There's a nice web site at http://www.hffax.de/ on this subject.

West Marine also has a SSB receive only unit for sale that
might save you a penny or two over a transmitter setup.

"zachary alan schramm" wrote in message
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I am interested in receiving weather fax charts, are the great lakes
covered. I found software that will demodulate the signal without extra
equipment so I was looking into a ssb radio. What kind would I need? I
want to get the cheapest receiver I can but one that would produce a good
signal for good charts. Let me know if anyone has any experience with
this.

-Zac Schramm