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Subject: Re:  Network Temperature Protocol
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Date: 25 Jul 90 16:36:40 GMT
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Glenn,

As you know, the WMO has a bunch of weather forecasting and reporting
formats used in the aviation and marine communities. For some years
venerable Miami short-wave station WBR70 broadcasted continuous
data on various frequencies receivable over significant portions of the
globe. While this station has since shut down, Halifax Radio CHU
presently broadcasts 75-baud radioteletype messages (along with
facsimile maps) on several frequencies. A little known fact is that
for some years anybody could TELNET to a magic port on one of my
machines (dcn6) and watch the weather flow (translated to ASCII, of course).
While I can't guarantee to continue that for my friends, due to shortage
of equipment, it sure would be interesting and maybe even useful if
some site or other could splice the weather wire and in effect resurrect
WBR70.

Dave