[Lowfer] Navtex in CT

jrusgrove at comcast.net jrusgrove at comcast.net
Sun Dec 8 08:18:03 EST 2013


For a change of pace ... after watching the DK7FC 'show' on OPDS32 ... decided to look for Navtex 
stations on the easterly beverage. Surprised that there were no EU stations decoded but got a late 
start. Did receive the following stations:

M - Simiutaq Greenland
C - Seven Islands NB
Q - Sydney NS
R - San Juan PR
U - Saint John NB
X - Labrador NL
A - Miami FL
E - Charleston NC
F - Boston MA
G - New Orleans LA
N - Chesapeake VA
B - Bermuda

Bermuda was coming in quite a while after local sunrise which was somewhat noteworthy. I'm always 
amazed, after being away from Navtex reception for a while, how effective this mode is. SeaTTY pulls 
out remarkably clean copy with barely audible signal strength - impressive for the speed of copy ... 
and it recovers quickly after a fade. Wish there was a slower speed version to try for really weak 
signal work.

Hoping to find time to get the west beverage hooked to the #2 R-75 and try running two instances of 
SeaTTY on separate sound card audio channels - one for each direction.

Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2  WG2XRS/2

 



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