[Elecraft] LDEs (Long-Delayed Echos)

[Phil Kane]

On 11/28/2015 4:44 PM, Fred Jensen wrote:

> That is my recollection as well.  SITOR is very much alive and well,

> NAVTEX is also alive and well, 518 Kcs, I think.

SITOR is the mode of choice for USCG bulletins on HF  and their NAVTEX
equivalent on 518 kHz.  The "official" name for SITOR is NBDP (Narrow
Band Direct Printing).  San Francisco Marine Radio (Station KSM)
transmits press and weather on Saturday afternoons using both RTTY and
SITOR  My PK-232 decodes SITOR when used in AMTOR  mode when I can get a
decent signal on their 8 MHz or 12 MHz frequencies.  I've given up on
NAVTEX (poor antenna).

Unfortunately the USCG 8416.5 MHz transmissions  fall in the "gap" in K3
coverage.  I'm still looking to replace my 35+ year old Kenwood R-5000
Communications Receiver with a more modern one - but no luck so far.

73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane
Elecraft K2/100   s/n 5402

>From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest
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