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Old 14-09-2019, 16:31   #16
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Re: US Coast Guard seeks comments on closing NAVTEX broadcasts (comments close 12 NOV

I have upconverter and the reception was a little worse than the tecsun but still possible to get weatherfax.
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Re: US Coast Guard seeks comments on closing NAVTEX broadcasts (comments close 12 NOV

So far the Tecsun is worth the space in my go-kit. Remember Navtex is at 518 kHz and the SDRs, even with an upconverter, are pretty poor.
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