[Lowfer] Chile on 518 kHz Navtex

[Laurence KL7 L]

Excellent Gary - I flew into there and South in Coyhaique (teaching our future King how to set up dipoles :-)) a few years back  - and its a great location.

About 30 years earlier the airport ndb was a blowtorch and one of the strongest south american sigs on the pacific coast from my rx location about 2000 miles South of Puerto Montt or so...

laurence KL7L /VE6 today

> On Dec 15, 2016, at 6:24 AM, Garry <k3siw at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> Usually decode a few messages from Puerto Montt, Chile on 518 kHz Navtex at least once every winter season. Last night kept the record in tact through 2016. Station D in area 15 at 9414 km rose up and did battle with area 12 station D at 3340 km around 0400Z. It was interesting to see the signals capture then drop then capture again. Three messages from Chile made it through - DA54, DA43, and DA42. It was clear which messages came from Chile as opposed to Prince Rupert, BC  - the messages all have headers stating "Puerto Montt". In the past I've seen messages in Spanish rather than English, but these latest are in English (the standard for 518 kHz transmissions; local languages are used on 490 kHz).
> 
> ZCZC DA54
> 150430 UTC NOV 2016
> PUERTO MONTT RADIO/CBP
> COASTAL WARNING 0275
> CHART NO 8300, ELECTRONIC CHART
> CL3AI025.
> GOLFO LOBADA DE QUETROS.
> CANAL KING.
> SHOAL DEPTH LOCATED IN:
> LAT. 44-33.69S. LON_. 073-54.45W.
> OF 24,81 METERS.
> NNNN
> 
> ZCZC DA43
> 150430 UTC NOV 2016
> PUERTO MONTT RADIO/CBP
> COASTAL WARNING 0251
> ISLA CHILOE.
> LAGO CUCAO.
> CHART NO _08_, ELECTRONIC CHART
> CL2LL070.
> LAGO CUCAO NEW LIGHTED BEACON IN:
> LAT. 42-37.82S. LONG. 074-06.32W.
> CHARACTERISTIC SGR.D.R.5S 5M 3MS.
> NNNN
> 
> ZCZC DA42
> 150430 UTC NOV 2016
> PUERTO NONTT RADIO/CBP
> COASTAL _ARNING  0250
> ISLA CHILOE.
> LA_O HUILLINCO.
> CHART NO 7000, ELECTRON C CHART
> CL2LL070.
> LAG HUILLINCO NEW LIGHTE_ BEACON
> IN: LATXM_WARPMRYSM LONG.073-53.90W/
> C_AR__                                    _  _    _
> _GIII_ZCZC
> 
> Otherwise signals were similar to the previous evening. No Greenland decodes, but Tofino, BC along with US stations C,Q, and W on the west coast all decoded.
> 
> 73, Garry, K3SIW, EN52ta, Elgin, IL
> 
> 
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