630M NAVTEX Test Active RX Loop 137khz-30Mhz

Nice video…has me wondering if my newly delivered chameleon f loop 3.0 would reach down that low in frequency…It sure seems to have a real wide coverage of the spectrum, but isn’t amplified…
Marcus Goldhawke
Kk4ntx

 

I can't wait till we get some serious 630 meter activity in the States. Nice job.

 

Julian, thanks for the review. Here is another option:
https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=13215

 

Good to see alternatives. As i said, the LZ1AQ https://www.eham.net/reviews/view-product?id=12530 is very great. This is used in many of the KIWI SDRs, http://rx.linkfanel.net/ .
The W6LVP loos also very great. Good to see some more on the market!

 

What is NAVTEX and why would I want to listen or read it and what software would I use to decode it.

 

518kHz SEATOR, like PACTOR but unacked, fun to DX because it tells you about 600m propagation. The messages are notice to mariners about weather conditions, lighthouses going dark, buoys coming unmoored... Other hazards to marine navigation.

Fldigi will decode it. There are other programs, such as SeaTTY, they all work about as well.