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Re:Receiving NOAA Weather Satellite Images with $10 USB SDR ... by reaperducer on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:12PM (#18583196)
Back in my shortwave days, we would do this with regular short wave radios and whatever home computer you had — Commodore 64, Apple ][, etc... Much simpler, and cheaper.

I think the service was called WEFAX, but my memory is a little hazy. It was used to send weather maps and satellite photos to ships at sea.

Does this still exist on shortwave, or is it all on satellite now?

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Re:Receiving NOAA Weather Satellite Images with $10 USB SDR ... by urubu on Sunday December 02, 2018 @12:22PM (#18583255)
It's still very much alive on shortwave. Here's a US ham demoing it: https://youtu.be/ZB1Fz294aLw
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