NAVTEX station NMW ( Astoria NAVTEX Transmitter)

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U.S. Coast Guard/National Weather Service NAVTEX radioteletype station "NMW" transmitter facility. This station can be heard reliably over most of western Washington and Oregon throughout the day, and along most of the west coast and north Pacific Ocean at night (including inland areas.) Antenna type is a quarter-wavelength radiating mast (like most mediumwave broadcast stations use.)

Frequency: 518 kHz; upper sideband, non-directional
Broadcast times (minutes past hour GMT): 01, 05, 09, 13, 17, 30.
Format: SITOR-B/FEC/CCIR-476, 100 baud (BFSK/170 Hz)
On-air identifier: "W"

See also: dxinfocentre.com/navtex.htm#XII-A
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navtex
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Coordinates:   46°12'17"N   123°57'20"W

Comments

  • A pretty regular catch in the Portland area most of the day, but best there in the late afternoon-early evening hours when the skip brings it in.
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