[Lowfer] NAXTEX page

[Andy - KU4XR]

Hi Warren:

Thanks for that link. That's the best one I've seen so far, 
the detail is incredible, he's put a lot of work into that.
Now I just need to go back to my saved text, and read the
data to come up with who I was hearing. I appreciate your
reply;   73 all :::

Andy - KU4XR - EM75xr - Friendsville, TN.
LOWfer Beacon " XR " @ 184.322 KHz ( QRSS-60 )
Coordinates:  N:  35* 43' 54" - W:  84* 3' 16"
http://www.myspace.com/beaconxr


--- On Thu, 4/9/09, Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Warren Ziegler <wd2xgj at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] April 9 2009 beacons copied in NE IL
> To: ku4xr at yahoo.com, "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, April 9, 2009, 3:47 PM
> Andy,
>   From Brian Keyete:
> RECOGNISING THE STATIONS You will find that Navtex messages
> start with
> 'ZCZC' and end with
> NNNN. The ZCZC is followed by two letters and two numbers -
> e.g. OA12.
> The first letter gives you a
> good idea which Station you have received and it tells you
> the times
> of day, 4 hours apart, when that station
> is likely to transmit. Most of the 'O' stations
> transmit starting at
> 02:20, then 06:20, 10:20, etc. The World is
> split into Navtex areas and there is usually only one
> Navtex station
> using each letter in each area. In North
> West Europe (Area 01) an 'O' station heard on 518
> kHz is likely to be
> Portpatrick in Scotland, but it might be
> from Malta (Area 03) or even St Johns in Newfoundland (Area
> 04). You
> need to look at the actual
> messages to be sure which of the possible stations it is -
> the
> messages may include the Station Name (e.g.
> 'MALTA RADIO'), or the Navtex Area Number or
> geographical references,
> latitude/longitude, etc. The
> second letter (A) tells you what kind of message it is and
> the rest
> provides a message number.
> 
> see also:
> http://www.dxinfocentre.com/navtex.htm
> 
> 
> 73 Warren
> 
> 
> -- 
> 73 Warren K2ORS
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