In article Znq2e.72425$7z6.14508@lakeread04, says...

"William Mutch" wrote
Propagation on the 90
meter band was among the best I've ever heard last night, so I went down
to 120 meters where I dont usually hear anything.

From upstate New York with a 156' antenna, you don't copy anything in the
marine band from 2182 KHz on up?

I was refering only to international broadcasts on the 120 meter
"tropical" band. Last night, 0403z to 0409z there was *something,*
two male voices in Spanish with music interluded *way* down in the
grass, 2x3, on 2440.0 khz with my Sat 800 on the same antenna. Wicked
QRN.

I listen a lot to the 2 mhz marine traffic as I'm something of a
USCG fan as a result of being the originating station of a mayday on
2182 in Cheasapeake Bay in 1977. Coast Gaurd Radio Annapolis and a
crash boat crew out of Easton MD busted butt to help me get medical evac
of a man overboard. Marine band traffic can be really interesting.

They are fairly active along the entire
Eastern seaboard from the Canadian Maritimes to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I've
worked a SAR case 1600 miles out on the Atlantic on half the antenna you
have.

Try:

Coast Transmit Ship Transmit

2514 2118 (Canada)

2582 2206 (Canada) 2049 (Bermuda)

And Simplex:

2182, 2670 (US Coast Guard)

2598, 2749 (Canadian Coast Guard)

Best regards,

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, Virginia

"William Mutch" wrote
I listen a lot to the 2 mhz marine traffic as I'm something of a
USCG fan as a result of being the originating station of a mayday on
2182 in Cheasapeake Bay in 1977. Coast Gaurd Radio Annapolis and a
crash boat crew out of Easton MD busted butt to help me get medical evac
of a man overboard. Marine band traffic can be really interesting.

Good to hear that William. 2182 KHz is still used a lot, in spite of the
fact that the U.S. has never declared a Sea Area A-2 that would mandate it's
usage. The majority of coastal-Atlantic Mayday traffic is from fishing
vessels in New England waters. The stations listed below either make regular
Marine Safety Broadcasts or come up on 2182 KHz for SAR cases, or both:

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
USCG Group Portland ME
USCG Group Southwest Harbor ME
USCG Group Woods Hole MA
USCG Group Moriches NY
USCG Group Long Island NY
USCG Activities New York NY
USCG Group Atlantic City NJ
USCG Activities Baltimore MD
USCG Group Eastern Shore VA
USCG Group Hampton Roads VA
USCG Aux Oceana Radio Va Beach VA
USCG CAMSLANT NMN / F / G / A
USCG Group Cape Hatteras NC
USCG Group Ft Macon NC
USCG Group Charleston SC
USCG Group Mayport FL
USCG Group St Petersburg FL
USCG Group Mobile AL
USCG Group New Orleans LA
USCG Group Galveston TX
USCG Group San Juan PR

Bermuda Harbor Radio ZBM

CANADIAN COAST GUARD
Labrador Coast Guard Radio
Halifax Coast Guard Radio
Fundy Coast Guard Radio
St John Coast Guard Radio
St Anthony Coast Guard Radio
Sydney Coast Guard Radio
Placentia Coast Guard Radio
Quebec Coast Guard Radio
Port Aux Basques CG Radio
Riviere-au-Renard CG Radio

Best regards,

Jack Painter
Virginia Beach, VA