US Coast Guard New Orleans Facsimile Broadcast Schedule

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, U.S.A.

CALL SIGN  FREQUENCIES  TIMES (UTC)         EMISSION POWER
NMG         4317.9 kHz  ALL BROADCAST TIMES      F3C 4 KW
            8503.9 kHz  ALL BROADCAST TIMES      F3C 4 KW
           12789.9 kHz  ALL BROADCAST TIMES      F3C 4 KW
           17146.4 kHz  1200-2045                F3C 4 KW

TRANS TIME CONTENTS OF TRANSMISSION                  RPM/IOC VALID MAP
                                                             TIME  AREA
0000/1200 TEST PATTERN                               120/576
0005/1205 U.S./TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (W HALF)    120/576 18/06 1
0020/1220 TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (E HALF)         120/576 18/06 2
0035/1235 REBROADCAST OF 1925/0725 (24 HR WIND/WAVE) 120/576 12/00 3
0045/1245 REBROADCAST OF 1950/0750 (48 HR WIND/WAVE) 120/576 12/00 3
0055/1255 REBROADCAST OF 2015/0815 (72 HR WIND/WAVE) 120/576 12/00 3
0105/1305 REBROADCAST OF 1855/0655 (24 HR SURFACE)   120/576 12/00 3
0115/1315 REBROADCAST OF 1905/0705 (48 HR SURFACE)   120/576 12/00 3
0125/1325 REBROADCAST OF 1915/0715 (72 HR SURFACE)   120/576 12/00 3
0135/1335 CYCLONE DANGER AREA* or HIGH WIND/WAVES    120/576 21/09 6
0150/---- REBROADCAST OF 0825  (72 HR WAVE PD/SWELL) 120/576 0000  3
----/1350 36 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST                   120/576 1200  3
0200/1400 GOES IR TROPICAL SATELLITE IMAGE           120/576 00/12 4
0215/1415 SEA STATE ANALYSIS                         120/576 00/12 3
0225/1425 REQUEST FOR COMMENTS/PRODUCT NOTICE        120/576
0245/1445 HIGH SEAS FORECAST (IN ENGLISH)            120/576 22/10 5
0600/1800 TEST PATTERN                               120/576
0605/1805 U.S./TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (W HALF)    120/576 00/12 1
0620/1820 TROPICAL SURFACE ANALYSIS (E HALF)         120/576 00/12 2
0635/1835 48 HR WAVE PERIOD/SWELL DIRECTION          120/576 00/12 3
0645/1845 REBROADCAST OF 0215/1415 (SEA STATE ANAL') 120/576 00/12 3
0655/1855 24 HR SURFACE FORECAST                     120/576 00/12 3
0705/1905 48 HR SURFACE FORECAST                     120/576 00/12 3
0715/1915 72 HR SURFACE FORECAST                     120/576 00/12 3
0725/1925 24 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST                   120/576 00/12 3
0735/1935 CYCLONE DANGER AREA* or HIGH WIND/WAVES    120/576 03/15 6
0750/1950 48 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST                   120/576 00/12 3
0800/2000 GOES IR TROPICAL SATELLITE IMAGE           120/576 07/18 4
0815/2015 72 HR WIND/WAVE FORECAST                   120/576 00/12 3
0825/---- 72 HR WAVE PERIOD/SWELL DIRECTION          120/576 0000  3
0835/---- REBROADCAST OF 0215  (SEA STATE ANALYSIS)  120/576 0000  3
----/2025 BROADCAST SCHEDULE                         120/576
0845/2045 HIGH SEAS FORECAST (IN ENGLISH)            120/576 04/16 5

* Tropical Cyclone Danger Area chart replaced by 48HR High Wind/Wave 
Warning chart Dec 01 - May 14 Valid times 00z,06z,12z and 18z, 
Map area 05N-40N, 35W-100W
     
MAP AREAS:      1.   5S - 50N, 55W - 125W
                2.   5S - 50N,  0W -  70W
                3.   0N - 31N, 35W - 100W
                4.  12S - 44N, 28W - 112W
                5.   7N - 31N, 35W -  98W (AREA COVERED BY TEXT FORECAST) 
                6.  05N - 60N,  0W - 100W

NOTES: 1. CARRIER FREQUENCY IS 1.9 kHz BELOW THE ASSIGNED FREQUENCY

Please send comments regarding        Please send comments regarding
the quality of these charts to:       the quality of this broadcast to:

