{"id":58070,"date":"2023-10-23T19:17:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T23:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58070"},"modified":"2023-10-23T19:17:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T23:17:30","slug":"carlos-notes-passing-of-new-zealand-metservice-radiofax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/carlos-notes-passing-of-new-zealand-metservice-radiofax\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos notes passing of New Zealand MetService Radiofax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_58071\" style=\"width: 730px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1697996146073.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58071\" class=\"wp-image-58071 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1697996146073.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1697996146073.jpg 720w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1697996146073-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/FB_IMG_1697996146073-624x388.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-58071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artwork by Carlos Latuff<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/carlos-latuff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carlos Latuff<\/a>, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hello Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m sad to know that the New Zealand meteorological agency MetService, has retired radiofax in July 1st, and is focusing on &#8220;modern solutions&#8221; of sending synoptic charts to vessels. In 2021 I received several radiofax charts from MetService in Porto Alegre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/about.metservice.com\/our-company\/national-weather-services\/retirement-of-radiofax\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/about.metservice.com\/our-company\/national-weather-services\/retirement-of-radiofax<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144346.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58073\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144346.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144346.png 720w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144346-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144346-624x719.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144247.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58072\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144247.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144247.png 720w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144247-236x300.png 236w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot_20231022-144247-624x792.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This is a video I shot in 2020:<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 56.25% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"New Zealand MetService Radiofax - Carlos Latuff\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/877306912?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;quality_selector=1&amp;progress_bar=1&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who writes: Hello Thomas, I&#8217;m sad to know that the New Zealand meteorological agency MetService, has retired radiofax in July 1st, and is focusing on &#8220;modern solutions&#8221; of sending synoptic charts to vessels. In 2021 I received several radiofax charts from MetService in Porto Alegre. https:\/\/about.metservice.com\/our-company\/national-weather-services\/retirement-of-radiofax This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1114,3,43,6578],"tags":[8043,10358,2824,9246,2218],"class_list":["post-58070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-modes","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-weather-radio","tag-carlos-latuff","tag-metservice","tag-new-zealand","tag-radiofax","tag-weather-fax"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-f6C","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":58397,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/carlos-experience-and-motivation-for-receiving-kydodo-news-via-radiofax\/","url_meta":{"origin":58070,"position":0},"title":"Carlos&#8217; Experience and Motivation for Receiving Kydodo News via Radiofax","author":"Thomas","date":"December 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, friend, and political cartoonist Carlos Latuff, who shares the following guest post: My experiences receiving Kyodo News by\u00a0Carlos Latuff Back in the 90s, I used the fax machine a lot, I even had one in my house, sending messages and cartoons to my clients\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/D-808-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60454,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/carlos-shortwave-art-recording-of-nhk-and-radiofax-meteorological-charts-august-24-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":58070,"position":1},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art, recording of NHK, and Radiofax Meteorological Charts (August 24, 2024)","author":"Thomas","date":"August 25, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0his radio log art of a recent NHK broadcast and Japan Meteorological Agency Radiofax transmissions. Carlos notes: Here we go again with just another typhoon threatening Japan with powerful winds: Typhoon n\u00b010 (Sham sham). https:\/\/youtu.be\/bIOqFKwf8G4?si=Svs2SOBYzqsYLnGn Click here to view on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/art-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Latuff-Japan-Typhoon-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Latuff-Japan-Typhoon-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Latuff-Japan-Typhoon-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Latuff-Japan-Typhoon-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Latuff-Japan-Typhoon-Radiofax-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":48612,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/radiofax-images-of-typhoon-surigae-from-the-japan-meteorological-agency\/","url_meta":{"origin":58070,"position":2},"title":"Radiofax images of Typhoon Surigae from the Japan Meteorological Agency","author":"Thomas","date":"April 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who writes: Technology considered obsolete, the fax, or better, radiofax (transmitted by radio) continues to be used by several meteorological agencies around the world, which broadcast weather charts to vessels on the high seas. These two images were transmitted today by the Japan Meteorological Agency\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Winds-Map-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Winds-Map-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Winds-Map-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Winds-Map-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":60636,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/hurricane-francine-us-coast-guard-radio-recording-and-weather-radiofax-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":58070,"position":3},"title":"Hurricane Francine: US Coast Guard Radio Recording and Weather Radiofax Images","author":"Thomas","date":"September 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Carlos Latuff, who shares the following recording of a USCG National Weather Service broadcast along with NOAA radiofax weather maps. Carlos notes: Part of National Hurricane Center's Tropical Weather Outlook Text, Hurricane Francine warning, broadcasted by US Coast Guard at Chesapeake, VA. Listened at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240912-WA0003.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240912-WA0003.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240912-WA0003.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64220,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/korea-meteorological-administration-radiofax-with-nakri-path\/","url_meta":{"origin":58070,"position":4},"title":"Korea Meteorological Administration Radiofax with Nakri Path","author":"Thomas","date":"October 11, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Carlos Latuff, who writes: The path of tropical storm \"Nakri,\" forecast to become a typhoon on Sunday, is shown on this weather chart from the Korea Meteorological Administration, broadcasted via radiofax and received this morning in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 0800 UTC, frequency 13570\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiofax-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiofax-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiofax-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Radiofax-Latuff-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65491,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/carlos-radiofax-scrapbook-march-2-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":58070,"position":5},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Radiofax Scrapbook: March 2, 2026","author":"Thomas","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares the latest entry in his Radiofax scrapbook. 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