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September 6th 03, 08:04 AM

Jim Shaffer, Jr. wrote:

On 05 Sep 2003 20:37:59 GMT, (J999w) wrote:

Sounds like the USCG ... got one here in Milwaukee 297khz ... sounds like RTTY
(teletype) ... it's 30db over S9 here ... makes a nice reference signal for
antenna work. I forget the official name for this type of LW service.

NAVTEX is only broadcast on one frequency (518) as far as I know. I wonder if
you might be hearing Differential GPS?

Navtex is also on 490 KHz in some areas as well.

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Robert Maskill G4PYR
Peterborough Cambridgeshire
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