any ways to test a receiver?
Hello Kyle,
Weather Fax broadcasts are not voice broadcasts.The transmitting station is
sending a picture which when completely received is a weather map.These are
sent on short wave frequencies,so if your radio is an AM/FM broadcast radio
only,you are out of luck.
You will need a weather fax unit which includes the printer.You must
manually put rolls of paper in the machine.
For the North Pacific,the USCG at San Fran,Honolulu and Kodiak AK transmit
weather maps.
Can't help you with times or frequencies as it's been 9 years since I
retired from working in the Bering Sea.
Along the US coasts you can get FM voice weather broadcasts from the
weather service with a marine VHF radio,but the range is limited.
Offshore,you can get AM weather broadcasts from WWV but I dont recall the
times.This are also short wave broadcasts on 2.500,5.000,10.000,15.000,and
20.000 Mhz.
When I was working,the most popular WXFAX machine was made by FURUNO.The
station,times and freq of broadcasts are included in the operators manual.
Good luck finding what you need/want
Joe W7KQU
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