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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #300 on: March 13, 2017, 08:02:15 PM »

...and...
We Have 81

82 down in Shreveport is tryin' hard...
Anybody want to nudge 'im out for that slot?

Reception poor?
try  :idea:


'build it' links under 'Quality'  on the [urlhttp://noaaweatherradio.org/howto.html]HowTo[/url] page

Mike

Yep, those are pretty easy to build, I've built a few, you just need to know how to solder.  Just remember, if you are going to put it outside, you'll need to weather proof it, also you'll need some coax (like this: https://www.amazon.com/50ft-Rg8x-Pl259-Antenna-Cable/dp/B00D66RDYQ) and adapters based based on what you have for an antenna jack on your radio.

It helps to use PVC to mount it, I have one in my attic that I built using 10 gauge house wiring.  You'll need a good soldiering iron too.

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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #301 on: March 14, 2017, 12:31:35 PM »
And we have 82
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #302 on: March 14, 2017, 01:07:25 PM »

This just in:
NOAA has pulled the streaming page listing, removing all the WU deadwood =D>
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #303 on: March 14, 2017, 05:00:03 PM »
So have you let them (the NWS folks) know about the noaaweatherradio.org site?
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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #304 on: March 14, 2017, 07:14:51 PM »
So have you let them (the NWS folks) know about the noaaweatherradio.org site?
Ahem.. no. Sitting on that for a bit. Studying on whether to do that or not right now.
Couple of contacts LMK know about the project, but that's all I've mentioned it to.
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #305 on: March 14, 2017, 07:16:38 PM »
Well, we dug Lincoln out of the snow...
#83

Who's gonna be 84?
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #306 on: March 16, 2017, 10:38:39 PM »
86 and counting!

Where are all the Gulf Coast Streams???
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #307 on: March 17, 2017, 04:26:58 AM »
Hi everyone! I live in Moses Lake Washington. Some of you may recognize me by my YouTube username.

Anyway, I love what you guys have done here since Wunderground ended their streaming service. I thought I'd give it a try with streaming my local station.

Basic Station Info
Call Sign: WWF56
Location: Richland/Tri Cities, WA
Frequency: 162.450 MHz
WFO: Pendleton, OR
Counties: Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Klickitat, Walla Walla and Yakima [WA]

Link to stream: http://wxradio.dyndns.org:8000/heatcats/WWF56.mp3.m3u

I am just testing it overnight, then I'll turn it off in the morning. I hope to begin streaming around the clock beginning Saturday, and fix any audio problems that I might have with the current stream.
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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #308 on: March 17, 2017, 06:26:55 AM »
Hi everyone! I live in Moses Lake Washington. Some of you may recognize me by my YouTube username.

Anyway, I love what you guys have done here since Wunderground ended their streaming service. I thought I'd give it a try with streaming my local station.

Basic Station Info
Call Sign: WWF56
Location: Richland/Tri Cities, WA
Frequency: 162.450 MHz
WFO: Pendleton, OR
Counties: Adams, Benton, Franklin, Grant, Klickitat, Walla Walla and Yakima [WA]

Link to stream: http://wxradio.dyndns.org:8000/heatcats/WWF56.mp3.m3u

I am just testing it overnight, then I'll turn it off in the morning. I hope to begin streaming around the clock beginning Saturday, and fix any audio problems that I might have with the current stream.
Gotcha up on site 'temporarily' till you 'lock in'... sound good, a little noise, not bad!  Good.

Welcome aboard,....

I note you're letting the 'cat out of the bag' so to speak on  the 'encoder' I'm calling "EMD Overkill"..
( http://wxradio.dyndns.org:8000/noaaweatherradioorg )
How's it holding up for you? Neat package, huh?  Quite a lot for a simple 16-32 kHz stream for most of us...
do you thnk I should go ahead and 'expose' it for folks?

...also anticipate playing with a potential 'denoiser' that might be effective ... anybody want to "Beta"
test on their stream?  I've not had time to really 'play with" it yet, but looks promising in some situations...
PM me..


Mike..

So, Heatcats drives in at #87... Who's next?

...and where are the Gulf Coast, Caribbean stations?  Be hurricane season soon....
Spring thaw coming, Alaska, and you Environment Canada folks...
Tornado alley be heating up soon... Where is the Plains Bunch?
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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #309 on: March 17, 2017, 12:11:23 PM »
One thing I thought I would mention here is about the magnetic antenna's you may have.  Many HAM radio guys already know this, but the general public may not.

If you have one of the magnetic antennas like the one the SDR Raspberry PI solution has, you really need to mount it to a metal surface.  It will help in reception.  Just a small steel brownie pan or something larger.  Personally, I have good reception in my basement mechanical room.  So I was able to just stick it to my duct work.

