Modeīy default, there is not SYNOP decoding of RTTY reception, so its behavior does not change. Meteorological information in process: Text, SHIP, SYNOP. Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre: Guayaquil, Radio IOA (Instituto Oceanografico Armada) o Radio Naval
SYNOP decoding is not accessible from Navtex modem yet. Navtex (Also called MSI as Maritime Safety Information) SYNOP decoding is not accessible fromMorse CW modem yet.įM 12 SYNOPSIS, FM 13 SHIP for sea area I (Time schedule 0900, 2100) Met codes: FM 12 - SYNOP, FM 13 - SHIP for Sea areas I. Still, according to WMO information for shipping, a couple of maritime stations might broadcast these informations in different mode that RTTY, but this has not been tested yet.
Until recently, many shore stations used to transmit Synop reports by Morse Code (" Ocean Yacht Navigator", Kenneth Wilkes, 1976 ). SYNOP reports are typically sent every six hours by Deutscher Wetterdienst on shortwave and low frequency using RTTY. The most important broadcaster on SYNOP data is DWD, in RTTY mode. Many SYNOP reports are available on web sites such as Ogimet.
It is closely associated to FM 13-XIV SHIP, for report of surface observation from a sea station (Created in 1982) and FM 14-XIV SYNOP MOBIL, for reports of surface observation from a mobile land station. SYNOP, which stands for surface synoptic observations is a numerical code used for reporting weather observations made by manned and automated fixed land weather stations.