[Lowfer] Overnight Navtex

[Howell, Laurence J]

>From my viewpoint there's still quite a lot of attenuation on the Polar paths still Graham - the topping up of the  Proton figures are still too high for my liking and this may be knocking off Iqaluit off a bit. Navtex used to run +365 up there when I worked at Res Bay/Resolute so surprised if they knocked it off..but hey Im not paying the bills up there!


Laurence KL7UK/5 "x" of  VYD69 and VOO264/265



 

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From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Collins, Graham
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 8:30 AM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: [EXTERNAL]Re: [Lowfer] Overnight Navtex

I monitor NAVTEX on 518 and 490 on a regular basis but I haven't checked last night's log yet.

All the big US and Canadian East Coast stations I copy every night including Bermuda and Puerto Rico. Greenland however, I only see from time to time when it manages to peak through between transmissions from the other BIG East Coast stations. Iqualuit is another that I only see snippets from time to time between the BIG stations but I think Iqualuit is now closed for the season. So far many garbled snippets that I think are Iqualuit but so far not a single positive ID.

I am in the process of improving my receiving setup with an eye on being able to receive many of the LowFER's.

Cheers, Graham ve3gtc FN25ig (near Ottawa)