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Author Topic: Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012  (Read 2465 times)

Offline Kilokat7

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Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012
« on: December 24, 2012, 1417 UTC »
After failing to hear SAQ overnight, I left the Perseus on 518 KHz for the remainder of the morning.  I was surprised to find these in the YaND logs:

2012-12-24 10:29:22> ZCZC OA64
2012-12-24 10:29:28> SECTOR HONOLULU BNM 291-12
2012-12-24 10:29:36> HI ISLANDS - ISLAND OF OAHU FIREWORKS DISPLAY
2012-12-24 10:29:51> 1. THERE WILL BE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY FROM 2330W 31 DEC 12 - 0030W
2012-12-24 10:29:52>
2012-12-24 10:30:04> 01 JAN 13 IN POSN 21-16.40N 157-50.14W, APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET
2012-12-24 10:30:05>
2012-12-24 10:30:17> SOUTH OF WAIKIKI BEACH. ALL VESSELS ~AA~ ~ACCAK~CL~ ~~FTIKS~MC~~~~CF
2012-12-24 10:30:41> ~~{}
2012-12-24 10:30:47> THROUGHOUT UNTIL CANCELLED. Y
2012-12-24 10:30:54> E~TD~JDWHX~V~~C~~Z~{}XX
2012-12-24 10:30:56>
2012-12-24 10:30:58> NNNN



2012-12-24 10:31:16> ZCZC OE12
2012-12-24 10:31:28> 1. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR HONOLULU SAFETY BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS
2012-12-24 10:31:29>
2012-12-24 10:32:05> ARE STILL IN EFFECT AS OF 14~~~~~~{}~~~~~~~{}
2012-12-24 10:32:05>



2012-12-24 10:32:45> ZCZC OA38
2012-12-24 10:32:55> SECTOR SFN~~~ACUT~MMPUZQKCAGM~II~~~~ONDFMF{} ISLAND OF MAUI
2012-12-24 10:33:04> 1. HAWAII EXPLOSIVES AND PYROTECHNICS WILL BE
2012-12-24 10:33:10> CONDUCTING A NEW YEARS
2012-12-24 10:33:20> EVE FIREWORKS DISPLAY 800 FT OFF SHORE FROM WAILEA,
2012-12-24 10:33:23> MAUI COMMENCING
2012-12-24 10:33:33> AT MIDNIGHT 31 DEC 12. A 420 FT FALLOUT ZONE CENTERED
2012-12-24 10:33:36> ON POSN
2012-12-24 10:33:46> 20-40.983N 156-269733W WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL THE ALL
2012-12-24 10:33:50>  CLEAR SIGNAL
2012-12-24 10:34:00> HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE DISPLAY OPERATOR. VESSELS ARE ADVISED
2012-12-24 10:34:03> TO REMAIN
2012-12-24 10:34:12> CLEAR OF THE FALL OUT ZONE DURING THE SHOW.
2012-12-24 10:34:20> 2. CANCEL AT TIME//011030Z JAN 13//
2012-12-24 10:34:21>
2012-12-24 10:34:24> NNNN



