VOLMET Freqs.

[Charles W. Doolittle-Scovish]

I would appreciate VOLMET freqs, especially Gander & New York.

Thanks,
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Charles W. Doolittle-Scovish
doo...@rpi.edu n1...@acm.rpi.edu
N1SPX
Frequencies at http://acm.rpi.edu/~n1spx

[Bernie Rataj]

In article <4dc1bd$s...@usenet.rpi.edu>,

"Charles W. Doolittle-Scovish" <doo...@rpi.edu> wrote:
>I would appreciate VOLMET freqs, especially Gander & New York.
>
>
>Thanks,

Gander+NY 3485 6604 10051 13270kHz
Shannon 3413 8957 5505 13264kHz
RAF Drayton 4715 11193kHz

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Bernie Rataj br...@interlog.com qth://toronto.on.ca
Member: Ontario DX Association
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[Chris Arnold]

"Charles W. Doolittle-Scovish" <doo...@rpi.edu> wrote:

>I would appreciate VOLMET freqs, especially Gander & New York.

Could you explain to me what VOLMET is. I am new to the hobby.

Thanks

Chris

[Ray Woodward]

In article <4deqvr$f...@news.paonline.com>, Chris Arnold
<Chris....@riconnect.com> commented :

>"Charles W. Doolittle-Scovish" <doo...@rpi.edu> wrote:
>
>>I would appreciate VOLMET freqs, especially Gander & New York.
>
>
>Could you explain to me what VOLMET is. I am new to the hobby.

VOL = "voice" (I think it actually comes from the Latin spelling).

MET = "meteorlogical" (weather).

Thus VOLMET = voice weather

Over here in Europe we have a very active Shannon VOLMET from Ireland on
(amongst others) 8957, 5505 and [nightime] 3413 USB.

--

Ray

[raywo...@enterprise.net]

[David Cripps]

>
>Could you explain to me what VOLMET is. I am new to the hobby.

>
>Could you explain to me what VOLMET is. I am new to the hobby.

Volmet (I think) stands for Voice Meterological Broadcasts.

Basically they are a brief overview of the weather conditions at various
airports, given in a fixed format, for pilots.

The reports are cyclic and cover about 15 different locations.

The reports cover (from memory)

The time the weather report was compliled (in GMT/UTC)

Wind direction and speed in knots

Temp' (in 'C) and due point

Cloud cover in oktas (eigths of the sky, so four oktas is half the sky
is covered by cloud)

Visibility (in '000 feet)

general weather (rain, snow, etc)

Air pressure (in mBars) and the trend (rising, falling, slowly, quickly)

One abreviation is CAV-OK, which stands for conditions and visibility OK

All interesting stuff for pilots and for checking the propogation
conditions on
shortwave.

One thing to remember is that the Transmissions are all on USB. Basically
the
transitter only transmit the modulated voice without a carrier. So your
radio
must have a BFO (beat freq osscilator) or a SSB switch to re-insert the
carrier
to make the whole thing intelligible.

Freqs used in the UK are 3413, 5640, 8957 and for the RAF 4715, 11193 KHZ.

Good luck

Dave Cripps G7IDB
d-cr...@dircon.co.uk

[David Cripps]

[Kevin Redding]

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CA> Could you explain to me what VOLMET is. I am new to the hobby.

Chris,?

From Rhode Island? Are you that Chris Arnold?

Volmet is aeronautical information for international air traffic.

Kevin

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[Roger Pettengill]

Chris....@riconnect.com (Chris Arnold) wrote:

>"Charles W. Doolittle-Scovish" <doo...@rpi.edu> wrote:
>
>>I would appreciate VOLMET freqs, especially Gander & New York.
>
>

>Could you explain to me what VOLMET is. I am new to the hobby.
>

VOLMET stations broadcast aviation weather information to aircraft in
flight. They are transmit-only stations that broadcast on set
schedules. Several VOLMET stations in a given area share common
frequencies. Each one taking its turn on the air for a given amount of
time each half-hour.

VOLMET is French for "flying weather."

Roger - rog...@westnet.com