GMDSS

DSC Alert received on 16804.5 kHz at 10h44 UT 29 Feb from MSC Katyayni, Callsign 3FGK8

Nature of distress: Disabled, adrift, at location 43.03°N, 015.00°W

YaDD distress "heard" page
http://www.yaddnet.org/pages/php/quick_codes.php?fmt=DIS

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#radiopropagation
#yadd

Ship DSC - GMDSS

Received multiple distress acknowledgements on 2187.5kHz for a distress from a ship with MMSI No. 572286220. This is a chemical tanker "HANA I" located near Lat/long 4.935616° / -3.907417°. Nature of distress unknown.

A DISTRESS ACK is sent by a station (ship or shore) in response to a received DISTRESS call on the DSC channels in order to ACKnowledge the distress message and confirm that someone received it.

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#DSC

Spent yesterday on Low-tech ship comms.

Started with listening to #morsecode on 17MHz from KPH. Then I changed channels to receive #WeFax on 7MHz.

Moving onto satellite systems: sent a test message via #GMDSS Sat-C (600 bps), and ended with 4 emails being sent in about 2 hours at 4800 baud using a satellite dialup connection (VSAT).

Good times.