[GreenKeys] Who has a working WEATHER TELETYPE?

[tony.podrasky]

Hey Nick;

LOOKS GREAT!!!

UE,
K2EAA - TONY
NNNN
ZCZC


On 09/03/2019 04:57 PM, Nick England wrote:
> Here it is printed with a M28 weather symbol typebox:
> http://www.navy-radio.com/tty/tty-wx-02.JPG
>
> Some day I'll get around to connecting my computer to my teletypes - for
> now I have to send a message via AUTOSTART.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick England K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 3, 2019 at 7:51 PM tony.podrasky <tony.podrasky at gmail.com
> <mailto:tony.podrasky at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Richard;
>
>     It looks that way because that is what you'd see when you print
>     it out on a regular Teletype. When you print it on a Weather Teletype
>     the weather symbols will appear.
>
>     The NWS doesn't use those weather symbols anymore - at least not
>     where I've looked.
>
>     UE,
>     K2EAA - TONY
>     NNNN
>     ZCZC
>
>
>     On 09/03/2019 04:19 PM, Richard Knoppow wrote:
>      >     Well, this is plain text. The weather font I am familiar with has
>      > special symbols such as arrows indicating wind direction and symbols
>      > indicating sky cover along with the usual numbers and
>     punctuation. All
>      > upper case. Does NWS have this stuff on it?
>      >
>      > On 9/3/2019 3:10 PM, tony.podrasky wrote:
>      >> GA OMs;
>      >>
>      >> I'm looking for someone who has a working Weather Teletype
>      >> that he can play text to.
>      >>
>      >> I download various weather products from the NWS, and then
>      >> convert them to use the weather fonts.
>      >>
>      >> I believe if you play the text to a weather machine it should
>      >> work properly.
>      >>
>      >> Here is a sample:
>      >>
>      >> SANDIEGO/KSAN / 022351 GMT / WINDS )X- OR 150 DEGREES AT 07 KNOTS /
>      >> PREVAILING VISIBILITY 10 STATUTE MILES / FEW CLOUDS AT 06000
>     FEET / ,
>      >> 17000 FEET / , 20000 FEET / , 25000 FEET / TEMPERATURE* DEWPOINT
>     +28.0
>      >> +15.0 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / ALTIMETER 29.92 INCHES OF MERCURY /
>      >> REMARKS... AUTOMATED STATION WITH PRECIPITATION DISCRIMINATOR / SEA
>      >> LEVEL PRESSURE 1013.1 MILLIBARS / OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING INTER* CLOUD
>      >> DISTANT ( CUMULOSNIMBUS CLOUDS DISTANT ( AND ) MOVING & 6 HOUR
>      >> PRECIPITATION 00.00 INCHES / HOURLY TEMPERATURE* DEWPOINT +27.8
>     +15.0
>      >> DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 6 HOUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE +30.0 DEGREES
>      >> CENTIGRADE / 6 HOUR MINIMUM TEMPERATURE +26.1 DEGREES CENTIGRADE / 3
>      >> HOUR BAROMETRIC PRESSURE CHANGE 01.0 MILLIBARS AND FALLING THEN
>     STEADY /
>      >>
>      >> Any volunteers?
>      >>
>      >> If it works, maybe we can add this to the ITTY queue.
>      >>
>      >> UE,
>      >> K2EAA - TONY
>      >> NNNN
>      >> ZCZC
>      >>
>      >
>

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