Hello All!
there is bad news from the states, received this from USCG Boston:
Since June 12 USCG Boston (6340.5 and 12750 kHz) transmit the following
facsimile notice to mariners:
THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 PROPOSES
ELIMINATING TRANSMISSION OF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER
CHARTS TO MARINE RADIOFAX BROADCAST STATIONS ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1995.
SEE THE 0920Z REQUEST FOR COMMENTS BROADCAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
You can receive this notice at 0300, 0800, 0905, 1730, 1835 and 2015 UTC
Reading this announcment also on sci.geo.meteorology :
              MARINE RADIOFAX SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
    THE PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996 INCLUDES
REDUCTIONS IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE (NWS) FUNDING WHICH WILL
RESULT IN ELIMINATING THE TRANSMISSION OF WEATHER CHARTS TO MARINE
RADIOFAX BROADCAST STATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1995.  IF CONGRESS
ACCEPTS THESE PROPOSALS, THE WEATHER CHARTS PRODUCED BY THE NWS WILL
BE MADE AVAILABLE TO MARITIME USERS ONLY THROUGH PRIVATE WEATHER
INFORMATION SERVICES.
    THE COAST GUARD IS DETERMINING WHETHER THIS PROPOSAL WILL PERMIT
PRIVATE WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES TO BROADCAST WEATHER CHARTS BY
RADIOFAX FROM STATIONS NMF-MARSHFIELD, MA; NMC-PT. REYES, CA; AND
NOJ-KODIAK, AK AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1995.  A SIMILAR DETERMINATION WILL BE
MADE BY THE FAA FOR STATION KVM70-HONOLULU, HI.  PRIVATE MARINE RADIO
STATIONS WLO-MOBILE, AL; WLC-ROGERS CITY, MI; AND ANY OTHER PRIVATE
MARINE RADIO STATIONS MAY CONTINUE OR BEGIN RADIOFAX BROADCASTS AFTER
SEPTEMBER 30, 1995 BY OBTAINING CHARTS FROM THE NWS AT NO COST TO THE
GOVERNMENT. FURTHER NOTICES WILL BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE.  IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE CONTACT THE NWS OFFICE
OF METEOROLOGY (W/OM), 1325 EAST-WEST HIGHWAY, SILVER SPRING, MD
20910.
-- Official announcement of the U.S. National Weather Service, for release
   on June 12, 1995.
COAST  GUARD  COMMUNICATIONS
Telephone: (202) 267-2860         U.S. Coast Guard (G-TTM)
Fax:       (202) 267-4106         Washington DC 20593
Internet:  CGComms/g-t07@cgsmtp.comdt.uscg.mil
USN Norfolk will also eliminating the shortwave transmissions and of this
year, and in Europe Offenbach Meteo (DWD) will stop the transmissions on
longwave beginn 1996.
Hope this is of interest,
Marius Rensen
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