The WEFAX SSTV transmitter is a propagation beacon that operates on the two meter band. Currently the test frequency is 144.470 Mhz. The Beacon is run by a computer. Every ten minutes the computer retrives the latest weather image from ibsys.com and saves it to the hard drive. It then changes the image name, resolution, and file type. Then Mscan takes the image and transmits it on SSTV, via the Scottie DX mode.

Here this is the batch file I wrote to do this:

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echo off

cd\

c:

cd\temp\

call DHTTP.EXE http://images.ibsys .com/har/images/weather/auto/hartford _radar_640x480.jpg

call 2Bitmap.exe s=c:\temp\*.jpg d=c:\temp -nodlg

move hartford_radar_640x480.bmp "C:\Program Files\CombiTech\Mscan SSTV\Beacons\Beacon001.bmp"

ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 600000 >NUL

cd\

call move.bat

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Of course this bach file uses two external programs that I had to download:

DHTTP.ZIP from http://www.cmdtools.com/ , I want to thank Dave Navarro for making this freeware

2Bitmap.exe from almost any shareware download site.

The sstv program that can be used as a beacon is Mscan from http://www.mscan.com/ which I did have to buy for 62 dollars! Which does seem like a bit much for a SSTV program.

Please let me know if you hear the beacon, or if you are receiving interference from it! My email address is here.