Nasa Radiotelex Weatherman questions

[nimrod1230]

I have been used to the standard Navtex systems in the past but have now inherited the above Weatherman and simply don't seem to be able to set it up or understand the messages!
Anyone able to give some simple guidance or an idiots guide. Many thanks.

 

[bendyone]

I got one on board, came with the boat, but so far not been able to get much sense out of it. Tried reading the instructions but not easy to understand

 

[prv]

You're not alone - I found one on a charter boat and without the instructions I was completely unable to make head or tail of it (and I'm one of those children-of-the-80s who can work most electronics by intuition).

That said, it looks like a good idea once you have it up and running. Get the manual from Nasa if it didn't come with the boat.

Pete

 

[CharlesSwallow]

Try this (takes a while to load)

...and the front cover is a bit dark

Weatherman Instruction Manual

http://www.safety-marine.co.uk/downloads/Nasa-Weatherman-Instruction-Manual.pdf?did=316

Chas

 

[nimrod1230]

Oh dear, sorry should have said I have the instruction manual. I have followed the book through but am none the wiser. Am getting lots of unintelligable german rubbish even though as far as I was concerned I had selected the stations on or off as required. Maybe I will need info for the Med in future but not now and certainly not in the foreign script I seem to be receiving. Don't go any further for now, I will contact NASA and see if they are able to point me in the right direction. I feel a bit better now to find I am not alone. Thanks.

 

[ChasP]

Weatherman is excellent for us cruising the English Channel. The 3 & 5 day forecasts are especially useful and these are suplemented by short term updates several times a day. The lat/long of forecast locations is also given so you know precisely where the forecast applies. I tend to look at SW North Sea, E Channel East, Lyme Bay, E Channel West, S of Ireland to show me how weather is moving. (other locations in the N Sea, E Atlantic and Med are also catered for).

There are 4 selectable broadcast wavelengths to choose from and reception varies on each during the day so best to keep screen on signal spectrum and to change wavelength as necessary. The signal spectrum should resemble two twin towers when a good signal is being received.

Persevere and you will find it extremely useful.

Charles

 

[ChasP]

Am getting lots of unintelligable german rubbish even though as far as I was concerned I had selected the stations on or off as required.

That is because you chose the one wavelenght which is broadcast in German. The other three wavelengths are all in English.

Charles

 

[prv]

OK, now I've read the instructions it seems clear enough, though a pity they don't go into much detail on the programming part which is key to it all. (Where I come from, saying things like "follow the instructions on screen" tends to mean that either the writer doesn't know how or that part of the software hasn't been written yet but the deadline for the manual is approaching )

Not a lot of help if yours doesn't seem to be behaving according to the book and I don't have one to play with.

Pete