--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCI00000 Date: 08/11/95 From: PHILIPPE CADIC Time: 01:28pm \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: Sources PAscal Needed. -=> Note: Forwarded (from: HAM) by Philippe Cadic using timEd. Originally from Philippe Cadic (2:321/11.0) to All. Original dated: Aug 11 '95, 13:23 Hi All I'm looking for Pascal Sources that could alows me to Program a BAUDOT Coder / decoder so as to program my new communication protocol via Telephone. It goal: Replacing a 2400 Bauds Modem with a Sound BLaster Who Could help me ? ... ___ - Origin: MINIDOU BBS * 100% RADIO * I-NET Gateway * +33 47 679 189 (2:321/11) --- FMail/386 1.0g * Origin: MINIDOU BBS 100% RADIO I-NET Gateway +33 47 679 189 (2:321/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCI00001 Date: 08/12/95 From: MARIUS RENSEN Time: 08:21am \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: USCG News Commandant (G-TTM) U.S. Coast Guard Revised: 4 August 1995 Washington DC 20593 NEW AND CHANGED RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES MARINE WEATHER BROADCAST POLICY Coast Guard policy is to cooperate with the National Weather Service in the dissemination of meteorological safety information to mariners, improvement of marine broadcasts, and collection of marine weather observations, in accordance with 14 U.S.C. 147. Under that policy, the Coast Guard and National Weather Service meet three times each year to discuss means of improving this safety service to the maritime community. That policy is under review (see below). MORSE TELEGRAPHY DISCONTINUED (See below) ELECTRONIC MAIL The naming standard for Coast Guard electronic mail is now included in the Coast Guard Communications directory. Electronic mail can be sent to the Coast Guard over Internet by adding "@cgsmtp.comdt.uscg.mil" to the end of the Coast Guard electronic mail address described in this naming standard. NAVCEN COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARD INFORMATION ON INTERNET The Coast Guard Navigation Center is now Internet accessible though the World Wide Web, Gopher and anonymous FTP. Internet URLs are: WWW http://www.navcen.uscg.mil/ Gopher gopher.navcen.uscg.mil FTP ftp.navcen.uscg.mil CG DISTRICT NOTICES TO MARINERS NOW ON NAVCEN COMPUTER Notices from each district are now available and up-to-date. Information includes monthly notices to mariners and weekly supplements. GMDSS REQUIREMENTS NOW IN EFFECT 9 GHz Radar Transponders (SARTs) and GMDSS-approved VHF handhelds are required on all Safety of Life at Sea and U.S. Communications Act - regulated vessels by 1 February 1995. NAVTEX and 406 MHZ EPIRBs were required on ships on 1 February 1993. The telecommunications reform bills passed by the Senate (S.652) and now being considered by the House include provisions for GMDSS, marine radio delicensing, and privatization of ship inspections. FCC NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING CONCERNING MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS The FCC released an NPRM proposing several changes to existing maritime regulations (PR Docket 92-257). The comment due date is September 22nd. Among changes being proposed: - Low cost digital selective calling capability required on new marine radios for safety purposes. - Eliminating designation of VHF Commercial and Non-Commercial designation (allows more channel use by boaters). - Provisions for HF automatic link establishment radios. - VHF channel sharing with land mobile. - VHF channel for transmitting facsimile (AK only). - Allow 406 MHZ EPIRBs under existing ship license. - Expand permissible communications. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION CLARIFIES REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW SATELLITE SYSTEMS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GMDSS Most delegates at the International Maritime Organization's Radiocommunications Subcommittee, at its 40th Session, decided that an amendment to the Safety of Life at Sea Convention would be necessary before new satellite systems could be accepted as participating in the GMDSS. However, it did complete guidelines administrations could use when evaluating regional satellite systems providing maritime distress & safety services. VHF REQUIREMENTS FOR FOREIGN SHIPPING All ships in U.S. waters subject to the Bridge-to-bridge Act (20m or greater in length, etc) or participating in a vessel traffic service are required to carry VHF radios capable of tuning to the following U.S. national channels: Channel Frequency Description 05A 156.250 MHZ VTS (required only in Puget Sound) 22A 157.100 MHZ US-wide. CG liaison and maritime safety