[Lowfer] NAVAREA4 DX

[n8tl]

Hi Mike:

Yes.....I use YAND 6.03 currently with an e-probe set-up similar to 
yours. I also use Linux/Wine platform.  I have been trying to catch 
DK7FC on DFCW but every time I try...he has switched modes to
wspr15 hi hi.  I will get  him one of these days hi hi.  I think I will 
try YAND version 6.04 and see how
that one performs.  I will be monitoring 490 Navtex tonight to see if 
anything decodes.

Tom N8TL



On 02/09/2015 11:09 AM, N8OOU wrote:
> Tom, I have use YAND for a long time now and am happy with it. In the 
> last month I installed the newest release. I run it using Linux/Wine.
>
> I use a PA0RDT mini whip about 20Ft above ground, which does ok but 
> not spectacular. I just looked back in the YAND log and find area 4 
> and 12 decodes. YAND id'd a couple area 1 logs, but the messages were 
> garbled and the method that YAND uses to id, it could have been tricked.
>
> In the early 90's I used to use the MFJ-1278 TNC to decode navtex. I 
> liked it's feature to print messages only once. That was in the day 
> before soundcard decoding software.
>
> Good listening.
>
> 73   de   N8OOU - Mike Meek
>
> On 02/09/2015 09:47 AM, Garry Hess wrote:
>> Tom, not bad, especially since I think the Q station you decoded was
>> area 12, Long Beach, CA, not Nova Scotia. I haven't detected area 4, Q
>> for some time but CA comes in most nights with messages clearly related
>> to the US west coast. Surprised Puerto Rico, area 4, station R didn't
>> show up last night - it's usually on, but perhaps station N QRMed it. N
>> nearly always runs well past its 10 minute slot. Other area 12 stations
>> that are pretty regular are C in San Francisco and W in Astoria, OR. Got
>> C here last night but not W. When propagation to the west is good area
>> 12, stations D and H in BC decode and when they're really good stations
>> O, J, and X decode (HI, AK, AK). To the south area 4, station H(2) in
>> Curacao sometimes sneaks in there over the much stronger H(1) in
>> Wiarton, ON. To decode Europe you need a very big antenna, to live along
>> the Atlantic coast, or tune for 490 kHz Navtex. I haven't had much
>> success except by doing the third choice. Stations there broadcast in
>> the local languages (the 4 Canadian stations send messages in French),
>> whereas 518 kHz broadcasts are supposed to be in English (area 15,
>> station K in Chile sends Spanish instead for the few times I've 
>> copied it).
>>
>> Jay, W1VD pointed out long ago that the best Navtex decoder was SeaTTY.
>> However, since then perhaps Yand has improved. The former must be
>> purchased while the latter is free.
>>
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