Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor and noted political cartoonist, Carlos Latuff, who shares illustrated radio listening report of a recent Radyo Pilipinas broadcast.
Carlos notes:
Part of Radyo Pilipinas news coverage of typhoon “Marce” (in filipino). Listened at UFJF, Juiz de Fora, Brazil.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Bonus: Radiofax received yesterday (20h UTC) at UFJF, in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Super typhoon “Yinxing” (Marce) via Shanghai Meteorological Bureau (China) and satellite image from Japan Meteorological Agency.
Carlos, I love that you share your receptions with us, but please, can you kindly provide the received frequency, about the reception and not only the UTC time. Maybe you must have missed this request I posted some months ago about the Tokyo transmissions. Keep up the nice cartoons!
Best 73
Thanks Walt.
I only discovered that originally the fax was transmitted via radio waves thanks to a radio listening I carried out during the COVID-19 pandemic. I accidentally came across a signal that I was unable to identify, and was informed that it was a fax signal. Faxes for me were transmitted over phone lines. It was a surprise for me, and since then, whenever I can, I have been receiving, decoding and sharing my radiofaxes. I believe that this system’s days are numbered. Take the example of New Zealand’s MetService. That’s why I’m taking the opportunity to receive radiofax as long as possible.
Carlos, great images, and fax decodes. I enjoy watching the fax maps slowly take shape to something recognizable. I miss the many news agencies that used to broadcast fax on SW. I remember KCBS, Pyongyang doing so with reams and reams of English language propaganda printing off my fax decode machine years ago. Those were the days! 73!