Weather Fax On Portable Shortwave?

[jmac]

I'm considering having a portable short wave radio as a backup for weather and understand you can hook up to a PC to receive faxes. I've looked (almost) everywhere for the how to but cannot find any detail. Is there anyone here can help please?

MTIA

[Bill]

Originally Posted by jmac

I'm considering having a portable short wave radio as a backup for weather and understand you can hook up to a PC to receive faxes. I've looked (almost) everywhere for the how to but cannot find any detail. Is there anyone here can help please?

MTIA

I don't know if it works, or even if he knows what he's talking about, but here's a link to one guy's take on it.

http://yachtpals.com/how-to/weatherfax

[MMNETSEA]

Originally Posted by jmac

I'm considering having a portable short wave radio as a backup for weather and understand you can hook up to a PC to receive faxes. I've looked (almost) everywhere for the how to but cannot find any detail. Is there anyone here can help please?

MTIA

Greetings,

If you go to our Cruising Wiki (also a link at the top of this page, below the Banner) -> Contents -> then to Communications at Sea - you should find what you are looking for.

If you need more info. come back with questions - many of our members use their HF radios for weather and emails.

Regards

Richard

[Frank]

Originally Posted by Bill

I don't know if it works, or even if he knows what he's talking about, but here's a link to one guy's take on it.

http://yachtpals.com/how-to/weatherfax

Makes sense to me..... but I don't think the yachtboy 400 is on the market any more.... I would buy a Sony ICF-SW7600GR rather than the Grundig G4000A.

I may even try the suggested software myself...

Frank

[MMNETSEA]

Originally Posted by Frank

I may even try the suggested software myself...

If we are all talking about the same subject ie,, getting weather on your computer via a shortwave receiver - there is software :- SeaTTY 2.0 and http://www.programurl.com/weather-st...on-your-pc.htm

If we are talking about HF radio - another matter.

Richard

[Frank]

Originally Posted by MMNETSEA

If we are all talking about the same subject ie,, getting weather on your computer via a shortwave receiver -

Richard

Well that's what I understand the question to be.. wefax from a portable sw receiver

Frank

[JeanneP]

Years ago there were several boats we met as we crossed the Pacific who couldn't afford an SSB radio, but they had a shortwave receiver - a radio - that they used to receive WEFAX. They ran a connection from the headphones plug on the radio to the input on their computer, and it worked.

Actually, I did the same with our little SONY all-band radio to see if it would work. Tuning was a bit more difficult than on our SSB, but it worked. And it would have looked like the fellow's on the link except that Peter is a bit neater with his wires running around the boat.