Thread: NavTex receiver worthwhile in WA/OR?
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Default NavTex receiver worthwhile in WA/OR?
On Thu, 22 May 2008 20:24:08 -0700, Josh Assing
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for cruising around WA/San Juan Islands/Alaska/Oregon - would a navtex receive
be useful? It doesn't seem there's any stations in Washington/oregon area; so
the closest is SF & Alaska.

Thoughts?

There is a Navtex transmitter at Tofino, on the wet coast of Vancouver
Island. I expect that signals from that station would be weak or
non-existent in the inside waters. I don't know how much of the data
it broadcasts would be useful in Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia.


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