any ways to test a receiver?
 

hello, i am new to shortwave listening and i hope some of you long timers might be able to help me. I just got a kaito 1103, mainly to receive weather fax while out on my boat in California, but I am in utah now messing about with it, and I am wondering if 1)I just need more practice tuning, or 2)are there just no signals here I can hear, 3) or is my radio faulty? and how do I know which? I cannot seem to pull in any signal I can recognize as a broadcast, with the exception of the normal FMs and MF AM stations local to my home here. (1160).

I have strung the wire antenna about head high across several large windows inside my house, which is a normal 1 story brick bungalow. (no big steel beams or massive lead walls...). I found a string of posts on this forum from 2006 with a fellow named Matt who described exactly what I am going through and there were several suggestions to him of how to very carefully try to tune in, and I have been trying that, at all hours of the day and night, aware that many signals seem to propogate better at dusk, dawn, and night.

is there any way to test whether my radio is faulty, or is it just me?

thanks and happy holidays
Kyle

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

hello, thanks. yes, my receiver is a FM/shortwave/ SSB which I plug into my laptop to handle the fax receipt and dispaly the image. I am having trouble getting it all to work together so i was trying to find a way to make sure my radoi is not the culprit.

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