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Offline dave524

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15988 DWD Polarstern rtty/fax
« on: December 21, 2019, 1246 UTC »
Caught a Wefax transmission from the German Research ship " Polarstern " in the high Arctic on 15988 at 15:15 UTC on Dec 19th  . https://www.dwd.de/DE/fachnutzer/schifffahrt/maritimberatung/mosaic/mosaic_node.html?fbclid=IwAR1P6XGx-op13WSqw3NRxRb3cjW-ZqsH57paVTRBDr1S5Xhapo7Hvzd4dew
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Re: 15988 DWD Polarstern rtty/fax
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2019, 2103 UTC »
Very unique catch. Nice!

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Re: 15988 DWD Polarstern rtty/fax
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2019, 0315 UTC »
See aso the following related thread: DDK7 Germany 15986.1 USB 1150 UTC 3 Oct 2019 on this forum!


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Re: 15988 DWD Polarstern rtty/fax
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2019, 0342 UTC »
Yes - very nice catch indeed.
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