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Receiving hf weather fax using an rtl sdr receiver youtube. Dec 14, 2017 link to the black cat info on receiving. Wefax links apt decoder aptdecoder is a free software for recording and decoding signals transmitted by noaa poes apt enabled. On registering you get free access to forecast data for up to 48 hours ahead, as well as automatic login to the app. Listen to it like a radio, or connect it to your notebook or pc. A program to receive weather reports, navigational warnings and weather charts transmitted in rtty, navtex, pactor1 fec and hffax wefax modes on longwave and shortwave bands. Noaa, geostationary weather satellites that still use the sdus mode for transmission, and rtty, synop and navtex messages. Radiofax, and hf fax due to its common use on shortwave radio, is an analogue mode for transmitting monochrome images. Just hold your phone or tablet close to the speaker of your marine radio, sideband receiver or ham radio transceiver and start decoding weather fax images in minutes.
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