Weather fax
Japanese weather fax from Kyodo News
A weather fax (also Wefax ) is a radio service with a special type of modulation with which either gray-scale satellite images or monochrome weather maps are usually sent on shortwave .
For shipping, complete weather fax receivers with printers are available from Furuno and Fastnet.
Colloquially, meteorological fax on-demand services are also referred to as weather faxes.
The radio transmission of fax images is popular with radio amateurs because it is narrow-band and resistant to interference and can be sent, received and displayed with relatively simple means ( PC with sound card and suitable software ).
See also
- NAVTEX (weather and safety reports in shipping by telex)
- DDH47 (German transmitter for teletype and fax weather reports)
Web links
- Weather fax in the Signal Identification Wiki (audio files, waterfall graphics and other information).
- Bonito MeteoCom, international MeteoServer (multilingual)
- Weather fax isobar map from today Thursday 27 Aug 2020 - not from DWD
- Soil pressure map from March 8, 2009
- German Weather Service (DWD)
- National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- Receipt of weather data on shortwave
- Instructions for receiving weather maps on shortwave
