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Subject: Re: [worldcruising] Weather Fax Reception Question
From: Jean-Marie Houle (houle.jean-marie@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Feb 10 2002 - 20:32:45 EST
>Hi all...
>
>I'm at home practicing receiving hf weather faxes...
>
>Ok, I'm a geek...
>
>Anyway, I seem to be having a little trouble getting my receiver
>(Sangean ats-803a)tuned
>properly...
>
>The instructions on the NOAA site say to tune your receiver 1.9 Khz
>lower than the
>advertised freq. and then set if for USB...
>
>My receiver doesn't have a "fixed" USB, it has a BFO knob that I'm
>using tha same way
>I do when I'm listening to two Ham's yap, I use the BFO to tune out
>the beat frequency...
>
>Anyway, I don't seem to be getting anything intelligible out...
>
>Any help would be appreciated...
>
>Thanks,
>Chuck
Try this:
Tune the receiver to the advertised frequency then tune the BFO 1.9
KHz lower than the center position. If you get it wrong, the image
will appear in reverse video (White on black) then tune the BFO the
opposite direction.
What are you using as a decoder? It might include a tuning indicator.
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