Hello Stefan,

never worked on a vessel but navtex is an interesting mode, received
stations from Florida and New Orleans... However I only get good decodes
when the signal is audible in a 350Hz filter.So I think qrss3 and higher
and wspr2 are far superior...

73 GL

Victor
PA3FNY

>>> Stefan Schäfer<[email protected]> 17-3-2013
23:17 >>>
Hello Mike/G3GMS and Mauro/IK2GFT, Victor/PA3FNY and Roelof/PA0RDT,

Mani thanks for your reports on my NAVTEX test transmission. I'm glad
to 
see such an interest and i didn't know that there is a NAVTEX DX group
:-)
Very interesting. Have you all been radio operators on vessels in the 
past or presence?

Would you think that this mode is suitable for MF amateur radio 
communication during high QRN times?

If there is more interest, maybe by other listeners in that NAVTEX DX 
group, i could run the beacon a bit longer.

Any suggestions what information is missed in the beacon text?

Best 73, Stefan/DK7FC



Am 17.03.2013 22:36, schrieb Mike Thayne:
> Hello Stefan,
> Your very good NAVTEX signal received here in Whitley Bay, ENG
> IO95gb
> 73
> Mike Thayne
> g3gms
> 2013-03-17 21:19:04> ZCZC ZI46
> 2013-03-17 21:19:04>
> 2013-03-17 21:19:05> VVV
> 2013-03-17 21:19:05>
> 2013-03-17 21:19:14> TEST TEST TEST NAVTEX BEACON DE DK7FC DK7FC
DK7FC
> 2013-03-17 21:19:19> LOCATOR: JN49IK JN49IK JN49IK
> 2013-03-17 21:19:24> QTH: H{}G HEIDELBERG HEIDELBERG
> 2013-03-17 21:19:29> OP: STEFAN STEFAN STEFAN
> 2013-03-17 21:19:38> TX: HOMEMADE CLASS-D PA RUNNING ABOUT 50W FROM A

> 12V SUPPLY
> 2013-03-17 21:19:44> ANT: INV-L 30M UP AND 70M LONG
> 2013-03-17 21:19:53> REPORTS WELCOME VIA RSGB LF REFLECTOR (AT 
> BLACKSHEEP.ORG).
> 2013-03-17 21:19:54> 73 73 73 73
> 2013-03-17 21:19:56> C
> 2013-03-17 21:19:57> NNNN