In article , N8KDV - - as I said, garbled
.., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


writes:


Said vessel (or hoaxer) has not been on the frequency for over an hour.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

Diverd4777 wrote:

In article , N8KDV - - as I said, garbled
., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


The guy was there, but after one of the hams came on after consulting with the
Coast Guard and finding out from them that his lat/lon did not match his stated
position (the lat/lon that he gave would have put him north of San Antonio I
believe) asked the sailing vessel 'Raven' what his port of departure was and port
of destination. No response. The guy must have heard that his posit did not
match.

One ham came up a few minutes later and said it was suspicious that he gave a
'marine callsign' that did not match any known type of 'marine callsign'.

Another thing is that during of his last transmissions, the vessel Raven stated
he was at 9 volts, one of the hams later on said the transceiver probably was not
capable of running at nine volts. So the vessel operator might have been faking
that. His transmission sounded normal here.

So, kinda suspicious at any rate. BUT the Coast Guard has a Falcon jet out
looking, and there is a CG cutter in the vicinity.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

Are they still talking about it now? I can't hear it on 14300mhz at 0040
Zulu



"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Diverd4777 wrote:

In article , N8KDV - - as I said,
garbled
., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


The guy was there, but after one of the hams came on after consulting with
the
Coast Guard and finding out from them that his lat/lon did not match his
stated
position (the lat/lon that he gave would have put him north of San Antonio
I
believe) asked the sailing vessel 'Raven' what his port of departure was
and port
of destination. No response. The guy must have heard that his posit did
not
match.

One ham came up a few minutes later and said it was suspicious that he
gave a
'marine callsign' that did not match any known type of 'marine callsign'.

Another thing is that during of his last transmissions, the vessel Raven
stated
he was at 9 volts, one of the hams later on said the transceiver probably
was not
capable of running at nine volts. So the vessel operator might have been
faking
that. His transmission sounded normal here.

So, kinda suspicious at any rate. BUT the Coast Guard has a Falcon jet out
looking, and there is a CG cutter in the vicinity.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

Peter wrote:

Are they still talking about it now? I can't hear it on 14300mhz at 0040
Zulu

They called the vessel just a bit ago (and just now at 0059) and told them (if
they could hear) to activate their Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacon
(EPIRB) .

No response from the vessel.

I'm losing propagation here myself.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8, and R8B



"N8KDV" wrote in message
...


Diverd4777 wrote:

In article , N8KDV - - as I said,
garbled
., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


The guy was there, but after one of the hams came on after consulting with
the
Coast Guard and finding out from them that his lat/lon did not match his
stated
position (the lat/lon that he gave would have put him north of San Antonio
I
believe) asked the sailing vessel 'Raven' what his port of departure was
and port
of destination. No response. The guy must have heard that his posit did
not
match.

One ham came up a few minutes later and said it was suspicious that he
gave a
'marine callsign' that did not match any known type of 'marine callsign'.

Another thing is that during of his last transmissions, the vessel Raven
stated
he was at 9 volts, one of the hams later on said the transceiver probably
was not
capable of running at nine volts. So the vessel operator might have been
faking
that. His transmission sounded normal here.

So, kinda suspicious at any rate. BUT the Coast Guard has a Falcon jet out
looking, and there is a CG cutter in the vicinity.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

Steve,

thanks for the update..
I'm sure he'll try something like it again & get nailed..

Doubtless in the same Cell Block as Profit Stairs..

Dan


In article , N8KDV
writes:



Diverd4777 wrote:

In article , N8KDV - - as I said,
garbled
., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


The guy was there, but after one of the hams came on after consulting with
the
Coast Guard and finding out from them that his lat/lon did not match his
stated
position (the lat/lon that he gave would have put him north of San Antonio I
believe) asked the sailing vessel 'Raven' what his port of departure was and
port
of destination. No response. The guy must have heard that his posit did not
match.

One ham came up a few minutes later and said it was suspicious that he gave a
'marine callsign' that did not match any known type of 'marine callsign'.

Another thing is that during of his last transmissions, the vessel Raven
stated
he was at 9 volts, one of the hams later on said the transceiver probably was
not
capable of running at nine volts. So the vessel operator might have been
faking
that. His transmission sounded normal here.

So, kinda suspicious at any rate. BUT the Coast Guard has a Falcon jet out
looking, and there is a CG cutter in the vicinity.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

N8KDV wrote:

Peter wrote:

Are they still talking about it now? I can't hear it on 14300mhz at 0040
Zulu

They called the vessel just a bit ago (and just now at 0059)

Crap! I must be goin buggy, first I couldn't tell frequency, now I cain't tell
time! It was 0049.

and told them (if
they could hear) to activate their Emergency Position Indicating Radiobeacon
(EPIRB) .

No response from the vessel.

I'm losing propagation here myself.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8, and R8B



"N8KDV" wrote in message
...


Diverd4777 wrote:

In article , N8KDV - - as I said,
garbled
., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


The guy was there, but after one of the hams came on after consulting with
the
Coast Guard and finding out from them that his lat/lon did not match his
stated
position (the lat/lon that he gave would have put him north of San Antonio
I
believe) asked the sailing vessel 'Raven' what his port of departure was
and port
of destination. No response. The guy must have heard that his posit did
not
match.

One ham came up a few minutes later and said it was suspicious that he
gave a
'marine callsign' that did not match any known type of 'marine callsign'.

Another thing is that during of his last transmissions, the vessel Raven
stated
he was at 9 volts, one of the hams later on said the transceiver probably
was not
capable of running at nine volts. So the vessel operator might have been
faking
that. His transmission sounded normal here.

So, kinda suspicious at any rate. BUT the Coast Guard has a Falcon jet out
looking, and there is a CG cutter in the vicinity.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

Diverd4777 wrote:

Steve,

thanks for the update..
I'm sure he'll try something like it again & get nailed..

Doubtless in the same Cell Block as Profit Stairs..

That would be a real 'Double Whammy', goin to prison, AND bein with the Profit!



Dan

In article , N8KDV
writes:



Diverd4777 wrote:

In article , N8KDV - - as I said,
garbled
., .. . ..

another good " God Knows What " catch...


The guy was there, but after one of the hams came on after consulting with
the
Coast Guard and finding out from them that his lat/lon did not match his
stated
position (the lat/lon that he gave would have put him north of San Antonio I
believe) asked the sailing vessel 'Raven' what his port of departure was and
port
of destination. No response. The guy must have heard that his posit did not
match.

One ham came up a few minutes later and said it was suspicious that he gave a
'marine callsign' that did not match any known type of 'marine callsign'.

Another thing is that during of his last transmissions, the vessel Raven
stated
he was at 9 volts, one of the hams later on said the transceiver probably was
not
capable of running at nine volts. So the vessel operator might have been
faking
that. His transmission sounded normal here.

So, kinda suspicious at any rate. BUT the Coast Guard has a Falcon jet out
looking, and there is a CG cutter in the vicinity.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

They've got a new net control station on the net, and I can copy him just fine now.
He just called the 'Raven' again at 0103.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B