
50	G07	2	UTC-Graphic: 0700-0800 hr	data field for filter function (set "G07" <> ". ")
51	G08	2	UTC-Graphic: 0800-0900 hr	data field for filter function (set "G08" <> ". ")
52	G09	2	UTC-Graphic: 0900-1000 hr	data field for filter function (set "G09" <> ". ")
53	G10	2	UTC-Graphic: 1000-1100 hr	data field for filter function (set "G10" <> ". ")
54	G11	2	UTC-Graphic: 1100-1200 hr	data field for filter function (set "G11" <> ". ")
55	G12	2	UTC-Graphic: 1200-1300 hr	data field for filter function (set "G12" <> ". ")
56	G13	2	UTC-Graphic: 1300-1400 hr	data field for filter function (set "G13" <> ". ")
57	G14	2	UTC-Graphic: 1400-1500 hr	data field for filter function (set "G14" <> ". ")
58	G15	2	UTC-Graphic: 1500-1600 hr	data field for filter function (set "G15" <> ". ")
59	G16	2	UTC-Graphic: 1600-1700 hr	data field for filter function (set "G16" <> ". ")
60	G17	2	UTC-Graphic: 1700-1800 hr	data field for filter function (set "G17" <> ". ")
61	G18	2	UTC-Graphic: 1800-1900 hr	data field for filter function (set "G18" <> ". ")
62	G19	2	UTC-Graphic: 1900-2000 hr	data field for filter function (set "G19" <> ". ")
63	G20	2	UTC-Graphic: 2000-2100 hr	data field for filter function (set "G20" <> ". ")
64	G21	2	UTC-Graphic: 2100-2200 hr	data field for filter function (set "G21" <> ". ")
65	G22	2	UTC-Graphic: 2200-2300 hr	data field for filter function (set "G22" <> ". ")
66	G23	2	UTC-Graphic: 2300-2400 hr	data field for filter function (set "G23" <> ". ")
67	GC	24	Geographic Coordinates with Latutude, Longitude	Calculated Values - based on Degrees Latitude and Longitude to seven decimal places	content is compatible to Google Earth and Google Maps (Brand Mark by Google LLC)
		Size  503

All files are including 1535 "Separator Lines" and the data field of GRAPHIC (Graphical Diagram) looks like this:
00##########06##########12##########18##### 6100
Other fields are filled with "#####". This should look like a black line to separate optically the 5 kHz steps
within the broadcasting bands and plus/minus 100 khz. ALso in use for 1 MHz steps.
If frequency allocations are changing also such lines are included giving details in the NOTES data field.


ILG data entries and information are based on old and current monitoring experiences made over the last 50 years...

Exclusive ILG data fields are NA,CA,SA,EU,AF,ME,AS,AU,PA since 1989 and the usage is exclusively only allowed to use by ILG Database and not by any other software

ILG data entries and information are based on old and current monitoring experiences made over the last 50 years...
 

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