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Author Topic: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)  (Read 816 times)

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Count    ID   ref1 ref2 kHz   Baud City                           Country              Lat      Lon      km     Deg
392      971  903  904  307.0 200  Gatun                          Panama               9.261    -79.937  4,181  158
485      940  338  339  315.0 200  Cape Race, NL                  Canada               46.661   -53.075  3,098  72 
6617     944  342  343  310.0 200  Cape Norman, NL                Canada               51.509   -55.831  2,842  62 
4        946  344  345  299.0 200  Rigolet, NL                    Canada               54.25    -58.5    2,684  55 
12005    942  340  341  288.0 200  Cape Ray, NL                   Canada               47.636   -59.241  2,621  71 
1767     909  300  301  309.0 200  Alert Bay, BC                  Canada               50.589   -126.93  2,554  296
66       934  336  337  307.0 200  Fox Island, NS                 Canada               45.361   -61.097  2,518  78 
1454     908  302  303  315.0 200  Tofino [Amphitrite Point], BC  Canada               48.931   -125.545 2,456  292
249      937  330  331  298.0 200  Hartlen Point, NS              Canada               44.583   -63.45   2,353  80 
22904    907  304  305  320.0 200  Richmond, BC                   Canada               49.114   -123.183 2,283  292
6365     935  334  335  312.0 200  Western Head, NS               Canada               43.993   -64.67   2,273  83 
17492    936  332  333  319.0 200  Point Escuminac, NB            Canada               47.075   -64.8    2,210  74 
1609     939  326  327  295.0 200  Partridge Island, NB           Canada               45.239   -66.056  2,138  80 
433      925  320  321  313.0 200  Moise, QC                      Canada               50.202   -66.119  2,115  64 
246      926  318  319  300.0 200  Riviere du Loop, QC            Canada               47.762   -69.606  1,846  72 
18433    927  316  317  309.0 200  Lauzon, QC                     Canada               46.821   -71.165  1,729  75 
27207    929  312  313  296.0 200  St Jean Richelieu, QC          Canada               45.324   -73.317  1,574  82 
18585    919  308  309  306.0 200  Cardinal, ON                   Canada               44.783   -75.417  1,417  85 
24586    918  310  311  286.0 200  Wiarton, ON                    Canada               44.75    -81.117  971    87 






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Re: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2020, 2004 UTC »
I wonder if Miraflores Panama is gone for good?
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Re: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2020, 2050 UTC »
It was hit or miss up here, you seemed to get it somewhat more reliably. I guess we'll find out this fall/winter.

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Re: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2020, 2106 UTC »
Yes, it was a regular here.

Looks like I had it as recently as Aug 6-7: https://www.hfunderground.com/board/index.php/topic,70224.0.html

Hmm... Looking through some random nights, while there's a few cases where I got both Miraflores and Gatun, many nights I got one or the other. I wonder if they mostly just run one station and not both?

Also weird, on nights when I did get both, I often got a lot more of one than the other. Like 5,000 or whatever from one and 50 from the other. That seems weird.

Fox Island is on 307 with Gatun, but there's no other NAm stations on 302 with Miraflores. So if is a QRM issue then Miraflores seems the more likely to be heard. Unless there's one of those NDB jammers on 302?
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Re: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)
« Reply #4 on: September 17, 2020, 2121 UTC »
That behavior does seem weird, but don't know what power/antenna they have or even the condition of the whole site. Perhaps they only run them when ships may be coming through? Would be bizarre if sometimes Miraflores would come in strong while Gatun didn't, and then vice versa.

I don't think Panama has status web page on those things, and not sure who down there to even ask.
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Re: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)
« Reply #5 on: September 17, 2020, 2139 UTC »
I don't think Panama has status web page on those things, and not sure who down there to even ask.

Panama may not even know they run DGPS stations.
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Re: DGPS Logs Sep 16 2020 UTC 2342 - Sep 17 2020 UTC 2348 (AFE822x)
« Reply #6 on: September 17, 2020, 2306 UTC »
Panama may not even know they run DGPS stations.

Perhaps that's it... the two stations are doing their own thing.
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