NAVTEX IN THE CLYDE

[alisdair4]

This may appear a dumb question, but I have only used NAVTEX in the Solent and Atlantic (and never a NASA set). Midnight Drifter has a fairly ancient NASA Navtex Pro system which I originally thought was knackered.

However, having fully charged the internal battery (40 Hours) and cleared the memory of the ancient Greek characters I then selected my nearest NAVTEX Stations (Portpatrick) and waited for the forecasts to roll in.

Four days later, nothing has been received.

The NASA Navtex has a switch which says "local" (I assume this is 490 MHZ) and "International" (I assume this means 518MHZ). I have the switch set to "international".

Exam questions:

a. Am I in range of Portpatrick.

b. Are my assumptions about the Local?/International switch accurate?

 

[earlybird]

b) Yes, the switch for my Pro was in the aerial cable rather than on the set. It is just a change-over switch, suggest you check it is changing over and not open circuit.
a) Depends, the Pro is not the most sensitive set and may not pick up Portpatrick if the signal is shielded by say high land or lots of masts in a marina. Reception in open water should be reliable though, although I remember that if my engine was running, it could be rubbish.

 

[Fascadale]

Have a look at these threads

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php/Cat/0/Number/1693572/page/0/fpart/all/vc/1

and

http://www.ybw.com/forums/showflat.php?C...rue#Post1694064

Good luck with it

 

[alisdair4]

Tried the other switch setting,and the set is now loading up with data - thanks!

Ocklepoint, thanks for the references - very useful.