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- The following was picked off the packet BBS of N2GJJ. Please add comments,
- additions through the SWL conference (type j;swl from the main menu). SYSOP.
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- Msg# TR Size Read To From @ BBS Date Time
- 138 BN 3845 5 ALL WB3JOE N2GJJ 870113 0922
- Title: Coast Guard Frequencys
-
- At WB3JOE: 205 From WB3JOE Rcvd 870113/1208, Sent 870113/1413 UTC
-
- The following is adapted from data
- received by Jay N3CHG and the resp-
- onse given by Dale KB1AJ regarding the
- use and frequencies used at Coast
- Guard stn NMN Portsmouth Va. Both
- of these gentlemen are acknowledged
- with thanks...
- ***All freqs Khz, times are GMT
- CW HF safety and Liason traffic:
- Working series guarded:
- 8465 8363.2-8363.4
- 12718.5 8364-8364.8
- 16976 8362.4-8363.2
- 12544.8-12546
- 12546-12547.2
- 12543.6-12544.8
- 16726.4-16728
- 16728-16729.6
- 16724.8-16726.4
- All frequencies are guarded 24 hrs
- a day by scanning receivers except
- the 16 Mhz channels which are
- guarded from 1100-2300 daily.
- Voice (USB) safety and Liason Tfc:
- ***Note all frequencies are carrier
- frequencies...add appropiate offset
- as required*****
- Coast Ship Times guarded
- 4428.7 4134.3 2300-1100
- 6506.4 6200 0000-2400
- 8765.4 8241.5 0000-2400
- 13113.2 12342.4 1100-2300
- 17307.3 16534.4 on request only
- General CW broadcast and notices:
- 8090.0-continuously
- 12135.0-continuosly
- 16180-continuously
- 20225-1200-0000
- Time Traffic
- 0200-0600 CW training-6-20 WPM
- 0600-0800 Red Sea, Meditteranean,
- Black sea, Arctic and
- Western Atlantic wind and
- sea warnings
- 0800-0900 Hydrolant, Ice warnings
- and special warnings
- 1000-1300 Hurricane and other wx
- warnings for Western
- Atlantic Caribbean and
- Gulf of Mexico
- 1500-1600 Navarea IV, Ice and special
- warnings
- 1600-1700 Hydrolant, Ice and special
- warnings
- 1700-1800 Repeat of 1000 broadcast
- 2000-2100 Tropical Wx summary and
- Gulf stream locations
- 2100-2200 same as 1500 broadcast
- 2200-0100 same as 1000 broadcast
- Voice (USB) broadcast and working
- Frequencies:
- Wx broadcasts at 0400 0530 1000 1130
- 1600 1730 2200 and 2330
- Shore Ship Time
- 4428.7 4134.3 2300-1100
- 6506.4 6200 24 hours
- 8765.4 8241.5 24 hours
- 13113.2 12342.4 1100-2300
- 17307.3 16534.4 on request
- CW working frequencies for mariners:
- NMN ship range time
- 8465 8362.4-8364.8 24 hours
- 12718.5 12543.6-12547.2 24 hours
- 16976 16724.8-16729.6 1100-2300
- Offshore and High Seas forecasts:
- GMT Fcst A B C D E
- 0400 01 x x x
- 0530 h x x x
- 1000 02 x x x
- 1130 h x x x
- 1600 02,g x x x
- 1730 h x x x
- 2200 02,g x x x
- 2330 h x x x
- Fcst codes:
- 01 Offshore forecast for West Cen
- North Atlantic, SW N Atlantic
- Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
- 02 same as 01 including New England
- h High seas Forecastfor N. Atlantic
- West of 35 degrees West, Caribbean
- and Gulf of Mexico
- g Gulf stream location
- Freqs:
- A 4428.7
- B 6506.4
- C 8765.4
- D 13113.2
- E 17307.3
- According to the sample QSL letter,
- the receiver site is located in
- Chesapeake, Va. with the transmitter
- site located in Pungo, Va. They use
- Collins 651s-1a receivers, Collins
- HF8090 10 kw HF transmitters and
- FRT89 1.5 kw MF transmitters. The
- receive antenna consists of Vertical
- and horizontal Omni directional
- rotatable Log Periodic and Herms Loop
- arrays. The transmit antenna system
- consists of Vertical and Horizontal
- Omni Directional fixed and Rotatable
- Log Periodic arrays and MF Transmit
- towers.
- D R O O L .....
- Hope this info is of help to the
- mariners out there...by the way KB1AJ
- is a RM1 at that station so this info
- is bound to be accurate...any errors
- that have crept into this are entirely
- mine 73s.
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