broadcasts. NAVY MARINE RADIOFACSIMILE BROADCASTS The U.S. Navy has delayed suspension of broadcasts of marine weather information by HF facsimile until at least 1997, due to delays in installing satellite high speed fleet broadcast receiving equipment on its ships. Radiofacsimile broadcasts were to cease Sep 1995. Navy broadcasts from Cutler ME, Guam, Hawaii and Spain will cease once Navy ships are fitted with satellite equipment. RADIOFACSIMILE BROADCASTS A major expansion of service is planned in the Atlantic. U.S. Coast Guard Communications Station Boston (NMF) will increase products being broadcast on or about August 1. Marine weather facsimile charts broadcast by the U.S. Coast Guard are also available on Internet in T4G3 fax format. The National Weather Service advised us that they plan to announce the Internet URL address for these charts in their Gopher server gopher.cominfo.nws.noaa.gov. The Coast Guard plans to begin broadcasting marine facsimile information for the Caribbean and other tropical/sub-tropical areas from its Communications Station in New Orleans (NMG) on October 1, 1995. MARINE BROADCAST POLICY UNDER REVIEW The President's budget for fiscal year 1996 submitted to Congress proposes a reduction of $500,000 by eliminating NOAA broadcasts of marine weather facsimile charts. Marine weather charts would instead be distributed by private companies. In Congress, the introduction of Bill H.R. 1450 (Rep. Roemer (D-IN)) proposes similar budget cuts eliminating both the broadcast of marine facsimile charts and preparation of offshore and high seas marine weather forecasts. If government policy concerning dissemination of marine meteorological safety information does change, we will post that information here. INCREASED VHF MARITIME CHANNELS The Coast Guard has requested assistance from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to rechannel the VHF maritime spectrum in such a way that more channels would become available without making existing radios obsolete. Increased channels are needed for Vessel Traffic Services data communications, ship-ship transponders, maritime data applications (such as facsimile), and automated public correspondence stations. Rechannelling the spectrum into 12.5 kHz channels using narrow band FM is specifically under consideration. The ITU has tentatively placed this matter on the agenda of the 1997 World Radio Conference. MORSE CODE SERVICES The Coast Guard discontinued all medium frequency Morse radiotelegraphy services, including distress watchkeeping on 500 kHz, on August 1, 1993. All high frequency Morse telegraphy services, except those from San Francisco's remote station at Guam, were also discontinued on April 1, 1995. Morse telegraphy from Guam will cease by mid August 1995. COMMSYS 2000 The Coast Guard plans to remote operation of all its communication stations to Communications Area Master Station Atlantic/NMN, and Communications Area Master Station Pacific/NMC, before the year 2000. The Coast Guard has remoted Communications Station Guam radiotelex and radiotelegraphy service to NMC, and remoted Communications Station Miami NAVTEX and HF radiotelephone service to NMN. Coast Guard Marianas Section now provides NAVTEX and HF radiotelephone service from Guam. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE Agenda and minutes to the U.S. preparatory meetings of the IMO Radiocommunications Subcommittee, input documents, and reports from the Subcommittee are or soon will be available from the CG NAVCEN bulletin board Maritime Communications library. NEW, IMPROVED OR DISCONTINUED SERVICES A primary purpose of the Maritime Communications library in this BBS and Internet server is not only to inform the maritime public of Coast Guard services, but to inform the public on where to call or write concerning these services, particularly when there is a problem. The Coast Guard announces major changes in telecommunications services in the Federal Register and on selected Coast Guard radio broadcasts. We will also announce such changes here. Comments on radio services can be addressed to the unit providing the service or to the address at the top of this page, or sent by Internet email to: CGComms/g-t07@cgsmtp.comdt.uscg.mil All files in the Maritime Communications library, especially this one, will be updated periodically when new information becomes available. Old files will be removed when they are no longer necessary, when the information becomes dated, or when they are seldom accessed. Look at the posting date of this and other files in the Maritime Communications library. If the date is new, then information has been updated. --- GoldED 2.41 --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: DXA-POINT .6 (2:241/1040.