Weatherfax - New Orleans?

[PaulJ]

I know it is fairly low on the list of priorities but does anyone know if the New Orleans Weatherfax station is still transmitting? I was rather hoping to be using it in a few month's time..... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Paul.

 

[HenryB]

Paul,
According to the NOAA site, the station is out of action -

As a result of Hurricane Katrina, all HF radiofacsimile, HF voice and NAVTEX weather broadcasts from United States Coast Guard New Orleans station NMG are inoperable. A USCG C-130 reconnaissance plane has reported the transmitter site as being dry, however, it may be quite some period of time before the commercial long-haul telecommunication lines and power to the site can be restored. An on site inspection is scheduled for SEP 02. All products intended for broadcast will continue to be made available via the Internet during this outage.

The USCG and NOAA are in the process of implementing alternatives to the HF radiofacsimile broadcast from New Orleans during this outage. The Boston radiofacsimile broadcast has been expanded to include a suite of products for the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico at starting times of 0452, 1028, 1824 and 2228 UTC. See the complete schedule at http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/hfmarsh.txt

Regards,

Henry

 

[TigaWave]

We never managed to get Orleans in the Caribbean but could get Boston on our TargetHF3, and used this until we picked up Northwood on the way back.

 

[PaulJ]

Many thanks both. Having got all this stuff up and running, it is nice to know that it won't be wasted.

Paul.