The Weather Satellite Receiver is now being tested ready for this year's Jamboree on the Air. Further information is available from NOAA and from the WXtoIMG websites. A band of interference can be seen occuring on several of the images - cause as yet unknown! The software in use is WXtoIMG - responsible for recording the wav files to disc, then decoding the information and applying various palettes to the data to achieve the images seen here. In addition to this, other lower passes can sometimes yield good results from this location. The satellites orbit the earth every 90 minutes, however with the rotation of the earth this means we typically get 2 good passes from each satellite every day. There are four NOAA satellites in service - 15, 17, 18 and the newest NOAA 19 (still undergoing trials). These are received on 137 Mhz currently on a colinear antenna connected to a Dartcom sythesized VHF satellite receiver. When the time comes for the satellite to appear, open WXtoImg, and then go to File->Record, and click on Auto Record.
These are the latest weather satellite images received from the low earth orbiting NOAA satellites. Now you can go to File -> Satellite Pass List, and find a time when a satellite will be passing overhead.
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