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCI00002 Date: 08/10/95 From: HANS-PETER GOSPODAREK Time: 08:48pm \/To: ALLE (Read 5 times) Subj: V/T Grundig S 650 ## Nachricht vom 10.08.95 weitergeleitet ## Ursprung : /FIDO/DARC.GER ## Ersteller: HANS-PETER GOSPODAREK@2:2449/700.58 Hallo Ich mchte meinen Grundig Satellit 650 und meinen Satellit 400 verkaufen. O d e r Tauschen gegen einen Guten KW-Empfnger Ich suche auch einen 50 oder 200 Kanal FM-Scanner. Bitte alles anbieten per NM oder per Voice 0521/141105 --- CrossPoint v3.02 * Origin: Was gibt es denn Besseres (2:2449/700.58) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCI00003 Date: 08/13/95 From: MARIUS RENSEN Time: 06:47am \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: WEFAX Announcement Hello All! According to an announcement dated June 15, 95, which I received from different sources, and which I have found also on the USCG Gopher. Summary: - Meeting between the NWS and USCG June 15, 95. - NWS was to formally notify USCG of intent to cancel wefax product. - NWS said their charts are available on their Internet file server. - USCG to increase wefax broadcast from COMMSTA Boston, 8/1/95. (I have post the new schedule here). - Begin of Facsimile broadcast from USCG New Orleans, Oct. 1, 95. - US NAvy not to discontinue Facsimilebroadcasts before 1997. - Next meeting between NWS and USCG Sept. 13, 1995 Before we lose Wefax from Boston, Kodiak, San Francisco and Honolulu here are some comments I have found otherwise. Marius -------------------------------------------------------------------- URGENT - WEFAX MAY BE GONE SOON TO: ALL WEFAX USERS FM: CARL YOUNG, MREO, SS KAINALU/KCGH SUBJECT: Elimination of the TRANSMISSION of WEATHER CHARTS TO MARINE RADIOFAX STATIONS as of SEPTEMBER 30, 1995. FOLLOWING FROM "NOTICE TO MARINERS" NM 31/95 PAGE III-2.1 --- QUOTE --- SECTION III MARINE INFORMATION - MISCELLANEOUS MARINE RADIO FAX SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT The Federal Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year, 1996 includes reductions in the National Weather Service (NWS) Funding, which will eliminate the TRANSMISSION OF WEATHER CHARTS TO MARINE RADIOFAX STATIONS as of September 30, 1995. If the proposal is accepted, the Weather Charts produced by the NWS will be made available to Maritime Users ONLY through Private Weather Information Services. The U.S. Coast Guard is determining whether this proposal will permit Private Weather Information Services to broadcast Weather Charts by RadioFAX from Coast Guard STations NMF-Marshfield, MA; NMC-Pt Reyes, CA; and NOJ-Kodiak, AK after October 1, 1995. A similar determination will be made by the Federal Aviation Administration for Station KVM70-Honolulu, HI. Private Marine Radio Stations WLO-Mobile, AL; WLC-Rogers City, MI; and any other Private Marine Radio Stations may continue or begin RadioFAX Broadcasts after September 30, 1995, by obtaining charts from the NWS at no cost to the government. Further notices will be issued as more information becomes available. If you have ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE NWS Office of Meteorology (W/OM), 1325 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,MD 20910 --- UNQUOTE --- ======================================================================== SEND COMMENTS IMMEDIATELY to: Radiofacsimile Coordinator Mr. Dave Feit (pronounced fight) National Weather Service, NOAA Marine Forecast Branch Room 14470 National Meteorological Center 1325 East West Highway 1325 East West Highway Silver Spring, MD 20910 Silver Spring, MD 20910 PHN: (301) 713-1677 VOICE PH: (301) 763-8442 (M-F 8-4 EST) FAX: (301) 713-1598 FAX PH: (301) 899-8903 TLX: UNKNOWN (SRI ) Internet: dfeitmtpgate.ssmc.noaa.gov Commandant (G-T) US Coast Guard 2100 Second Street S.W. Washington, DC 20593-0001 =================================================================== The following is an excerpt of my radio link with NMC/US Coast Guard Pt. Reyes, CA Duty Operator. (de K5HK) KCGH DE NMC CK'D WITH THE DUTY FORECASTER AT THE MARINE FORECAST BRANCH NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTER (301) 763-8441 AND HE SAID THAT THERE IS NO 'SPECIFIC' PLAN AS YET FOR CESSATION OF DIRECT RADIOFACSIMILE BCSTS ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF CONTINGENCY PLANS ARE BEING CONSIDERED IN CASE NWS FUNDING IS CUT DRAMATICALLY... HE SAID THAT THEY ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS AND, IN FACT, ANY COMMENTS FROM OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO MUSTER. ALL COMMENTS SHOULD BE SENT TO: