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…
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…
A couple of days ago Meteor M-2 was having some issues with image downloads. The next day the issue looked to have been corrected with this image showing a return to just the standard thick black lines ever 6 minutes…
Having now received most of the items needed, missing the SAWbird (Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) plus a band pass filter) and an adaptor (I’ve one I’m using elsewhere which I can borrow), I’ve been having my first attempts to pick…
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…