Ham Radio Weather FAX and Satellite Decoding Software
Find software tools for decoding weather faxes, satellite images, and marine weather reports for amateur radio use.
Many ham radio operators enjoy receiving weather information directly from the airwaves. This includes decoding weather fax transmissions from various stations and capturing images from weather satellites. These activities provide practical experience with radio reception, antenna projects, and digital signal processing, often using a standard shortwave receiver and a computer sound card.
Specialized software tools are essential for decoding these signals. Programs like MultiPSK and SeaTTY allow hams to receive RTTY and NAVTEX weather reports, while applications such as WXtoImg and APT Decoder are popular for processing images from NOAA and other weather satellites. Mobile apps like HF Weather Fax also bring this capability to smartphones and tablets, making it easier for operators to get real-time weather data on the go.
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Windows freeware multimode program by F6CTE it supports BPSK31 QPSK31 PSK63 PSK63F PSK10 PSKFEC31 PSKAM CW CCW THROB 4 bauds THROBX RTTY SITOR-AMTOR-NAVTEX FELD HELL PSK JT65 HELL HF FAX SSTV FILTERS -
APTDecoder is a free software for recording and decoding signals transmitted by NOAA POES APT enabled weather satellites. It is run on a NT-based version of Window -
HamFax is an application for sending and receiving facsimiles in amateur radio and for receiving public facsimile broadcasts like weather maps. Supported interfaces are sound cards and the SCS-PTCII from Special Communication Systems. -
HF Weather Fax lets you receive marine weather radiofascimile transmissions on your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Just connect it to a shortwave radio tune in a weather fax frequency, and watch the images come in. -
Weatherfax decoding software with modem -
Weather demodulator software, cards and antennas. -
RadioRaft decodes 10 different ARQ modes, 8 different FEC modes, Packet, Baudot, CW... It works with a Hamcomm interface or a radiomodem. RadioRaft offers automatic detection of modes, speeds and shift. It comes with a frequencymeter/baudmeter included, it has signal frequency tracking and a bit by bit display mode. Very easy to use. practical and fast. -
Program to demodulate NOAA, Okean, Meteor 3-5 and Resurs signals without the bent verticals resulting from WXSat. -
Program to receive weather reports and navigational warnings transmitted on longwave and shortwave bands in RTTY and NAVTEX modes. None additional hardware is required - your need only receiver and computer with a sound card. -
A very clomplete ham radio software collection for SSTV, FAX, and WX -
SWIFT WX Version 2.0 combines a powerful GIS mapping engine with real-time weather maps and storm tracking data making it the most comprehensive storm tracking application available. -
Weather Fax for Windows hardware and Software. -
WXtoImg is a freeware advanced APT (NOAA, Meteor) and WEFAX (GOES, Meteosat) weather satellite decoding program for Windows, Linux, and MacOS X -
A portable decoder for METEOR M weather satellite LRPT signal, available for windows and Linux -
If you want to have a closer look at the weather, you can download software and visually display data. -
The Weather Fax plugin for OpenCPN allows you to directly open image files or decode audio faxes into images. With easy calibration, these images can be overlaid on charts. It supports image conversion in Mercator, polar, conic, and uniform coordinates and can transform any image into a raster chart. Additionally, it includes a built-in database for HF radio fax stations via SSB and another for retrieving data from meteorological websites.