MR. DAVE FEIT (PRONOUNCED FIGHT) - see address above INTERNET: DFEITMTPGATE.SSMC.NOAA.GOV 003669990 NMC + +/+ NMC DE KCGH FB THANKS FOR INFO...ILL GET THE INFO OUT TO OTHER PARTIES FOR COMMENTS. WE RELY HEAVILY ON THESE BCST AT MATSON NAVIGATION CO WITH OUR SOON TO BE FLEET OF 15 SHIPS. AS DO OTHER U.S. AND FOREIGN SHIPPING INTERESTS AS WELL AS SMALLER CRAFT SUCH AS TUGS, SAILING VESSELS AND MOTOR VESSELS... MANY USE ANALOG FAX MACHINES - OTHERS USE A VARIETY OF TERMINAL NODE CONTROLLERS (TNC-S) TO RECEIVE THESE TIMELY MAPS ON YOUR HF BCSTS INCLUDING NMN AND THE PACIFIC STATIONS THAT YOU REMOTE KEY. I WILL PASS ALONG...THANKS MUCH FOR INFO. 73 NMC DE KCGH SS KAINALU CARL YOUNG, MREO 8/6/95 ======================================================================== From Carl, K5HK: I would encourage ALL USERS of MARINE WEFAX to comment on this important change which may cause untimely delays on the broadcast of these IMPORTANT WEATHER MAPS. Your Senators and Congressmen as well as the President of the United States would ALSO be GOOD PLACES to register your comments. Signed, Carl E. Young, MREO SS KAINALU (eof) From Nedra, KK5PN: No provision appears to have been made to assure maritime vessels will NOT be left WITHOUT WEFAX. This means all vessels at sea will have greater difficulty assuring safety at sea. Cruising Vessels cannot afford the cost of these Private Weater Information Services. What I did NOT know, until talking with K5HK, is that the commercial ships ALSO use the USCG WEFAX heavily and do not wish to lose it. At a recent meeting on the WEFAX issue, comments were made that it must be OK to discontinue the WEFAX Services, as NO COMPLAINTS have been received from the maritime community. What they failed to realize is that this information was simply issued in a Notice to Mariners under the title, Miscellaneous, and many of you are not aware of it.. WRITE NOW - or we will LOSE the WEFAX transmissions we need for safety to human life and our vessels at sea. PLEASE -=- INUNDATE -=- Mr. Feit's office with letters and INTERNET MAIL. If you don't -=- ALL WRITE SOON -=- we will LOSE our WEFAX stations || - de Nedra KK5PN KC5LT.#SOCA.CA.USA.NA 16:39 PM PDT Mon Aug 7, 1995 Post this on forms ums on Internet, Compuserve, Prodigy, etc. Print it and post it at marinas, marine stores, etc. SEnd it to your newspaper and marine magazine. FAX it... email it.. Discontinuance of WEFAX endangers THOUSANDS of lives! *** END OF MSG # 9212 from KD6CCQ W6TJ.#SOCA.CA.USA.NOAM --- GoldED 2.41 * Origin: DXA-POINT .6 (2:241/1040.12) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCI00004 Date: 08/10/95 From: BRIAN WEBB Time: 10:16pm \/To: ALL (Read 5 times) Subj: Test This is Brian Webb, KD6NRP testing via the Electric RPO in Newbury Park, California. Does anybody copy this message? --- GrapeVine Mail v0.23 Reg * Origin: The Electronic RPO! (1:206/2801) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCJ00000 Date: 08/14/95 From: ALAN SHEETS Time: 09:33am \/To: BRIAN WEBB (Read 4 times) Subj: TEST > TID: IMAIL-386 1.60 (Expired) > PID: GVBBS 0.23 Reg > MSGID: 1:206/2801 302985b0 > This is Brian Webb, KD6NRP testing via the Electric RPO in Newbury > Park, California. Does anybody copy this message? > --- GrapeVine Mail v0.23 Reg > * Origin: The Electronic RPO! (1:206/2801) Welcome aboard. --- FLAME v1.1 * Origin: Your Ham Connection (1:104/114) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCJ00001 Date: 08/12/95 From: DAVE HOCKADAY Time: 04:11am \/To: BRIAN WEBB (Read 4 times) Subj: Test BW>This is Brian Webb, KD6NRP testing via the Electric RPO in Newbury Park, BW>California. Does anybody copy this message? Loud and clear in NC!! 73 de WB4IUY --- * OLX 2.1 * It's only a hobby ... only a hobby ... only a * Origin: Frequencies R Us 919-851-3121 (1:151/161) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCK00000 Date: 08/15/95 From: FRED HATFIELD Time: 03:19am \/To: HANS-PETER GOSPODAREK (Read 4 times) Subj: V/T Grundig S 650 In a message of <10 Aug 95 20:48:00>, HANS-PETER GOSPODAREK (2:2449/700.58) writes: HG>Ich mchte meinen Grundig Satellit 650 und meinen Satellit 400 HG>verkaufen. Fidonet rules require posts to be in English. If you wish to use other languages, you can include an English translation. Fred Hatfield, Moderator --- QM v1.00 * Origin: The Digital Cottage in New Orleans 504-897-6614 (1:396/65.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 205 RTTY Ref: CCP00000 Date: 08/17/95 From: PETER PAVLOVICH Time: 11:20am \/To: BRIAN WEBB (Read 4 times) Subj: Test Brian, Loud and clear in Michigan. Peter N8EVJ --- GEcho 1.11+ * Origin: The Air Studio BBS - Livonia, MI 1-313-522-5349 (1:2410/814)