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER             COMMANDING OFFICER
ATTN: CHIEF TAFB                      USCG CAMSLANT
11691 SOUTHWEST 17TH STREET           4720 DOUGLAS A. MUNRO RD.
MIAMI, FL  33165-2149                 CHESAPEAKE, VA 23322-2598
PHONE: (305) 229-4454                 (800) 742-8519  (757)421-6240
FAX:   (305) 553-1264                 COM-DG-M-CWOWatchstanders@uscg.mil
EMAIL: Chris.Landsea@noaa.gov

Tropical cyclone charts also broadcast from Boston, MA

If you have access to the World Wide Web be certain to check out
the following webpages.  See these pages for further links.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov                        NWS Homepage
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/home.htm     NWS Marine Page
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/marine/cell/marine.htm   Marine Cell Pages
mobile.weather.gov                                  Mobile Page

(Schedule effective Apr 03, 2012   Information dated Mar 22, 2019)

NOAA Weather Radio New York City Remains Out of Service

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1110 AM EDT FRI SEP 06 2013

...NOAA WEATHER RADIO NEW YORK CITY REMAINS OUT OF SERVICE...

THE NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTER THAT SERVES THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA HAS BEEN CAUSING RADIO REQUENCY INTERFERENCE ON THE U.S. COAST GUARD CHANNEL 16 TRANSMITTER FOR INTERNATIONAL DISTRESS...SAFETY AND CALLING SINCE LATE JULY.

THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSMITTER BROADCASTS ON A FREQUENCY OF 162.550 MHZ AND THE U.S.COAST GUARD TRANSMITTER BROADCASTS ON A FREQUENCY OF 156.800 MHZ. OTHER TRANSMITTERS...IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE NYC TRANSMITTER BROADCAST ON A FREQUENCY OF 168.3 MHZ.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS WORKING WITH SEVERAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO ISOLATE AND RESOLVE THIS TECHNICAL PROBLEM. WE HAVE INSTALLED A FILTER ON THE NYC TRANSMITTER...WHICH REDUCED...BUT DID NOT ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM. WE WORKED WITH ANOTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
AND OVERSAW THE INSTALLATION OF ANOTHER FILTER...ON A TRANSMITTER BROADCASTING OVER 168.3 MHZ...WHICH DID NOT FURTHER REDUCE THE RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE.

WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE U.S. COAST GUARD TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION OF OUR ROUTINE WEATHER BROADCASTS.

...NOAA WEATHER RADIO WILL BE PLACED IN OPERATION TO BROADCAST SHORT FUSE LIFE THREATENING WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS...

Coast Guard announces decision to end LORAN-C

By Susan Schept - Navy Times Staff writer

The Coast Guard officially published its decision last Thursday to discontinue its radio navigation tool, known as LORAN-C, after 66 years of operation.

The decision to decommission the Long Range Aids to Navigation program was published in the Federal Register. The Coast Guard will begin shutting off the North American signal Feb. 8 and finish the process by Oct. 1. The Coast Guard operates 24 LORAN-C stations.

You can read the rest of the copyrighted story at http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/01/coastguard_LORAN_010710w/

USCG CAMSLANT HF on call SITOR termination advisory

Courtesy of Tom Sevart/UDXF list and copied via a 518 kHz NAVTEX broadcast.

ZCZC GA82
USCG CAMSLANT HF ON CALL SITOR TERMINATION ADVISORY

1. USCG CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE VA (NMN, SELCALL NR 1097) WILL TERMINATE ALL HIGH FREQUENCY (HF) RADIOTELEX (ON CALL SITOR) SERVICES EFF 2359Z MAR 31, 2008. SHORE RECEIVE FREQUENCIES 6262.8, 8386.3, 12488.3, 16694.8, AND 22298.8 WILL NO LONGER BE ACTIVE AFTER THIS DATE.

2. AMVER AND NOAA METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS WILL CONT TO BE RECEIVED AT NO CHARGE THRU SHIPCOM HF RADIOTELEX (NBDP) SERVICE VIA WLO NEAR MOBILE, AL OR NOAAS SEAS (SHIPBOARD ENVIRONMENTAL (DATA) ACQUISITION SYSTEM) PROGRAM OVER INMARSAT C. AMVER REPORTS MAY ALSO BE SENT AT NO CHARGE THRU GLOBE WIRELESS.

