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does anyone know why for the last two nights the international distress and calling frequency has been dead for the last two nights ?

perhaps no one has been in distress?

Is there still traffic on there? Interesting.

Heard traffic on 2182 about 3 weeks ago, not seen any info to say that the freq has been discontinued for Distress etc.

I used to hear Ostende radio every night strange why I don’t hear anything anymore Allthough I usually get about plus 10 dB of static QRM on a night tho

I was under the impression, rightly or wrongly, that 2182 was no longer actively monitored.

I read it on the internet, so it must be true?

Pete good evening to your'e good self no thank god it is not true one night when UK rescue was dead I left 2.182 and heard lots of foreign stations like Ostende radio I was over the moon went wild even
Last autumn It will of been because HF short wave propogation is never has good in the autumn slash winter months.

A belated good evening to yourself yagiman!

I'll be giving it a bit of a listen and see if anything comes out of the hiss but the bands have been up and down recently.

Have you heard anything interesting Pete

Pete
Yes it’s still active

HMRC are active and monitoring it - they say this every day on the VHF safety broadcasts,

Sorry what is HMRC

yagiman wrote: ↑18 Apr 2021, 13:24 Sorry what is HMRC

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs.

It should be Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)

paulears wrote: ↑17 Apr 2021, 22:27 HMRC are active and monitoring it

They can't even answer the 'phone, how long does it take them to answer an HF distress call‽ Or maybe that's the trick to getting hold of them?