[Elecraft] OT: HF weather fax

[w4grj]

I receive wefax all the time using fldigi software via soundcard.
There is an extensive amount of wefax transmissions around the globe.
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/rfax.pdf

North America I use 
New Orleans http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/gulf.shtml
Boston http://weather.noaa.gov/fax/marsh.shtml

Good Luck,
Jack
W4GRJ




-----Original Message-----
From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of a45wg
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 8:08 AM
To: Clint
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: HF weather fax

Clint,
       Your brother will find it easier to revise the 518 Khz NavText
messages - which are transmitted every 6 hours (if memory serves me
correct). They are a simply RTTY format. I tried for long time to get HF
WeFAX to work - but the number of stations transmitting it are extremely few
and far between. They are more local +/- 1500 kms (more than enough for
coastal use). There are some small black boxes available which do this - for
< $200 - which may be worth looking at.

Should you want a more high-tech solution then I would recommend a Pactor 3
Modem (alas not cheap), an HF Radio and a small laptop (or Raspberry Pi) -
and connect to a mail server using SailMail - and receive a GRIB file -
which allows you to do much better weather modelling than some nasty Fax
every did. It takes less than 90 seconds to receive the GRIB files (assuming
you are not taking masses of data like wave height etc).

Fair winds & 73s

   Tim - A45WG

> On 11 Apr 2016, at 01:28, Clint <clint.stark at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
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> I am looking for a simple Windows 7, 8, 10 program that can decode 
> NOAA HF weather faxes using a laptop soundcard. I am helping my bro 
> set-up his boat and a Marine SSB/Ham radio.
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> Most programs I see are older, run Lunix or are to complex, we need 
> something simple. Any ideas?
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> Clint
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