RE: [Paddlewise] B.C. coastal weather forecasts

On 9 May 2005 at 11:47, kayakwriter_at_netscape.net wrote:

> You can receive
> weather forecasts fine (the weather channels, unlike the VHF channels,
> seem to be the same in Canada as the US - I don't need to flick my VHF
> from Canadian mode to US mode to hear US forecasts when I'm in the
> Gulf Islands)

The weather channel assignments are shown at the bottom of the 
following page:

http://www.kayakforum.com/cgi-
sys/cgiwrap/guille/wiki.pl?Marine_Frequencies

Environment Canada broadcasts regular forecasts on WX1-WX4 typically
in such a way that they don't overlap in area (i.e. they are local to
a city or county) and the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) uses the 
indicated
channels for marine forecasts.  The two use slightly different units
of measure (e.g. barometric pressure in mb for marine and kPa 
otherwise)
and marine use radio protocols (e.g. numbers read out one digit at a 
time).

Mike
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