Frisnit Navtex Decoder

Have you heard of Frisnit - do you use it?

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Is it free Navtex decoding software which I could put on my laptop (which is connected to a radio receiver, Realistic DX-394) ?

I don't quite get what it actually is. I have JVComm at the moment. cheers Jerry
 
It's a website. If you have an internet connection you just go the website and read the Navtex messages in the area you are located in by selecting from the drop down lists on the left of the screen.

http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navtex/view.cgi

It works in the same way as "Marine Traffic" ie people around the world who are receiving and decoding the messages over radio feed the data to the website over the internet. It has been around for years but, I suspect, very few people here seem to use it.

You can also download the free decoding software to a PC or Mac so that you can decode messages from a receiver by plugging the audio into the PC soundcard.
 
OR4751 said:
Don't see how it offers anything my dedicated Furuno Navtex doesn't?
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It doesn't when you are at sea -

However, it does have its uses eg the website plots the location of Nav Warnings received so before you sail you can look to see if there are any warnings that may affect you and, if so, take a print.

http://www.frisnit.com/cgi-bin/navt...7e0a350fe59f32de279cd&offset=0&map=fullscreen

Click on the "blue spade" to read the relevant nav warning

Edited to add - like everthing internetty there is no guarantee that every navtex message sent is on the site.

So back to my original question. Does anybody use it? Looks like no
Should I continue uploading to it - the jury is out
 
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Since I have Navtex aboard, which gives me much better reception than the internet, this Frisnit thing has no relevance for me.
Can it give the Inshore Forecast? Or does it just give the equivalent of 510khz?
 
NormanS said:
Since I have Navtex aboard, which gives me much better reception than the internet, this Frisnit thing has no relevance for me.
Can it give the Inshore Forecast? Or does it just give the equivalent of 510khz?
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Think it's just 510Khz.
Can be handy when you're not onboard to run through nav warnings.
 
GHA said:
Think it's just 510Khz.
Can be handy when you're not onboard to run through nav warnings.
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I had a quick play with it yesterday and there were a handful of stations uploading 490KHz messages. The majority seem to be 510 only though.

Pete
 
Never seen it before. A possible supplement to listening to all the Nav Warnings that the CG broadcast.

Does it cover GunFax and SubFax? I find them impenetratable to listen to, especially the way the DTG are read out.
 
In principle a great idea; unfortunately it depends on people posting the information on a routine basis. I had a look for broadcasts from Portpatrick and Malin head, and there weren't any. There are also few if any HAM operators contributing that would be in a position to receive their broadcasts.

It would be handy in the filter settings to allow "any" in the Receiver list; as a user of NavTex I don't care who has received the information, just that it is present!
 
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