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Offline East Troy Don

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Hurricane watch
« on: September 13, 2020, 1650 UTC »
14300 USB @ 16:45 UTC with storm info on possibles in the Caribbean ("Greater Antilles, Bahama and Bermuda" ) and mention of gathering storms off the West coast of Africa  as well as "...Best wishes to Mississippi and Louisiana..."

Solid S5-7 initially but lost completely x 16:50
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Offline MDK2

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Re: Hurricane watch
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2020, 1821 UTC »
Interesting stuff. But this should probably be logged under Amateur Radio.
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Offline RobRich

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Re: Hurricane watch
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2020, 2331 UTC »
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