There are antennas that are designed specifically for the circular polarization of the NOAA Satellite signals, however a standard discone or other common outdoor scanner antenna should work fine. The easiest method is to use a discone antenna, or other roof mounted antenna. To get started, you will want to dedicate a receiver for satellite monitoring - the receiver should have a good outdoor antenna with a clear view of the sky. There are very few scanners and communications receivers that have a IF bandwidth selection of 30 KHz, however you can still receive the signal using the standard mode selection of FM for your radio. The transmission mode is FM, with a bandwidth of 30 KHz. They transmit on the following frequencies: In this post, I'll review how I was able setup a process to receive and decode these pictures using an AOR AR5000 Radio, a computer with a sound card, and free decoding software.Ĭurrently, there are 3 production NOAA satellites, NOAA 15, 17 and 18. These picture transmissions occur in the 137 MHz band and are easily monitored with a scanner and easily decoded with free software. One of the more interesting satellite monitoring targets are the NOAA low earth orbit satellites, which fly in sun-synchronous polar orbits around the earth and continuously transmit satellite photos. but for many monitoring satellite communications is at the top of the list. There are a lot of things in the radio communications hobby that are exciting.
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