3. BROADCASTS OF MARITIME SAFETY INFORMATION FROM CAMSLANT CHESAPEAKE VA BY HF SITOR (HF NAVTEX) ON FREQUENCIES 6312.3, 8414.8 12577.3 AND 16804.8 WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

4. CANCEL AT TIME//040001Z APR 08//

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AOPA Says Loran May Take On New Life In Age Of GPS

Notes Satellite-Based Nav Still Has Its Problems
Courtesy of Aero-News.net

GPS isn't perfect... and during outages pilots need a suitable backup. The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association says while most pilots use VORs, the FAA plans to decommission them in the next 15 to 20 years.

Enter loran... or should we say, reenter loran.

Last year, the Coast Guard, which operates and maintains loran transmitting stations, proposed to pull the plug on this technology. AOPA pointed out that it still may need to play an important role in the nation's navigation and airspace surveillance system. The Coast Guard then decided to take a more studied approach.

But recently, the Coast Guard asked users to weigh in on its future. If it's retained, the Coast Guard listed options on how to manage it. Loran was more popular until GPS came along. GPS has proven to be easier to use and more affordable for primary navigation.

"It's premature to talk about management options until the FAA and Coast Guard decide if loran is suitable for aviation use as a backup to GPS," said Randy Kenagy, AOPA senior director of advanced technology. "We can discuss how to manage it later."

Over the next two decades, the FAA plans to decommission VORs and radar systems and make the transition to ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) as the primary surveillance system for air traffic control. Because ADS-B requires GPS to report an aircraft's position to ATC, a GPS failure could leave pilots without electronic navigation and air traffic controllers blind unless an alternative positioning system were available.

In its recent comments to the Coast Guard, AOPA laid out various performance parameters for a backup system such as being available for instrument operations throughout North America and the Caribbean; providing uninterrupted service for 30 minutes after a GPS outage; and adding no more than 10 percent to the cost of a navigation or dependent surveillance system.

"While loran appears to be a viable option—among other options—many questions and policy issues remain," Kenagy said. "Those would have to be resolved before the FAA, Coast Guard, and the aviation industry can develop an implementation strategy."

USCG Tells Mariners To Identify Themselves

The US Coast Guard has warned mariners to make sure they enter their 9-digit Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number into marine radios equipped with Digital Selective Calling (DSC) and Automatic Identification Systems (AIS).

The Coast Guard says: “Statistics show that many mariners in distress do not properly identify themselves nor provide a precise location when radioing for help which delays rescue services in arriving at the scene quickly and providing the assistance needed.” It adds that many marine communication devices require the MMSI to identify the user of the device.

The USCG and the National Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Task Force is concerned that many users of these devices are not obtaining, registering and/or properly entering their assigned MMSI into these devices. Lack of an MMSI will make some of these devices inoperable, such as AIS, or incapable of operating advanced features or distress alerting capabilities of the device. The Coast Guard cautions: “Leaving the MMSI unprogrammed, entering a false identity or not updating a previously-programmed device with your own identity may delay a rescue and under certain situations is unlawful.”

USCG NMC HF FAX Schedule

USCG NMF HF FAX Schedule

USCG NMG HF FAX Schedule

Update - USCG Weather Products Going Away?

If you are interest in USCG HF weather products then this Fax image below is important to you. Or you can check out the link at: http://weather.noaa.gov:80/pub/fax/PLAZ03.gif .

Are USCG HF Broadcast Going Away?

In a public notice sent out by the USCG Nav Team comes the following bit of news:

The US Coast Guard is seeking public comment on the need to continue providing high frequency (HF) radio broadcasts of weather forecasts and warnings. Public comment is necessary in order to assess the demand for the HF radio broadcasts in each of three forms:

(1) radiofacsimile;
(2) voice; and
(3) simplex teletype over radio (SITOR), also known as narrow band direct printing (NBDP).

The infrastructure necessary to provide these services has exceeded its useful life expectancy; the equipment is no longer manufactured, repairs are difficult to accomplish, and spare parts generally are not available. Comments should be submitted by August 24. 72 Fed. Reg. 20863

o.gov/2007/pdf/E7-7945.pdf> (April 26, 2007).

Regards,

The USCG Navigation Center Team
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/

NMF US Coast Guard FAX

Thought I would share a FAX weather chart of the North Atlantic broadcast by US Coast Guard station NMF Boston at 1915 UTC 3-3-2007 on 12750 kHz.