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En fin de nuit (heure TU), je recois avec un bon signal la station DGPS des Canaries:

Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.22;seq 2;len 4;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:10
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.22;seq 2;len 4;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:10
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.25;seq 3;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:12
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.25;seq 3;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:12
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 07;tim 24.25;seq 4;len 3;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:14
Beacon ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];N28.229370;W13.941650;284.0kHz;180km;25bps;MSK;Asyn;---;Bcn OK;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:14
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.32;seq 5;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:16
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.35;seq 6;len 4;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:18
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.42;seq 0;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:22
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.42;seq 0;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:22
Station ID 534;[La Entallada CNR IL38AF 284,0 khz TX ID #367];msg typ 09;tim 24.42;seq 0;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-09-02 05:24:22

Bonne réception,

73 de Vincent F5OIH

I put the receiver last night on 295 KHZ. Cabo Penas (Spain) has changed his frequency and moved to 283.5 KHz. This morning I found the DGPS station from Puerto Rico :

Station ID 034;[Isabela PR PTR FK68LL 295,0 khz TX ID #817];msg typ 09;tim 35.65;seq 2;len 5;health 1;[100bps];08-08-24 05:37:18
Station ID 034;[Isabela PR PTR FK68LL 295,0 khz TX ID #817];msg typ 09;tim 36.07;seq 6;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-08-24 05:37:43
Station ID 034;[Isabela PR PTR FK68LL 295,0 khz TX ID #817];msg typ 09;tim 36.10;seq 7;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-08-24 05:37:45
Station ID 034;[Isabela PR PTR FK68LL 295,0 khz TX ID #817];msg typ 09;tim 36.14;seq 0;len 5;health 1;[100bps];08-08-24 05:37:47
Station ID 034;[Isabela PR PTR FK68LL 295,0 khz TX ID #817];msg typ 09;tim 36.52;seq 3;len 5;health 0;[100bps];08-08-24 05:38:10


All Time are UTC.

73 de Vincent

The band was opened very late this morning on 518 KHz with Puerto Rico at 0600 UTC on the log:

<06:01:00> __ZCZC RE52
<06:01:12> OFFN05
<06:01:15> NAVTEX MARINE _CST
<06:01:19> _WS TPC/NATIONAL HURCN CEN_E_ MIAMI FL W
<06:01:27> 1130 PM EDT FRI AUG 22 2_08
<06:01:33> ...PLEASE REFER TO THE COASTAL WATER_S FCST AVAILABLE
<06:01:43> THRU NOAA WX RADIO AND OTHER MEANS FOR A MORE DETAILED _
<06:01:53> FCST WITHIN 60 NM __LHE LAZ__INE_G___M_ KQO_E G_ TQI_WVS_
<06:03:53> _M_ _


73 de Vincent

A lot of static this morning didn't help to catch some DX:

22 331.0 SC 0423 AZR
22 274.0 SAL 0423 CPV
22 341.0 GP 0426 AZR
22 270.0 FLO 0428 AZR
22 323.0 SMA 0428 AZR
22 391.0 DDP 0431 PTR
22 367.0 PG 0433 POR
22 372.0 OZN 0437 GRL
22 360.0 HT 0437 AZR
22 276.0 YHR 0440 CAN
22 280.0 QX 0443 CAN
22 345.0 VI 0445 ESP
22 338.0 PST 0448 MDR


73 de Vincent