Category: Telecommunications

Introduction In previous posts I looked at various aspects of decoding BFSK GMDSS/DSC using GNURadio, SDRangel, Multipsk and Scicos. In the last post I used a BPF Non-Coherent GNURadio FSK decoder to decode random data (Ref.1). In this post I will use the same decoder to examine a short GMDSS/NAVTEX BFSK message (Ref.2). BFSK BPF… Continue reading Marine GMDSS/NAVTEX MF Decoder

Introduction Recently I revisited OpenPlotter after a two year interval to see what had changed in the latest version 3 (Ref.1/3). I tested the Starter and Headless images and setup AIS & GPS on RPi4/OpenCPN. In 2021 I had looked at various aspects of version 2 (Ref.4/5). In this post I will look at OpenPlotter3… Continue reading OpenPlotter3 – AIS & GPS on RPi3B

Introduction In the previous post I looked at using OpenPlotter3 for receiving HF Weather Fax (Ref.1). In this post we will use OpenPlotter3 to receive Marine MF NAVTEX (Ref.2). NAVTEX transmissions contain valuable marine information such as navigation warnings, weather forecasts, ice information and MSI specific messages. The world is divided into different regions and… Continue reading OpenPlotter3 – Marine NAVTEX

Introduction Recently I revisited OpenPlotter after a two year interval to see what had changed in the latest version 3 (Ref.1/2). I tested the Starter and Headless images and setup AIS & GPS on OpenCPN. In 2021 I had looked at various aspects of version 2 (Ref.3/13). In this post I will look at the… Continue reading OpenPlotter3 – Marine HF Weather Fax