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ericfurn

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I have not been able to rx navtex broadcasts on 518 khz for a while. Used to be able to pick them up late at
night from Portsmouth, Boston, Puerto Rico. I have the skeds but no joy, Any news about them?
Eric WA3UYI
 

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I last decoded NAVTEX on 518 kHz in January 2017. I've tried here and there since then with no success, especially this past winter. I can hear the signal faintly with my homebrew loop, but it doesn't seem as strong as it used to be.
 

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I was finally able to decode some Boston and some Portsmouth but they were very weak. It may just be the
rotten propagation these days although I didn't think it would be a factor late at night on this low frequency. I have been seeing some strange effects on HF, signals just about disappearing in a very short time, less than a minute. Our local star is very strange.
Eric WA3UYI
 
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