Dave Kruger wrote: > How did you determine, ahead of time, what freqs, modes, and times to use? This was from a mixed bag of sailing guide info from Captains Nautical in Seattle which provided numerous station/frequency/time references and some web browsing. Radio Havana answered my e-inquiry directly with a listing of frequencies/times/program content. The "local knowledge" of greatest use in weather prediction near northern Cuba was to ask fisherfolk and others where/when broadcasts could be heard. Often broadcasts of the same information are carried on different frequencies. I found that the recommend frequencies were not always the same nor were they those on which I found the best reception. Some experimentation and a bit of record keeping was necessary. The sailing community is better orgainzed to share this material. Rich > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR Dave Kruger wrote: > > Richard Mitchell wrote: > > > > More on the weather: > > > > Local knowledge and the weather... [snip] > > > When "local knowledge" is insufficient... > > > > We have just returned from kayaking in the Jumentos Cays, 65 > > miles north of Cuba at the eastern edge of the Bahamas Bank. > > Population of 30 within 600 square miles. No VHF, NOAA, or other > > ready made weather broadcasts. In these circumstances we pieced > > together a patchwork of AM, FM and SSB broadcasts from radio > > stations in Florida, Cuba and the offshore SSB data provided by > > the U.S. Coast Guard. The trick was to identify all the relevant > > frequencies and times in advance and have them handy > > (pre-programmed into your radio if possible). Most broadcasts > > are not continuous but less frequent -- every 6 hours typically, > > last only a half minute, and must be recognized by reference to > > latitude/longitude or general area. > > How did you determine, ahead of time, what freqs, modes, and times to use? > > -- > Dave Kruger > Astoria, OR -- Richard G. Mitchell, Jr. Department of Sociology Oregon State University Corvallis, OR 97331 U.S.A. (541) 752-1323 phone/fax mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jan 07 1999 - 01:23:30 PST
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