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gear:wx [2024/07/04 02:18] – [Canadian Marine Weather] Humphrey Boa-Gartgear:wx [2024/08/06 05:47] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== Weather Radio (WX) ====== ====== Weather Radio (WX) ======
  
-> “One, two, three, four, is it snowing where you are Mr. Thiessen? If it is, would you telegraph back to me?”+> “One, two, three, four... Is it snowing where you are Mr. Thiessen? If it is, would you telegraph back to me?”
  
 **Weather reports** have been an important part of radio usage since Day One. They now play a hand in guiding travel patterns, agriculture and global commerce. Nowadays there are all sorts of ways to get weather updates and alerts off of radio waves, including with a television and your cell phone. Even much of the weather data you read on the internet, only reaches it after first traversing through radio waves. **Big Weather doesn't want you to know this, but with //simple VHF technology//, you can get this lucrative data //anonymously & for free!//** **Weather reports** have been an important part of radio usage since Day One. They now play a hand in guiding travel patterns, agriculture and global commerce. Nowadays there are all sorts of ways to get weather updates and alerts off of radio waves, including with a television and your cell phone. Even much of the weather data you read on the internet, only reaches it after first traversing through radio waves. **Big Weather doesn't want you to know this, but with //simple VHF technology//, you can get this lucrative data //anonymously & for free!//**
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 ==== The Seven Frequencies ==== ==== The Seven Frequencies ====
  
-The seven frequencies, commonly referred to as **WX1-WX7**, do not actually go by those names. They are just labels that manufacturers use, and the frequencies they are assigned to vary between units. The frequencies are as follows:+The seven frequencies, commonly referred to as **WX1-WX7**, do not actually go by those names. They are just labels that manufacturers use, and the frequencies they are assigned to vary between units //(what some call "WX7" others will call "WX1")//. The frequencies are as follows:
  
   * **162.400 MHz**   * **162.400 MHz**
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   * **162 MHz** (Marine VHF Channel 28B)   * **162 MHz** (Marine VHF Channel 28B)
  
-This is for **marine weather** on the coasts and lakes specifically, as well as other important notices for mariners and sea freighters. These alerts also get played on some of the coastal NOAA weather stations. Sometimes they are referred to as **WX8-WX12**, which like the other "WX" designations, is unofficial. Regardless, they are sometimes included on weather radios.+This is for **marine weather** on the coasts and lakes specifically, as well as other important notices for mariners and sea freighters. These same alerts also get played on some of the main seven frequencies above. Sometimes they are referred to as **WX8-WX12**, which like the other "WX" designations, is unofficial. Regardless, these five extra channels are sometimes included on weather radios.
  
   * [[https://www.dxinfocentre.com/cmb.htm|List of CMB stations by region]]   * [[https://www.dxinfocentre.com/cmb.htm|List of CMB stations by region]]
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