I have best reception of the Boston WeFAX station when my antenna
(dipole) is horizontal; my vertical antenna picks up too much local
intereference to be usable for Boston WeFAX. . If you can orient your
antenna to more horizontal you might have better reception (as long as
the long axis is 'broadside' (directional) to that station).

Am in SE Penna and eastern shore MD


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purple_stars wrote:

hello group,

i'm having trouble picking up the wefax transmissions out of boston
mass, can anyone verify that this is a problem ? i don't know for sure
if it's me and my radio setup or if boston simply isn't transmitting
wefax. i've been trying for about a week at various times. i am
confident tonight that i was tuned into nova scotia that is more
distant from me than boston, i'm south in virginia. boston's
transmitter is very slightly weaker at 5kw, but only slightly. i
really think i would be able to hear boston. anyone ?

frequencies for boston are ...

4235khz from 0230z - 1038z
6340.5khz continuous
9110khz continuous
and 12750khz 1400z - 2228z

you have to tune 1.9khz below those frequencies to get the signal, so
says the weather fax information page pointed to below. and of course
you have to be tuned in when they are actually transmitting something
as per the schedule, which according to the schedule they should be
transmitting basically around the clock off and on. so why can't i
hear a signal ?

http://weather.noaa.gov/pub/fax/hfmarsh.txt

i could even pick up some kind of repeating signal out of new orleans
and i don't believe they are even scheduled to be transmitting right
now because of all the activity down there in the last few months. so
why is boston so quiet ?