Alaska on 518 kHz NAVTEX 0935 UTC 1/5/2013

[Kilokat7]

I noticed a good opening on MW last night to the Pacific NW.  This carried over to 518 also with my first decent decode of Kodiak @ 2,949 miles:

Station "J":

2013-01-05 09:35:44> ZCZC JA86
2013-01-05 09:35:50> SECTOR ANCH BNM 340-12
2013-01-05 09:35:56> AK-PRINCE WILLIAM SOUNDGABVA~DEZ
2013-01-05 09:36:07> VALDEZ SECURITY ZONE LIGED BUOY B, LLNA 25824, IN THE PORT~~OF
2013-01-05 09:36:20> HPOAT OF VAID~A~&.$ .)0:8.10$.05#!?##8?&.?6!06 &60.60::0 902.~#+.8!~~~9~~2 ~#9$0
2013-01-05 09:37:10> .`(3~:?!~0?(/=4~)M~~~~~AW{}KCAC~~~~~~{}CC~~~~U~~{}~~AW~~CKC~JUJCK~~CC~C~~~{}QEKU
2013-01-05 09:38:10> MRIZ FURTH ~~ STT~V~.~~!!~(:9~IKO~~CPU~TN~MJJ~~~Z~~F{}HT~.( (-1
2013-01-05 09:38:13> ~=:,2#~~2 ~
2013-01-05 09:38:40> 8~!~$#~?~~++~~~~6/9~#~3~:,~?&1 ()7B{}HE NEAREST COAST RUARD UNIT~M
2013-01-05 09:38:41>
2013-01-05 09:38:43> NNNNH

2013-01-05 09:39:02> ZCZC JA35AY
2013-01-05 09:39:07> SECVGR [JUNEAU] BNM 01-13 J
2013-01-05 09:39:14> AJ ~A SHUTHUEAST - ~ONGAAS NARROWS
2013-01-05 09:39:23> GUARD ISLAND LT WKLLNR 22300) HAS BEEN REP EXTING. ~
2013-01-05 09:39:33> [MARINERS] ARE REQUESTED TO TNANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION.
2013-01-05 09:39:33>
2013-01-05 09:39:35> NNDN
2013-01-05 09:39:37> BRK

2013-01-05 09:41:32> ZCZC JA99
2013-01-05 09:41:37> SECTOR ANCH BNM 345-12
2013-01-05 09:41:46> AK-GULF OF AK-KODIAK ISLANDS-SITKALIDAK ISLAND
2013-01-05 09:41:56> THE COAST GUARD HAS RECEIVED A GEPONT OF THE MODU KULLUK AGROUND
2013-01-05 09:42:07> IN PSN 57-05.4N 153-06.1W ON THE NRN PART OF OCEAN BAY IN
2013-01-05 09:42:17> SITKALIDAK ISLAND, SE KODIAK ISLAND. ANY MARINERS PLANNING TO
2013-01-05 09:42:29> TRANSIT IVO OR WITHIN 5NM OF THE OODU KULLUKS PSN CONTACT USCGC ALEX
2013-01-05 09:42:34> HALEY ON CH21/157.05MHZ.
2013-01-05 09:42:37> NNNN

2013-01-05 09:42:38> BRK
2013-01-05 09:42:56> ~~K~~~~{}F~~~~~~~{}A68
2013-01-05 09:43:01> SECTOR JUNEAU BNM 002-13
2013-01-05 09:43:08> AK - SOUTHEAST - PORT ALEXANDER
2013-01-05 09:43:20> PORT ALEXANDER REAR RGE (LLNR 23480) IS WATCHING PROPERLY. CANCEL
2013-01-05 09:43:29> SECTOR JUNEAU BNM 243-12 DTG 202326Z DEC 12.
2013-01-05 09:43:29>
2013-01-05 09:43:30> NNNN

Station "X":

2013-01-05 11:57:32> ZCZC XA99~
2013-01-05 11:57:38> ISECTORVANCH CBNM 001-13~ QU
2013-01-05 11:57:43> AKVHDIAK-SHELIKOF STRAIGZT ~
2013-01-05 11:57:58> THE COAST GUARD IS EXPERIENCING VHF OUTA~ES EFXU~L~~DHMYWZMXZHPYKIS{}ASQC W SIDE
2013-01-05 11:58:05>  OF KODIAK, SHJLIKOFCSTRAIGHT,
2013-01-05 11:58:17> KUPREANOF DT~AIGHTZO~~N~~~ZUPJHM+#~:.! `2#&./($0~{}
2013-01-05 11:58:21> UYAK. ALL [MARINERS] ADU
2013-01-05 11:58:35> ~W~~IPJHPWMHZMIYPSAMWFJHYPJJJ{}JMFMHDIPJPMIII~~ONYPAMHZM{}EST [COAST] GUARD UNIT.
2013-01-05 11:58:35>
2013-01-05 11:58:36>
2013-01-05 11:58:37> NNNN

2013-01-05 11:58:39> BRK
2013-01-05 11:58:58> ~ACZC XA58
2013-01-05 11:59:03> SECTOR JUNEAU BNM 001-13
2013-01-05 11:59:09> AK - SOUTHEAST - TONGASS NARROWS
2013-01-05 11:59:19> GUARD ISLAND LT (LLNR 22300) HAS BEEN REP EXTING.
2013-01-05 11:59:28> MARINERS ARE REQUESTED TO TRANSIT THE AREA WITH CAUTION.
2013-01-05 11:59:29>
2013-01-05 11:59:31> NNNN

[skeezix]

Nice.

Tried for Hawaii recently, but no luck.