This will only help for the magnetic type antenna's though.  Not the for the standard telescoping antennas found on regular NOAA radios.
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« Reply #310 on: March 17, 2017, 12:29:50 PM »
One thing I thought I would mention here is about the magnetic antenna's you may have.  Many HAM radio guys already know this, but the general public may not.

If you have one of the magnetic antennas like the one the SDR Raspberry PI solution has, you really need to mount it to a metal surface.  It will help in reception.  Just a small steel brownie pan or something larger.  Personally, I have good reception in my basement mechanical room.  So I was able to just stick it to my duct work.

This will only help for the magnetic type antenna's though.  Not the for the standard telescoping antennas found on regular NOAA radios.

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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #311 on: March 17, 2017, 12:33:02 PM »
One thing I thought I would mention here is about the magnetic antenna's you may have.  Many HAM radio guys already know this, but the general public may not.

If you have one of the magnetic antennas like the one the SDR Raspberry PI solution has, you really need to mount it to a metal surface.  It will help in reception.  Just a small steel brownie pan or something larger.  Personally, I have good reception in my basement mechanical room.  So I was able to just stick it to my duct work.

This will only help for the magnetic type antenna's though.  Not the for the standard telescoping antennas found on regular NOAA radios.

That's actually more vital when you are transmitting as opposed to receiving.  It certainly doesn't hurt for receiving, but receiving is a lot more forgiving.  The metal surface is referred to as a ground plane and it helps "launch" the signal when you transmit as well as help with the standing wave ratio (SWR).  That's why the 1/4 ground plane antennas have the radials at a 45 degree angle to get the impedance close to 50 Ohms so you can get as close to a 1.0 SWR as possible.

For receiving (and transmitting) getting your antenna up high is the most important thing as VHF signals like weather radio are line of sight (not literal sight, but radio sight) and anything in the way that can block the signal (esp metal) will effect your reception.  By getting the the antenna high up you're more in the line of sight.  Of course in some cases, the signal is so strong it doesn't matter where you put your antenna, but if you're far away from the weather radio transmitter, get your antenna up high.

BTW, I have a ham radio license.  :grin:

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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #312 on: March 17, 2017, 05:42:52 PM »

And the Sheriff of Anderson County SC adds #88
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #313 on: March 17, 2017, 05:50:59 PM »
 =D>
Great job everyone.

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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO - Old WU page
« Reply #314 on: March 17, 2017, 09:40:25 PM »
Hi Folks,

As of right now, 8:40 pm CDT, we have 55 feeds operating out of the 127 feeds listed on the WU Excel spreadsheet. That leaves 72 that are now DOA. Of those 72, 15 feeds have websites listed.

I say great job  \:D/ =D> \:D/ =D> to all involved in getting this project to this point.

John

Edit:  Evidently I can't do basic math while having the flu.
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« Reply #315 on: March 18, 2017, 03:07:49 AM »
...and now we are 89
 


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« Reply #316 on: March 18, 2017, 11:28:48 AM »
 


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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #318 on: March 18, 2017, 07:21:05 PM »
Hi Folks,

Here is a current map based off of the old WU map with the latest streams. Of the 91 streams, there are 57 from the WU spreadsheet. I have had one other contact who is supposed to get with either myself or Mike later in the week. Still waiting on 6 replies.



WU, eat your heart out!!!!! :twisted:

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Re: NOAA WEATHER RADIO
« Reply #319 on: March 18, 2017, 08:13:47 PM »
Good afternoon,

I have started the WWF56 live stream, this time around-the-clock (or in other words, permanent). As long as everything goes well, I shouldn't have to take it off the air.

You may hear that the audio is significantly better in quality. The receiver is next room, outside of my interference, and a 7 metre (25 ft) long cord is used to connect.
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« Reply #320 on: March 18, 2017, 08:54:19 PM »
Good afternoon,

I have started the WWF56 live stream, this time around-the-clock (or in other words, permanent). As long as everything goes well, I shouldn't have to take it off the air.

You may hear that the audio is significantly better in quality. The receiver is next room, outside of my interference, and a 7 metre (25 ft) long cord is used to connect.
Something wrong with your feed name, mountpoint, something... can't access.
 


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« Reply #321 on: March 18, 2017, 09:20:37 PM »
There were some issues that caused the broadcast software (Mixxx) to quit. It should be fixed now.
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« Reply #322 on: March 18, 2017, 10:33:36 PM »
There were some issues that caused the broadcast software (Mixxx) to quit. It should be fixed now.
Good. got you back up, left channel only... a bit of 'treble' reduction might be cool.
  I've been running MIXXX on one of the test streams, flawlessly, at 128kb over wireless on an older problematic Win7 machine... be interesting to know what the issues were. One 'tester' said MIXXX kept crashing on his XP.
 


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« Reply #323 on: March 18, 2017, 10:57:09 PM »
I hear the 'treble' as well. I'll see what I can do.
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« Reply #324 on: March 19, 2017, 06:31:03 PM »
And we have
92