#UTC CLOCK HAM RADIO MAC HOW TO#
#UTC CLOCK HAM RADIO MAC SOFTWARE#
#UTC CLOCK HAM RADIO MAC SERIES#

Like most things in this world you get what you pay for and some may prefer top of the range sets.

For us, there are receive only HF/SSB radios. Those, like me, whose passages are mainly not too far from the coast, may not want or need to get involved in marine or HAM HF radio licensing. Most blue water sailors are likely to have HF/SSB transceivers.

#UTC CLOCK HAM RADIO MAC HOW TO#

How to Receive RTTY- Dedicated HF/SSB radio For details, see the USCG Marine Weather Page. Nowadays, there is very little on SITOR of use in terms of weather. The two DWD programme schedules are available here For this period, the French, Spanish and even the Italian NAVTEX broadcasts are to be preferred. Conversely, I have never found the 24 hour forecast to be much use. Such winds are usually well predicted 4 and often 5 days ahead. It is a most valuable service for predicting the major strong wind systems such as Mistrals, Libeccios, Tramontanes etc. In the Mediterranean, most valuable is the 5 day forecast which seems to be used and very highly regarded by the majority of serious cruising yachtsmen. The values are straight from the DWD NWP model at a few grid points although these are sufficient to give an overall view and much quicker to receive than synoptic charts on radio fax. Particularly so are the 5 day outlooks, These give wind forecast every 12 hours for the 5 day period.

#UTC CLOCK HAM RADIO MAC SERIES#

Medium range weather report Mediterranean Sea (in English), Weather situation and time series forecast for 5 daysДЄround the North Sea and the Baltic this service is a useful supplement to NAVTEX.Weather situation and time series forecast for 2 days Weather report Eastern Mediterranean Sea (in German).Weather report Mediterranean Sea (in German), Weather situation and forecast valid for 24 hours.Medium range weather report North Sea, Weather situation and time series forecast for 5 daysFor the Mediterranean there are.Station reports North Sea and Baltic Sea.Weather report Norwegian Sea and Baltic Sea Route North Cape - Shetlands, The Quark - Gulf of Finland.Navigational warnings for North Sea, Baltic Sea and German coast.Weather report German North Sea and Baltic Sea coast, Weather situation and forecast valid for 12 hours.Weather forecast for the North Sea and Baltic Sea, Weather situation, forecast valid for 12 hours and outlook valid for another 12 hours.Strong wind, gale and storm warnings for German Bight, Western and Southern Baltic Sea, German North Sea and Baltic Sea coast.For more about SITOR see the Monitoring Times link or the USCG site.ДЄround Western Europe and the Mediterranean, the Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), the German Weather Service has accepted the responsibility to broadcast weather information for mariners on RTTY. The system is available over the Atlantic and Pacific including polar regions not served. The USCG also shares frequencies across multiple transmitters according to a schedule, rather like NAVTEX. The main advantage of RTTY/SITOR is the reception of information over an entire ocean area.

#UTC CLOCK HAM RADIO MAC SOFTWARE#

There is dedicated equipment to receive RTTY and SITOR but we can receive both using a standard HF/SSB receiver with software packages such as TRUETTY, JVcomm and SEATTY to decode the signals. A similar service is the USCG service, SITOR (Simplex Teletype Over Radio) providing offshore and coastal forecasts over very wide and remote areas from the tropics to the polar regions. Speeds are slow, even slower than NAVTEX. The technology dates back to the late 1950s and seems somewhat anachronistic. RTTY is a system for broadcasting text over radio.

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