Navtex on the Portugese Coast

[madian2]

We are sailing down the Portugese Coast and haven't picked up any Spanish or Portugese navtex transmissions since leaving La Coruna in June.

We still pick up the occasional message from Niton but we've picked nothing up from La Coruna, Monsanto or Tarifa.

We have a Nav6 and just wondered if this was other people's experience of this coastline or whether we have developed a fault with the Navtex?

Thanks for any help.

Ian and Jackie

Yacht Rivalady - www.rivalady.wordpress.com

 

[GrahamM376]

We were receiving Monsanto last year but not reliable. Tarifa was OK this summer but you will need to be on Algarve or south for that.

This link seems to be working for Monsanto, click on MONSANTO - FORECAST http://weather.gmdss.org/Monsanto.html

 

[ribrage]

We had no issues when we came down that coast two years ago, all we used was navtext (Furuno) - have you checked the stations are filtered out by your equipment ?

 

[Heckler]

We are sailing down the Portugese Coast and haven't picked up any Spanish or Portugese navtex transmissions since leaving La Coruna in June.

We still pick up the occasional message from Niton but we've picked nothing up from La Coruna, Monsanto or Tarifa.

We have a Nav6 and just wondered if this was other people's experience of this coastline or whether we have developed a fault with the Navtex?

Thanks for any help.

Ian and Jackie

Yacht Rivalady - www.rivalady.wordpress.com

Have the same issue here in Faro and now in Albufeira. Worked great across Biscay and around La Coruna. As soon as we came around the corner, zilch, nada, nothing since then. All stations and all messages switched on. Ours is a NASA Navtex Pro
S

 

[GrahamM376]

Just had ours on for 24 hrs, nothing received.

 

[Heckler]

Just had ours on for 24 hrs, nothing received.

Was curious so switched mine on last night, switched all stations on again and all messages. This afternoon got GA24 and GA21 bit garbled. So Monsanto is just about getting to us here in Albufeira with advisories now!
S

 

[Heckler]

We are sailing down the Portugese Coast and haven't picked up any Spanish or Portugese navtex transmissions since leaving La Coruna in June.

We still pick up the occasional message from Niton but we've picked nothing up from La Coruna, Monsanto or Tarifa.

We have a Nav6 and just wondered if this was other people's experience of this coastline or whether we have developed a fault with the Navtex?

Thanks for any help.

Ian and Jackie

Yacht Rivalady - www.rivalady.wordpress.com

Now in Ferragudo opp Portimao, anchored. Got EA as well as G last night, loud and clear. I suspect that masts and marinas interfere with the MW transmissions. Interestingly the EA messages are referring to SW england!
S

 

[Heckler]

Now in Ferragudo opp Portimao, anchored. Got EA as well as G last night, loud and clear. I suspect that masts and marinas interfere with the MW transmissions. Interestingly the EA messages are referring to SW england!
S

Oops! uodate, my Nasa is 518kz so I am actually picking up Tarifa G and Niton E, so that explains the SW Engkand stuff!
S

 

[emandvee44]

I sometimes switch mine on in the marina, but over 4 years have only picked up a few messages and often data missing.

M

 

[Heckler]

I sometimes switch mine on in the marina, but over 4 years have only picked up a few messages and often data missing.

M

Back in Albufeira, getting Tarifa loud and clear now. I found that the antenna plug in the back wasnt going all the way in, some judicious paring of the plastic sorted that! So, to the OP, seems as if Tarifa is coming in loud and clear here!
S