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-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of a45wg Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 8:08 AM To: Clint Cc: elecraft@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.st...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > 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. > > Most programs I see are older, run Lunix or are to complex, we need > something simple. Any ideas? > > > > Clint > > KI6SSN > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email > list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to > a4...@sy-edm.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to w4...@satterfield.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
