Freeware Weather Fax Charts
If you have spent time listening to HF you may have noticed the distinctive sound of HF Fax, something I thought had disappeared 20 years ago.FAX seems like a very old technology now, although before the days of email the FAX machine was the only way to send near real-time images between people. HF Fax uses the same principle, but instead of squirting the tones down a phone line we modulate them onto an HF carrier.It’s still very slow, but if you are on a yacht in the middle of the Atlantic its a very low-cost alternative to using a Sat phone and data. The charts are still transmitted from a number of locations around the world, using very high power 5 to 20 KW HF stations, so reception is easy even with a modest antenna.You can use one of the to display the maps, this allows you to select the FAX overlay option in the top right-hand box, then region and download the image.can also be used to display the images on your screen.
Freeware Weather Fax Charts For Adults
Freeware Weather Fax Charts For Iphone
Using the schedule of transmissions tune your HF radio to 4608.1 KHz USB and set up FLdigi to your sound card. You will need to set the OP Mode to WEFAX then WEFAX-IOC576,If you miss the start of a transmission don’t worry, just leave the receiver and program running and it will sync and start decoding on the next image. The transmission schedule is quite extensive, so you never have to wait long to resolve an image.Here is an example from 4608 KHz decoded at 12:58 Hrs on 1/1/18The transmitted images change based on a schedule, one typical example is included below.