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Russian Long-Range Aviation on 11200 kHz: the winter daytime frequency
The daytime voice frequency of the winter set of the Russian Long-Range Aviation net, callsign Balans. The same coded exchanges as on 8131 kHz, on the band that works in the short daylight of a European winter.
What you hear
Clipped Russian voice traffic: aircraft callsigns, digit groups, the ground answering as Balans, silence between. The net, its winter set and the Morse marker are in the main article.
Who transmits and why
11200 kHz is the daytime frequency of the winter set, used from about November to February with 8131 kHz for the evening and 5827 kHz for the night; most flights are by day, so it is often the busiest of the three. Listening is not forbidden: the transmissions are open, in plain voice, for anyone, and the program only receives; in most countries that is lawful, any restrictions concerning use or retransmission. Know your own country's rules; this is no legal guarantee.
When and where to listen
In winter the window on 11200 kHz is short, roughly 08:00 to 15:00 UTC, while the Moscow to Europe path is lit. Within it the ground station is heard well from Finland to Germany; outside it the band closes and 8131 kHz is the one to watch. The ground Morse frequencies 8112 and 11318 kHz carry the sortie marker, two minutes of W around :00, :20 and :40; a morning marker usually means voice traffic here soon. USB.
In ShackDeck
Station catalogue → Military → Russian Long-Range Aviation 11200 (winter, day). The program picks a public receiver with 11200 kHz, tunes it in USB and plays it; nothing of your own is needed. In the afternoon switch to the 8131 kHz row.