vessel in distress
 

On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

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Bob wrote:

On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

14399... You'd think these guys running this net would have asked the
fellow all the pertinent info at the beginning. Seems the Coast Guard
wants to know what the vessels port of departure and destination were.

Suspicious is that as soon as they told the guy that his lat/lon didn't
match his reported position he was no longer to be heard from.

N8KDV wrote:

Bob wrote:

On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

Make that 14299....



14399... You'd think these guys running this net would have asked the
fellow all the pertinent info at the beginning. Seems the Coast Guard
wants to know what the vessels port of departure and destination were.

Suspicious is that as soon as they told the guy that his lat/lon didn't
match his reported position he was no longer to be heard from.

N8KDV wrote:

Bob wrote:

On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

Crap! I can't even get on frequency! 14300




14399... You'd think these guys running this net would have asked the
fellow all the pertinent info at the beginning. Seems the Coast Guard
wants to know what the vessels port of departure and destination were.

Suspicious is that as soon as they told the guy that his lat/lon didn't
match his reported position he was no longer to be heard from.

Coming in here in Seattle area (15 mi east). Sailing vessel "Raven"
dismasted 75 miles east of Brownsville. There is a great deal of traffic in
the vacinity, but they are uncertain of the person's location and it seems
his battery is dying as his transmissions were tailing off and people were
having a hard time reading him. His name is Lary.

"Bob" wrote in message
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On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

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My humble DX394 had it at 14299.1 . I too copied that coast guard
wanted his location because it was not jiving .

"N8KDV" wrote in message
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N8KDV wrote:

Bob wrote:

On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

Crap! I can't even get on frequency! 14300




14399... You'd think these guys running this net would have asked the
fellow all the pertinent info at the beginning. Seems the Coast Guard
wants to know what the vessels port of departure and destination were.

Suspicious is that as soon as they told the guy that his lat/lon didn't
match his reported position he was no longer to be heard from.

Maximus wrote:

Coming in here in Seattle area (15 mi east). Sailing vessel "Raven"
dismasted 75 miles east of Brownsville. There is a great deal of traffic in
the vacinity, but they are uncertain of the person's location and it seems
his battery is dying as his transmissions were tailing off and people were
having a hard time reading him. His name is Lary.

I think his real name was Hoaxer. ;-)



"Bob" wrote in message
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On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

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Hear him here in NYC ( Garbled . . )

In article .net, "Maximus"
writes:


My humble DX394 had it at 14299.1 . I too copied that coast guard
wanted his location because it was not jiving .

"N8KDV" wrote in message
...


N8KDV wrote:

Bob wrote:

On ham freq 14300...right now.

Bob/WF3H

Crap! I can't even get on frequency! 14300




14399... You'd think these guys running this net would have asked the
fellow all the pertinent info at the beginning. Seems the Coast Guard
wants to know what the vessels port of departure and destination were.

Suspicious is that as soon as they told the guy that his lat/lon didn't
match his reported position he was no longer to be heard from.

In article , N8KDV
writes:


I think his real name was Hoaxer. ;-)



Dress him up as Uncle Sam & drop him into Syria or the Gaza Strip . . .

Diverd4777 wrote:

Hear him here in NYC ( Garbled . . )

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

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

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