Radiofax

As weather fax (also wefax ) refers to a form of modulation, are usually sent with the shortwave either gray-scale satellite images or monochrome weather maps.

For shipping complete with weather fax printer from the companies Furuno and Fastnet offered.

Colloquially also meteorological polling services are referred to as weather fax.

The wireless transmission of fax images is popular with radio amateurs because it is narrow band and störresistent and can be sent, received and displayed by relatively simple means (PC with a sound card and appropriate software ).