Saturday, April 25, 2009

USCG Terminates HF SITOR Services

Martin Foltz posted the following on the UDXF newsgroup:

"I don't remember reading this here so I'm posting it. I've copied this message several times this month. I only hear NRV running a channel free marker with CW now."

FROM CAMSPAC PT. REYES:

1. THE U.S. COAST GUARD HAS TERMINATED HF RADIOTELEX(SITOR) SERVICES AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

COMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION ATLANTIC (CAMSLANT NMN)
COMMUNICATIONS STATION KODIAK (NOJ)
COMMUNICATIONS AREA MASTER STATION PACIFIC (CAMSPAC NMC/NMO)

2. COMMUNICATIONS STATION GUAM (NRV) WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT AMVER SHIP POSITION REPORTS AND OF METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATION MESSAGES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

3. AMVER AND NOAA METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RECEIVED AT NO CHARGE THRU SHIPCOM/WLO HF RADIOTELEX SERVICE AND NOAA SHIPBOARD ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM (SEAS) PROGRAM THRU INMARSAT-C. AMVER REPORTS MAY ALSO BE SENT AT NO CHARGE THRU GLOBE WIRELESS.
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