. Receiver is a Grundig YB 400PE. I'm very new to SW (4 days ?) ; I'm a
sailor needing weatherfax and voice weather at sea.
I used the list of USCG stations at the bottom of the page, and the
jvcomm32 weatherfax program and got nothing ( the program seems fine, and
communicated to the computer OK) I just ended up with junk pictures. I also
cant pick up voice weather on listed stations. I can get foreign stations in
the 49 meter band , so the Grundig seems to work -

Some questions - I read that I'm to "tune radio to 4608.1 kHz" for a
4610.0 kHz station, but I cant get the Grundig to go to a decimal frequency.
Am I right in assuming I'm to use the fine tuning made possible by the SSB
switch ?

Am I overly optimistic in assuming I should be able to get Boston easily
from Long Island New York ?

Any pointers greatly appreciated -











NMF, US Coast Guard, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Frequencies:

4235.0 kHz: 0230-1015 UTC (tune radio to 4233.1 kHz)

6340.5 kHz: 0000-2400 UTC (tune radio to 6338.6 kHz)

9110.0 kHz: 0000-2400 UTC (tune radio to 9108.1 kHz)

12750.0 kHz: 1430-2215 UTC (tune radio to 12748.1 kHz)

CARRIER FREQUENCY IS 1.9 kHz BELOW THE ASSIGNED FREQUENCY

Mode: 120 RPM, IOC: 576

Schedule:

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Time UTC Product RPM/IOC VALID MAP

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0230/1430 TEST PATTERN 120/576

0233/1433 PRELIMINARY SURFACE ANALYSIS 120/576 00/12 1

0243/---- BROADCAST SCHEDULE (PART 1) 120/576

----/1443 96 HR 500MB PROG 120/576 0000 4

----/1453 96 HR SURFACE PROG 120/576 0000 4

0254/---- BROADCAST SCHEDULE (PART 2) 120/576