How we get weather at sea for FREE - Sailing Tarka Extras
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2019
- Here's the exact radio we use, but any radio that can receive SSB would work:
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For our audio recording:
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Proceeds from this video will go to the Coral Reef Alliance, but you can also support us directly (and specifically the production of these videos) by becoming a Patron: / theadventuresoftarka
Tarka is a 1973 Albin Vega 27 (8.2m) that I bought sight-unseen and without sailing experience on the island of St. Martin in April of 2017. I was thrust head-first into ocean sailing as I got Tarka safely south from what would become the most devastating hurricane seasons on record. We are now working our way west towards the Pacific.
I am sailing Tarka around the world in part to raise money and awareness for coral conservation by supporting the Coral Reef Alliance. You can learn more here:
www.theadventuresoftarka.com/f...
or visit their website directly:
www.coral.org
If you make a donation to their website directly in Tarka's honor, please send me an e-mail copy of your receipt so I can keep track of Tarka's fundraising. You can forward to:
theadventuresoftarka@gmail.com
Additional support for Tarka’s sail for CORAL (The Coral Reef Alliance) comes from contributions by:
Soylent - Healthy provisioning for the long offshore passages
Sta Lok - Swage-less terminals for portions of Tarka’s rigging, making it an easy DIY job and allowing for easy inspection
Victron Energy - Providing monitoring solutions for Tarka's batteries, to ensure we always have enough juice to do what we need to.
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Music credits:
Plastic or Paper - Wes Hutchinson
Dance With Me - Ehrling: / ehrling
It appears there is an issue with the audio playback on non-stereo systems, and you can't hear the broadcast signal. Not sure why this happened, but you can hear it with headphones just fine.
Yo hey, sound engineer here. This can happen when the phase of one channel is inverted 180 degrees. It means when the left and right channels are playing one source (like a voice) they play the information at exactly same frequency and amplitude, only when one is inverted it cancels the other out. It's happened either on a recording device, in a DAW or in video production software...possibly even a cable you used was wired incorrectly. Get in touch at hello@lawrencegreenwood.com and I'll talk you through flipped phase, potential causes and how to avoid it in the future.
You are right, that was a nice picture.
I would be asking for a pasta for dinner all the time...
Great method! My setup is. Sony SSB with phaselock PLL so manually chasing the carrier wave is not needed(less data loss). Also, folks should know that to interpret those maps, you should have a set of about 4, each day across 3 consecutive days. I found that a set for the Pacific Mexico took about 4hrs per day, with do-overs. I now rely on Cruiser Nets on the same SSB for weather. Minutes per day, any day. They are experts and have more info. Cheers!
Looked at the whole playlist. I realized that with the advent of the girl on board the boat, Tarka became cleaner and there appeared order and comfort.
Certainly could be the case :)
I remember loading games from a cassette onto my old C64
Ha! I definitely do not remember that ;)
Excellent job of simplifying this
You have to keep this adventure going. What ever it takes. Lose all shame and beg, borrow and steal. I hope more people will subscribe and contribute to your channel. Good luck!
The match cut on the flippers hidden with the bubbles was great.
Thanks!
Hot diggity dog....kite boarding! Yeah! That ought to ramp up the fun meter. Nice insight to gathering weather forecasts for free. Hope your having an absolute blast.
Absolutely Perfect video. Thank you. I appreciate your layered strategic approach. Displaying the animals at your feet, then sitting on your boat with human interaction while sucking up radio broadcasts, only to later upload through WiFi through Satellite technology to a guy conducting a mission in Mali for the UN. I Will keep watching.
Great idea to record the signal!!!...
You've inspired me- I signed up for sailing lessons, already finished part one, and I want a boat. Sailors seem incredibly 'capable, ' it is kinda intimidating, you have to know how to sail AND the other things like electronics, computers, photography, navigating, boat maintenance, etc. plus if you are solo the sleep deprivation part would really suck for me. I'm just a lowly peasant but will push forward with the dream, wish me luck everybody !
Thanks for the info and will have to give that a try. As always enjoyed the video and will be looking forward to your next one.
Havent been getting the notifications, now im 5 videos behind and loving every minute of them getting up to date. Keep up the great work, by far my favourite Sailing channel.
Excellent information for my adventure and inexpensive! Great job!
Your videos are awesome! It's just that simple.
This is the reason I follow a few vlogs... It's amazing how we are fooled into technology and price, when a simple solution exists at a fraction of the cost... Well done you two...
Thanks! And to be fair, the expensive solutions are more convenient and perhaps more reliable. If Elon Musk has his way though, this video will be moot in 5 years, when affordable global broadband becomes a thing.
Great info. Thank You.
Thanks you solved that problem for me when I set sail with a 27 foot from Ireland in 2020
0:29 I always knew your boat was small, but this shot gives it a whole new perspective
excelent guys, cheers, azhar
Useful tip will have to experiment with this :)
awesome info.. thanks.
