HF Weather Fax

Shortwave listening. BBC World Service, Deutsche Welle etc

Moderator: Tyranus

Post Reply
vk6hgr
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 2610
Joined: Thu Feb 24, 2005 10:33 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6HGR
Scanners and Receivers: Various Yaesu, Kenwood, Tait, Simoco and Philips'
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Contact:

HF Weather Fax

Post by vk6hgr »

Hi Folks.

Been seeing what my Yaesu FT857 and wire antenna can do.

The bureau of meteorology transmit these faxes over HF radio to ships at sea using two stations, one at each end of the continent. More info here: http://www.bom.gov.au/marine/marine_weather_radio.shtml

This was received from VMW on 5755kHz USB. The slant of the picture is due to timing problems with my PC. HF Fax software usually will have a function to correct it. It took almost 20 minutes to receive.

Image
Gavin Rogers; VK6HGR
http://vk6hgr.ampr.org/
WARSUG forum administrator
Site and stream donations: https://www.paypal.me/vk6hgr
Tyranus
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 3746
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 5:41 pm
Amateur callsign: VK6FWDH
Scanners and Receivers: UBC93XLT
Location: Helena Valley
Contact:

Re: HF Weather Fax

Post by Tyranus »

Ooooooo very cool! Never thought about that! :P
Stirling SES
Team Leader (Stirling 53)
Vertical Rescue Team Member
K9 7 Support

VK6FWDH
ex-Darlington FB
WARSUG Demi-God I mean Mod
If stupidity got me into this mess, why can't it get me out.
Image
Nick
150+ posts
150+ posts
Posts: 271
Joined: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:55 am

Re: HF Weather Fax

Post by Nick »

Setting up the sound card straightens up the fax nicely. I use multipsk for all the digital modes successfully and setting up the sound card was dead easy. It has a nice graph that makes selecting the frequency easy as well
Bonez
Moderator
Moderator
Posts: 807
Joined: Sun Nov 20, 2005 5:37 pm
Location: Perth, WA

Re: HF Weather Fax

Post by Bonez »

That is awesome, thanks for sharing Gav. I knew the service existed but I'd never seen a real picture of what it would look like.
SOL
Posts: 21
Joined: Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:55 am
Location: Perth

Re: HF Weather Fax

Post by SOL »

There's a long history with the WX fax and it's very interesting.
Google "VIP Perth Radio" (now closed) and you should be able to get some really interesting information and links on the coastal marine stations. The current WX fax is transmitted from WMV Wiluna WA and VMC Charleville Qld.
All good stuff. :D
And it's great for setting the sound card timmings as mentioned.

Sol
Noel Taylor
Post Reply