Hello,
There are a number of types of communication below 9 kHz.
Have a look a these wiki pages:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_spectrum
3–30 Hz, 100,000–10,000 km : Communication with submarines
30–300 Hz, 10,000–1,000 km : Communication with submarines
300–3,000 Hz, 1,000–100 km ...