2012-12-24 10:34:43> ZCZC OE79
2012-12-24 10:34:55> 1. THE FOLLOWING SECTOR HONOLULU SAFETY{}
2012-12-24 10:34:56>
2012-12-24 10:35:05> WRE STILL IN EFFECT AS OF 21150Z DEC 12:
2012-12-24 10:35:14> 284-12     HAZNAV            DTG  040440Z DEC 12
2012-12-24 10:35:16> TQWOQA~
2012-12-24 10:35:16>
2012-12-24 10:35:25> MMMMGFYPAZYVJMM{}  1{}
2012-12-24 10:35:26> 29~72~~
2012-12-24 10:35:29> ~8~~~~.~?~~..9#
2012-12-24 10:35:35> .9.#+~~~~~~{}
2012-12-24 10:35:38> 293-12     FI~EWBRVS
2012-12-24 10:35:39> N
2012-12-24 10:35:39>
2012-12-24 10:35:53> TNVNMWHHMMCI~~~~JKZN~PGAMWPXM AGM~I{}ORAQW     FIREWORKS         DTG  -00001Z DE
2012-12-24 10:35:55> C 12
2012-12-24 10:36:00> 295-12     HAZOPS    ~~    ~ ~LG~
2012-12-24 10:36:13> 2~~(613-.20/~,~&.~88~~~~?,7+3(:8&.....$-+$ ............2##..-8~~8~((  PFGAH~C~M~
2012-12-24 10:36:13>
2012-12-24 10:36:26> ~O~~~KN~{}R SECTOR HONOLULU BROADCAST NOTICE TO MARINERS HAVE
2012-12-24 10:36:28> BEEN
2012-12-24 10:36:31> CANCELLED.//
2012-12-24 10:36:32>
2012-12-24 10:36:35> NNNN

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Re: Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2012, 1731 UTC »
Wow, that is a nice catch. How many miles is that?
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Re: Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2012, 1835 UTC »
Chris - the distance to the Honolulu transmitter site is 4,321 miles.  I suspect this is the only way I'm going to hear Hawaii on medium wave!
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Re: Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012
« Reply #3 on: December 24, 2012, 2302 UTC »
 :o Nice -- Congrats!!
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Re: Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012
« Reply #4 on: December 30, 2012, 0009 UTC »
Very nice!

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Re: Honolulu on 518 kHz NAVTEX 1029 UTC 12/24/2012
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2013, 0007 UTC »
Thanks everyone, the mighty BOG antennas continue to perform well.  Station "O" showed up in the logs again last night @ 1026z, rough copy though:

2013-01-02 10:26:28> ZCZC OA69
2013-01-02 10:26:33> SECTOR HONOLULU BNM 295-12
2013-01-02 10:26:44> HI ISLANDS - ISLAND OF KAUAI - BARKING SANDS - PACIFIC MISSILE
2013-01-02 10:26:46>
2013-01-02 10:26:48> RANGE FACILITS
2013-01-02 10:26:54> HAZARDOUS OP4-58+,`:
2013-01-02 10:27:14> 1.$,564=2.8 ~..?!  !`0.6(#0.7!``.)08~~ :~.!+1:~#!~&$:-(7) ~93!7~(~1?~~~~~~{}~KIP
2013-01-02 10:29:49> MHCJMZMHDPMHYGHDMWM~O{}XQTOERTEW~NGH~!3~~~~-+~7~ !#=+&.+1!`2~.,~~~{}HF 2182, OR
2013-01-02 10:29:57> CB CHANNEL 22 PRIOR BO TRANSIT.
2013-01-02 10:30:01> 5.~~~~~~{}
2013-01-02 10:30:24> DE NMC/NMQ TEST VA
2013-01-02 10:30:25> ZZZZ
2013-01-02 10:30:46> HIC~~YN~FIAU~ ~~A~MWZ~QM~~~G{}
2013-01-02 10:31:15> MAR~NA CS [REPORTED] EXTCNLKI~HEVBC FW~~ONA~TMBY~~YF{}
2013-01-02 10:31:16> NNNFA
2013-01-02 10:31:19>  BRK~~
2013-01-02 10:31:30> J~UF~~U~~~~~ U{}LJU~X~C~C~~~{}W
2013-01-02 10:31:32> ZZZZA
2013-01-02 10:32:34> ~B~HY~~~ ~~{}
2013-01-02 10:32:34>

Greenland too at 0600z, but they didn't have much to say:

2013-01-02 06:00:22> ZCZC MZ10   
2013-01-02 06:00:26> 020600 UTC JAN 13
2013-01-02 06:00:29> GREENLAND SIMIUTAQ
2013-01-02 06:00:34> NO MESSAGE ON HAND
2013-01-02 06:00:34> NNNN
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