HF Radio and Water
13 December 2017 | Falmouth - Antiqua
Mandy and Frank
This is our first post of the season over HF (High Frequency Radio) or as often known as SSB Radio.
Hopefully it will work. It means we can send blog posts, emails and chat from anywhere even mid ocean without direct connection. It's fiddly and cranky and I will probably send this via Trinidad or Panama.
Typing on the waterproof keyboard of my trust Toughbook is also an issue... after all a poor typist always blames ........
We motored down to Falmouth yesterday and managed to buy some spares. So thanks to Julian & Karen at Watermaker Services I have repaired the water maker and had a shower!
The Signal Locker had a spare mast head transducer but we have yet to install it.
Mandy is still plucking up courage to climb the mast!
We dropped in to see Challenger 1 anchored near by hoping to see Dr Bob Ward but he was ashore.
We will try again first thing. So here goes .... posting by SSB.
We can also pick up your comments on the blog by SSB but NOT the ones from entered directly into Facebook.