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Loggings => Utility => Topic started by: UtilitySeattle on November 22, 2022, 2243 UTC

Title: 17144.500 KHz USB NMN Chesapeake Robo voice 2228Z NOV 22 2022
Post by: UtilitySeattle on November 22, 2022, 2243 UTC

S3-5 Male robo voice with WX for North Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. NMN Chesapeake presumed. Found nothing on their schedule for this frequency. off ast 2241Z

USCG Schedule page:
https://www.weather.gov/marine/uscg_broadcasts#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20broadcasts%20coastal%20forecasts%20and%20storm%20Warnings,announcement%20on%20VHF%20channel%2016. (https://www.weather.gov/marine/uscg_broadcasts#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Coast%20Guard%20broadcasts%20coastal%20forecasts%20and%20storm%20Warnings,announcement%20on%20VHF%20channel%2016.)

Sound clip:
https://voca.ro/14o08Z4NVk3I (https://voca.ro/14o08Z4NVk3I)

Title: Re: NMN Chesapeake Robo voice 17144.5 KHz USB 2228 UTC 22 NOV 2022
Post by: ~SIGINT~ on November 22, 2022, 2358 UTC

The audio level is too low on the clip and the download option is "forbidden". From what little I could hear, it sounded like "Iron Mike".

There is mention of the US Coast Guard station NMG, New Orleans, on this frequency in Utility World column of the August 2012 issue of Monitoring Times.

Quote

" ... However, since fax is tuned in USB mode, the frequency shown on the radio will be 1.9 kilohertz (kHz) below the listed one. The best tuning for these is at or near 4316.0, 8502.0, 12788.0, and 17144.5 kHz USB."