Schedule | Frequencies and technical details: VMC (Charleville) - VMW (Wiluna)
The Charleville VMC radio facsimile system broadcasts a selection of Melbourne NMOC and Darwin RSMC weather charts over the region Southwards from 10N between 70E and 150W.
Technical Specifications
| Name of transmitting station | Charleville, Qld |
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| Denomination of broadcast | Facsimile transmission |
| Area of intended reception | Southwards from 10N, 70E - 150W. |
| Power of transmitters | 1 kW |
| Class of emission | F3C |
| Bandwidth | White +400 Hz Black -400 Hz |
| Index of cooperation | 576 |
| Scanning line density | 3.8 lines/mm |
| Scanning frequency | 120 lines/minute |
| Start Signals | Carrier modulated by 300 Hz for five (5) seconds |
| Phasing signals | BLACK signal interrupted by one (1) WHITE phasing pulse per revolution of the facimile drum, transmitted for at least thirty (30) seconds prior to the transmission of the chart |
| Stop signals | Carrier modulated by 450 Hz for five (5) seconds followed by ten (10) seconds of BLACK signal will be transmitted |
| Call signs, frequencies and broadcast times | Call Sign VMC |
Frequency kHz 2628 5100 11030 13920 20469 |
Broadcast (UTC) 0900-1900 0000-2400 0000-2400 0000-2400 1900-0900 |
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