From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxj!cbosgd!nscs!rmas70!mork-cb!lgl
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Title: Terminal access to FSS/NWS - (nf)
Article-I.D.: mork-cb.157
Posted: Thu Dec  2 16:17:53 1982
Received: Fri Dec  3 07:16:44 1982

In a recent article received via net.aviation, a voice response system was
described which gave timely weather information obtained from various
weather reporting sites.. Following is an excerpt from that article...



	From rmas70!nscs!cbosgd!npois!npoiv!harpo!zeppo!imm 
	(Irv M. McNair Jr.) Tue Nov  2 11:15:41 1982
	Subject: Re: Re: Terminal access to FSS/NWS weath - (nf)
	Newsgroups: net.aviation

	There is a voice response system that will give weather information.
	I have found it very useful because it gives the complete report 
	and not just what the briefer decides to tell
	you.  It is slow enough so I can take notes.
	
	It gives the weather observed at the airports (hourly sequence reports),
	the terminal forecast, and winds aloft forecast at three altitudes
	(plus or minus 4000 ft) from the requested.  
	It also gives the TWEB routes forecsts for which you have to 
	know the numbers.


I've tried out the system and found it (when in operation) to be very
useful. It seems to be an experiment of some sort and therefore doesn't
have the inclination to stay "on-line" for long stretches of time.
Anyway, I tried to get a terminal forcast for Zanesville, Ohio (ZZV)
and found that I don't have the letter 'Z' on my phone! In fact,
most of the Bell system phones I've seen don't have 'Z's or 'Q's!
Is there any way around this??  
Has anyone ever run into this before??

		Lionel G. Lynch
		(...!cbosgd!nscs!rmas70!mork-cb!lgl)