It seems that our HFHigh Frequency – usually refers to HF radio which is long range digital radio that Berrimilla used to send all but a few of the logs on both circumnavigations. The radio was connected via a Pactor 3 digital modem to Alex’s laptop and used the Sailmail software application called Airmail to send emails and pull in emails, weather and GRIB files. Airmail also supports Iridium satellite telephone messaging and Alex used this as backup when the HF radio died approaching England. may not be transmitting – it’s an ICOM M802 with an ATF130 tuner and a pactor 11pro controller. It receives weather faxes ok and I heard TaupoA region in New Zealand but here referring to Taupo Radio, a NZ radio station for sailors with long range capability. a couple of days ago but it won’t connect to sailmailSailmail is the system that Berrimilla uses for email communication. It is a non-profit association of yacht owners operating a network of private coast stations in the maritime Mobile Radio Service. and I have not been able to talk to AmodinoSteel boat built in NZ and sailed through the North West Passage with us., only about 300 miles away, or Cambridge Bay, about 1100 miles or hear either of them. I’ve checked the external connections to the backstay and all seem ok – the microphone appears to be working and the set indicates that it is transmitting. I will look at the internal connections from backstay to tuner next. Anyone got any ideas as to where to go after that? Please keep it short if you have – I’ll have to pull it in by iridium. Thanks.
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