[Lowfer] Navtex DX despite ice storm

[Walter Glazar]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:06:47 -0500, <jrusgrove at comcast.net> wrote:

> JB
>
> How much ice did you get? I've been hearing  wx reports that some areas  
> might get as much as 2" ... yikes! Biggest ice we've ever had here was  
> about 1-1/2" diameter and that was bad enough.
>
> Last nights Navtex here included, W - Kook Island GRL, X - Labrador NL,  
> Seven Islands NB, I- Upernavik GRL and the seldom seen T - Iqaluit NU.  
> No EU stations logged.
>
> Good luck with the ice.
>
> Jay W1VD  WD2XNS  WE2XGR/2  WG2XRS/2
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bruce McCreath"  
> <weazle at hurontel.on.ca>
> To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp;UK) and MedFer bands"  
> <lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 8:54 AM
> Subject: [Lowfer] Navtex DX despite ice storm
>
>
>> We had a major ice storm go through overnight, leaving all of my wire  
>> antennas sagging, but still up!
>> It appears EAR is still on the air, although it's likely out of tune  
>> due to the ice on the antenna and the
>> helix house.  It's supposed to warm up by noon, so hopefully the ice  
>> will all melt.
>>
>> I still managed to decode some Navtex DX, logging Greenland and Oregon,  
>> as seen below:
>>
>> YYYYMMDD HHMM KHz ID  CALL STATION,COUNTRY  DIST (Km)
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> 20131221 0600 518 $04M XXX Simiutaq/Cape Farewell,GRL 3014
>> 20131221 1145 518 $12W NMW Astoria, OR,USA 3290
>>
>> RAW LOG
>> ---
>> 20131221 0600 518 $04M XXX Simiutaq/Cape Farewell,GRL 3014
>> 2013-12-21 06:00:42> ZCZC MN~9~~~I~WQPYPP UTC3?~~: .3
>> 2013-12-21 06:00:50> GREENLAND S~MIKTAQ4+NO MESSAGE ON HAND
>> 2013-12-21 06:00:50> NNNN
>>
>> ---
>> 20131221 1145 518 $12W NMW Astoria, OR,USA 3290
>> 2013-12-21 11:45:03> ZCZCFWA~~P~TZ
>> 2013-12-21 11:45:07> CCGD13 BNH JQWEPAQEM
>> 2013-12-21 11:45:15> COLUMBI AIVER - VANCOUVER TO THE DA~LLEY
>> 2013-12-21 11:45:26> 1. RE~ 8`-, 9-~~3,43-4 )8~~~~(?)),4 10~75)~ -` ?33  
>> 4309453
>>
>> 73, J.B., VE3EAR
>>
>> LowFER Beacon "EAR"
>> 188.830 kHz. QRSS30
>> EN93dr
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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