Re: [Paddlewise] HF Internet

On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 2:13 AM, PeterO <rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com>wrote:

>
>
> Well your guidance worked very well. All I had to do was connect the
> computer internal sound card to my SW radio earphone output, download two
> pieces of software: Weatherfax 2000 and Comm32; and after an afternoon of
> tuning the audio signal its working remarkably well.
>
> Peter... that's terrrific. Thanks for the update. Frankly I have not played
with this stuff for a long time. But I am planning to move into some of the
new amateur digital modes using one of the tiny QRP units. I do have several
mobile ham HF transceivers which I am going to install on the muthah-ship so
it's nice to know that the sound card interface works!!!

You might like to know that I garnered a bit of a reputation around here by
using weatherfax. When Sue and I first moved to the farm in Royal City we
took over an alfalfa operation. One of the big problems with alfalfa is that
you need 5 to 7 days of rain-free weather after cutting (swathing) to dry
the crop before it's suitable to bale. Any significant rain can completely
ruin a US$30k harvest.  I used my ham radio gear to go back to the
weatherfax frequencies and watch the storms making their way across the
northern North Pacific. After a bit of time I could determine that it
generally took a storm with a low pressure of less than about 910mb to
produce rain here after passing over the 12,000 foot Cascade Mountains.
After a few years the other operators started to notice that I never got
caught in the rain and began to mimic me.... cutting when I did even when
lots of others already had their alfalfa on the ground. I wonder what they
did when I moved away. LOL.

Glad this system is working for you. Please keep us all updated about how it
works in real life paddling.


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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