[HCDX] Hong Kong Yacht Races - Weather Broadcast Schedule

["Guy Atkins" <dx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Here is information I received today from Ailsa Angus at the Royal Hong Kong
Yacht Club.

Guy Atkins
Puyallup, WA USA


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Weather Broadcasts
The Sailing Office will again broadcast special weather forecasts for boats
returning to Hong Kong for Philippines on 8749kHz.  These forecasts,
provided by Hong Kong Observatory, will be broadcast at the times shown
below.

Date			Time
19th April 2004	0833
20th April 2004	0833
21st April 2004	0833
22nd April 2004	0833
23rd April 2004	0833

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For those near enough to the region to hear the ship-to-shore and
ship-to-ship communications of the race itself, here are the published
details:


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POSITION REPORTING TIMES
Take Position	Radio Schedule
0800			0803
1800			1803

Frequencies/Channels:

SSB frequencies          	Ship transmits		Ship receives

Race Communications (Primary)      	4060 kHz 		4060 kHz

Race Communications (Secondary)    	2638 kHz		2638 kHz
and International ship to ship

International distress and calling	2182 kHz		2182 kHz

Supplementary distress and calling	4125 kHz		4417 kHz

Supplementary distress and calling	6215 kHz 		6516 kHz

International ship to ship		6218.6 kHz			6218.6 kHz

Transmission mode is J3E (SSB suppressed carrier) unless otherwise specified
for special purposes by your yacht's radio instruction manual.

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