Re: [IRCA] Chile logged on 518 kHz

["Martin and Wendy Foltz" <martinfoltz@xxxxxxx>]

Nice logs. I just started listening on 518 kHz and this past week received
an email verie from VAE Tofino MCTS, Amphitrite Point, BC.

What type of antenna are you using?

Martin Foltz
Mission Viejo CA

> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:28:19 -0500
> From: "Jim Renfrew"
> Subject: [IRCA] Chile logged on 518 kHz
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> Jim Renfrew, Holley NY
> Drake R8B, longwires
>
> Yes, slightly off-topic for MW enthusiasts, but read on!
>
> With help from Bill Hepburn I've been learning to use DSC Decoder and
SeaTTY
> software to decode NAVTEX transmissions on 518 kHz during the last several
> days.  The DSC software is availble on a 21 day trial and SeaTTY is
> shareware.  Once you get the hang of it it is possible to get marine
weather
> in text form.  The only hardware needed is a regular audio cable between
the
> Drake's line out and the computer's line in.
>
> A nice feature is that I can tune my radio to 519.09 LSB, go do other
> things, and the text appears as a digest to be reviewed later.  SeaTTY is
> lbrings in a lot of corrupt text, but seems to capture a lot more than the
> DSC program.  However the DSC program when it hits is in much more
readible
> form.
>
> Stations heard so far include:
>
> Cheapeake VA
> Boston MA
> Miami FL
> Sydney NS
> Labrador NL
> Wiarton ON
> New Orleans LA
> Sept-Iles QC
> San Francisco CA
> Saint John NB
> Savannah GA
>
> This evening I was really pleased to receive fragmentary text messages
from
> stations in Nuuk, Greenland and Magallenes, Chile.  While not strictly MW,
I
> find it fascinating that Greenland and Chile can be heard on the edge of
the
> MW band from western NY.  It appears that the Chile reception is even
> further south than Bill's Puerto Mott reception of a few days ago.


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