From: pharden@zia.aoc.nrao.edu (Paul Harden)
Subject: HF WeFax Schedule for NPM/CFH (Long)
Organization: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Socorro NM
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 92 16:46:20 GMT

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WEFAX SCHEDULES for NPM (Pearl Harbor) and CFH (Halifax, Nova Scotia).
The HF WeFax schedule for NMN/NAM Norfolk, VA is well published and
available at .ftp.  As an alternative, the following are HF WeFax
Schedules for NPM (Pearl Harbor, HI) for Pacific and west coast U.S.
waters, and CFH (Halifax, NS) for Atlantic, east coast U.S./Canada.

Schedules are listed ONLY for 00-0700 UTC (North America evening hours).

***********************  U.S. Navy
*        N P M        *  Naval Weather & Oceonographic Center (NWOC)  
*  USN, PEARL HARBOR  *  
***********************  HF: 4025, 6440, 9090 kHz
   HF WEFAX SCHEDULE

   UTC    AREA   MAP CONTENT                NOTES
--------------------------------------------------------------------
   0000Z  ----   Schedule of Broadcasts               (30-min map)
   0030   EPAC   GEOS WX SAT, EPAC to West U.S.
   0045   PAC+   12Z Significant Wave Anal            /Polar Proj.  
   0100   PAC+   12Z Significant Surface              /Polar Proj.
   0130   EPAC   12Z 850mB Pressure         24hr PROG
   0145   EPAC   12Z 500mB Pressure         24hr PROG
   0200   WPAC   12Z 500mB Pressure         24hr PROG
   0215   EPAC   12Z 300mB Pressure         24hr PROG
   0230   WPAC   12Z 300mB Pressure         24hr PROG
   0300   WPAC   00Z Significant Wave       24hr PROG
   0315   WPAC   00Z Sea Ht. and temps      24hr PROG
   0330   WPAC   00Z Surface Analysis       
   0500   EPAC   00Z Significant Wave       48hr PROG /Polar Proj.
   0515   WPAC   00Z Significant Wave       48hr PROG /Polar Proj.
   0545   ---    Warnings (hurricanes, etc.) when in effect
   0600   ---    GEOS WX SAT, EPAC to West U.S.
   0615   PAC+   00Z Significant surface features     (30-min map)
                     (From China coast to Gulf of Mexico)
   0645   WPAC   GEOS WX SAT, China coast to Hawaii
   0700   EPAC   00Z 500mB Analysis
--------------------------------------------------------------------  
AREA: EPAC=East Pacific; WPAC=West Pacific; PAC+=East+West Pacific
MAPS: All are mercator projections unless otherwise noted

*********************   Canada Naval Communications Station
*       C F H       *   Ketch Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia
*    HALIFAX, NS    *  
*********************  HF: 4271, 6496, 10536 kHz (+13510 kHz)
   WEFAX SCHEDULE

    UTC    AREA    MAP CONTENT                NOTES
-------------------------------------------------------------------
   0000Z   NLANT1  12Z Significant Weather depiction
   0015    ---     Ice Chart (when valid)
   0100    NLANT2  18Z 850mB Forecast wind/temp/sea heights
   0300    EPAC    00Z 500mB Analysis                   /Polar Proj. 
   0315    NLANT3  00Z Surface Analysis                 /Polar Proj.
   0400    NLANT1  00Z Significant Wave Anal
   0415    NLANT1  12Z Significant Wave Anal /12hr PROG  
   0430    EPAC    00Z 850mB Analysis                   /Polar Proj.
   0500    NLANT1  00Z Isobaric Analysis     /24hr PROG
   0515    NLANT1  00Z Significant Wave Anal /24hr PROG
   0600    NLANT1  18Z Significant Weather Depiction
   0615    NLANT1  12Z Significant Wave Anal /36hr PROG
   0700    NLANT2  00Z 850mB Forecast wind/temp/sea heights
--------------------------------------------------------------------
AREA: NLANT1 Boston  north to Newfoundland, east to 20W
      NLANT2 Norfolk north to Newfoundland, east to 30W
      NLANT3 Gulf of Mexico north to mid Atlantic, east to 10W
      EPAC   Pacific 140W to Atlantic 20W (Polar Projection)
Ice Charts for areas of interest and may include Gulf of St.
      Lawrence, Hudson Straits and eastern Arctic waters.

NOTE: All maps are 10-15 minute WeFax maps; the gaps in the times
listed above are used by CFH to broadcast weather info by plain
english RTTY 75-baud, RX inverted. Though plain language (not
encrypted), the station listings of hourly weather may appear to
be encrypted. They are usually a 3 or 4 letter station ID followed
by a series of numbers for current weather conditions. About 10
minutes before the hour is the plain language sysnopsis and
forecast, followed on the hour by the next WeFax broadcasts.

The above is derived from *on the air* broadcasts as received
over the past 30 days or so and not based on any official
schedule released by the stations.  I.e., strictly from my log
book/SW receiver/MFJ-1278/9-pin printer/and disk drive with
0 bytes free!

Hope this helps some for those looking for HF WeFax.
Good DX, 73, Paul Harden NA5N

DISCLAIMER: The views above may not be those of my employer or
the observatory. And the file was loaded over lunch during a
power failure when I could do nothing else.