Thanks for the weather gathering Info. Like the nurse shark scene. Cheers
Wow Im in awe. 👍🤓
Very cool, awesome extra! P.S. nice lead in.
Plz more special videos like this
Good video 👍
Interesting to see how you get the weather! And those sharks seemed very curious :-)
Cool, I use FLDigi quite often. Understanding it is what you have and it works, for someone else that wants to try this, an inexpensive second hand ssb radio or a quality SDR will give you almost 20db more sensitivity for the weak signals. That is a huge difference. Additionally with the SDR you could receive satellite wefax for a much clearer image.
Very clever. I installed a used SSB in my boat, but never could get it to work. This would have been much better.
Thanks for the shark footage, I knew you’d run into them eventually!
I would presume you could use a cheap SDR dongle and pick it up directly on the PC. Not to discourage people from getting into Radio, Ham and SSB HF but an SDR dongle would be cheap and make a great backup as well. Of course the ongoing Maritime Mobile Net on 14.300 make getting into ham radio worth it for anyone out cruising IMO.
You should look up SDR "Software Defined Radio". When I saw the frequency waterfall I thought that was what you were using. You can get a good SDR under $60 and it just plugs directly into your computer. You can receive almost ANY frequency on it. Having it directly plugged into your computer via USB also helps get clear audio. The benefit to you would be HUGE because not only could you receive the weather reports but also NOAA satellite images live. You can also use it to listen to anyone transmitting, hf vhf or uhf. LOVE the videos, just bought my first sailboat and cant wait to learn!
Thanks for the info! I learned about SDR later on, and I haven't been back to the states since. Here in Panama is probably the first place we've been where I might be able to find an SDR device.
@@TheAdventuresofTarka Hopefully you will find one! Also if you have any questions or need help with anything radio/communications wise please message me. I am a licensed HAM and even talk to the international space station via radio for fun on occasions!
Hell yeah. That’s just how we roll in the Anarchy Yacht Club...
Thanks I love radio Moscow too
That water start is coming along. Let the wind pull you up rather trying to stand up. Be patient. Tommy
I have some better results than that one, and they'll be in the next episode. But who wants to see success? ;)
Hi there! have you tried with an SDR receiver? it connects directly to your USB port on the PC/MAC and it allows the software to process the audio in real time. No audio recording nor short wave receiver required.
Will you be sailing to Hawaii or will you bypass it?
" Beyond All Things Is The Sea"
Seneca
How long is your antenna? 50-70 feet is ideal, and keeping it as far away from metal as possible. If had a license and a ham radio you could add email and messaging from your boat.
That's correct, but on our budget and with the space we have, a transmitter wasn't an option. The attena is just a simple dipole that we unravel and hoist up a flag halyard. But our mast isn't event 30 feet, so I don't think we could erect a 50-70 foot antenna anywhere ;)
@@TheAdventuresofTarka - On my Vega I have external chain plates, and clip to an exposed stud inside the cabin for my SSB signal, and it works quite well. Clipping to the backstay might also work well since I know you don't have easy access to your chain plates from inside the cabin. When I used SSB a lot I had a dedicated antenna, but when the antenna was lost during a knock down I never replaced it. If you are receiving static and other environmental noise on the desired channel then your signal strength is sufficient. A better tuned or longer antenna is not always a good idea as it will increase both the noise and signal at the same rate.
Creative! Yes. Are there no satellites broadcasting weather info? There are lots of disused American satellites from 1970s still floating in space and still perfectly functioning that Brazilians are using instead of mobile phones - discussing football etc. Making a satellite antenna costs pennies.
little tricky to keep a satellite antenna steady on a boat of this size
That's an analog fax....
Google Outernet satellite receiver. You can make one using a Raspberry pi or chip.
What is your boat please
Why do you record the SSB data? Why not run it into your audio in on Fldigi? Have you thought about a RTL SDR as a back up? That would cover the shortwave bands as well as up to NOAA satellites. You might be able to grab some fly over for maps?
Hey buddy! Unfortunately I can't feed audio directly to my laptop, as I lack the right cable. Interesting idea! At the time I bought the radio I didn't know about SDR, and I haven't been in a position to buy an SDR device since. Shipping is either impossible, expensive, or a big hassle most places we've been.
As what we call a "weather jumper"
I hear the same thing is available via satellite and some have experimented with it using an SDR to receive.
We have a Sat phone, and in theory, we can use it to get grib files, but it's still expensive, and at least with our old phone, quite a hassle.
Just had a look for this - supercool! www.rtl-sdr.com/rtl-sdr-tutorial-receiving-noaa-weather-satellite-images/
I don't care if the nurse sharks followed you home. You can't keep them. :)
But moooooom!
Dont sell tarka!
The start of the video was crude
I lost interest in the weather after 20 seconds.