On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:49:27 -0700 (PDT), GeoffSchultz
wrote:


Thanks for the info. This just makes you wonder how many people can't/
don't follow the weather to the assigned frequency when they append
"B" to the frequency. Are channels WX8 and WX9 fairly standard on VHF
radios? If so, wouldn't it make sense to say "83B or WX9 on many
radios"? It would be interesting to run an end-user test to see how
well their current text is understood.

-- Geoff

The appropriate technique for finding weather broadcast channels may
depend on where you are. Here in the Pacific Northwet (BC coast), I
just dial through all the weather channels til I find a usable signal
- that channel will almost certainly cover the area I am interested
in.

I could be highly scientific, and consult "Radio Aids to Marine
Navigation", and the channel list for my radio, to find the most
appropriate channel, but probably wouldn't get any better results.


--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca
GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

On Jul 29, 10:18*pm, Peter Bennett wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:49:27 -0700 (PDT), GeoffSchultz

wrote:
Thanks for the info. *This just makes you wonder how many people can't/
don't follow the weather to the assigned frequency when they append
"B" to the frequency. *Are channels WX8 and WX9 fairly standard on VHF
radios? *If so, wouldn't it make sense to say "83B or WX9 on many
radios"? *It would be interesting to run an end-user test to see how
well their current text is understood.

-- Geoff

The appropriate technique for finding weather broadcast channels may
depend on where you are. *Here in the Pacific Northwet (BC coast), I
just dial through all the weather channels til I find a usable signal
- that channel will almost certainly cover the area I am interested
in.

I could be highly scientific, and consult "Radio Aids to Marine
Navigation", and the channel list for my radio, to find the most
appropriate channel, but probably wouldn't get any better results.

--
Peter Bennett, VE7CEI *
peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca *
GPS and NMEA info:http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter
Vancouver Power Squadron:http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca

My point is that when the CG comes on 16 and tells people to go to 21B/
83B to hear the forecast, it would be interesting to see how many
people find the channel.
You may be "highly scientific", but that doesn't mean that the
majority of people are. If people can't
follow the frequency change, and a small change in the text could
solve that, then they should look at solving the problem. Maybe it
isn't a problem, but looking at
it couldn't hurt.

-- Geoff