=
=I doubt you can receive weather faxes with a receiver only. How would
=you go telling your correspondent when and what to send unless you
=also have transmit capabilities.
=List: please comment on this.
Actually, Marine WeFax are transmitted in the blind on a regular schedule
around the world. The best link describing this that I know of is this one:
http://www.hffax.de/HF-Fax/HF-Fax%20schedules/fax_schedules.html which
lists freqs, times, coverage area, and charts for each area. Many books on
marine HF communications lists the frequencies and times for particular
WeFax charts, but each station will also periodically transmit as a
WeFax-type chart itself a schedule of times, coverages, and type of WeFax
chart in it's schedule. Most good WeFax software can now be programmed to
pick out the charts you want, if you pretune the radio and leave the
equipment on.
A good reciever will also be able to pick up NAVTEX, which TXs in a kind of
alphanumeric shorthand basic weather information you can plot by hand
(NAVTEX also transmits safety, hazard to navigation and related
information). Here's information on NAVTEX
http://www.hffax.de/HF-Fax/HF-Fax%20listings/fax_listings.html .
One can also listen to voice only HF weather transmissions from the USCG and
other organizations as well as listen in on HAM and Marine SSB cruising nets
to get and plot weather. Actually, just listening to and plotting reports
from the cruising fleet can give a pretty good idea how weather is shaping
up. I've known many cruisers out in the SoPac who had only a reciever, a
demodulator, and a computer.
I like to have a reciever like the Grundig YB set up to capture WeFax so
that I don't have to do a lot of cable switching and plugging and
un-plugging to go from Ham/SSB communications to WeFax and back. Plus, a
good all band receiver is just a great cockpit companion on a long night
watch--tune in the BBC, Radio Duecha Bella, CBC, etc to keep me company and
caught up on the news.
Rick the Mouseherder - nh2f
Westsail 32 Xapic
Annapolis, MD
A small boat and a suitcase full of money
beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank.
Visit our Westsail 32 Xapic
http://www.abs.net/~nh2f
The Westsail Owners Assn. Homepage
http://www.erols.com/woax
=
=I doubt you can receive weather faxes with a receiver only. How would
=you go telling your correspondent when and what to send unless you
=also have transmit capabilities.
=List: please comment on this.
=
Actually, Marine WeFax are transmitted in the blind on a regular schedule
around the world. The best link describing this that I know of is this one:
http://www.hffax.de/HF-Fax/HF-Fax%20schedules/fax_schedules.html which
lists freqs, times, coverage area, and charts for each area. Many books on
marine HF communications lists the frequencies and times for particular
WeFax charts, but each station will also periodically transmit as a
WeFax-type chart itself a schedule of times, coverages, and type of WeFax
chart in it's schedule. Most good WeFax software can now be programmed to
pick out the charts you want, if you pretune the radio and leave the
equipment on.
A good reciever will also be able to pick up NAVTEX, which TXs in a kind of
alphanumeric shorthand basic weather information you can plot by hand
(NAVTEX also transmits safety, hazard to navigation and related
information). Here's information on NAVTEX
http://www.hffax.de/HF-Fax/HF-Fax%20listings/fax_listings.html .
One can also listen to voice only HF weather transmissions from the USCG and
other organizations as well as listen in on HAM and Marine SSB cruising nets
to get and plot weather. Actually, just listening to and plotting reports
from the cruising fleet can give a pretty good idea how weather is shaping
up. I've known many cruisers out in the SoPac who had only a reciever, a
demodulator, and a computer.
I like to have a reciever like the Grundig YB set up to capture WeFax so
that I don't have to do a lot of cable switching and plugging and
un-plugging to go from Ham/SSB communications to WeFax and back. Plus, a
good all band receiver is just a great cockpit companion on a long night
watch--tune in the BBC, Radio Duecha Bella, CBC, etc to keep me company and
caught up on the news.
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Rick the Mouseherder - nh2f
Westsail 32 Xapic
Annapolis, MD
A small boat and a suitcase full of money
beats a 40 footer tied to the Bank.
Visit our Westsail 32 Xapic
http://www.abs.net/~nh2f
The Westsail Owners Assn. Homepage
http://www.erols.com/woax
