Amateur radio maritime net

The Net is on the air evey day on We started with the Italian Maritime Net on October of the year , and we have served several vessels sailing in the Atlantic outside the Coast of Brasil, Africa and busy in Ocean Passages. We established the best hour of the day to run the Net to have the better conditions of propagation, we choosed the evening hours that permit us to reach by our radio stations a large part of the Atlantic. We usually work on SSB but sometimes we have some contacts on radiotelegraphy and in digital modes when there are vessels very far from our transmitting site Cape Horn, Falkland Islands, Cape Town. We pick up weather informations from Official Meteorological Bureau.

Forgot Password? Amateur Radio played a crucial role in two recent at-sea rescues. The Ortizes were last reported to be safe in Tahiti. Another vessel, Athos of London , also had been diverted to help, but that vessel did not have an HF radio on board and could not be called off until after Continuum had arrived on the scene and rescued the Ortizes.

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