I’m still very much in learning mode for getting GOES 17 images, not helped by the fact that from our property there are very few places where trees are not in the way, especially one very tall palm tree on…
We’re currently experiencing some pretty strong, gusty winds here in Auckland, with the Met Service forecasting gusts of over 110kmph (I’ve certainly felt the house juddering from the strength of the wind). This is one part of the weather that…
I’ve been waiting about 3 weeks for the Nooelec GOES SAWbird to arrive, which is a low noise amplifier coupled with a band pass filter which only allows the satellite frequency through. It had gone on a journey around the…
The passes this morning from NOAA are all showing issues with the image quality, with an example below from the NOAA 18 pass. This also impacted the Meteor M2 passes where it proved impossible to decode the audio to produce…
GOES 17, also known as GOES West, is a US weather satellite which is in a geostationary orbit 35,700km above the Earth. It was launched in March 2018 and it has a planned life out to about 2036, although based…