Quite a lot of what we do in science requires to be as low tech as possible for some stuff (I am an oceanographer), that is because it has to be something that people, not only scientists, can do. If you keep adding more stuff not only complicates things but also increases the chance that a part will go wrong and it won't work. I would guess that's why the "keep it simple, stupid" exists.
I did this some years ago. I ordered a kit from Hamtronics, an R139. 6 channels between 137-138 MHz. I eventually built a QFH antenna and was delighted with the results. That was way long before SDRs were a thing.
I'm still using my R139 and WXtoImg. Was fortunate enough years ago to get a Quorum dedicated WX Satellite antenna with a built-in preamp powered over the coax. When Celestrak changed their domain name my Mac version of WXtoImg was no longer able to grab the Keps from the app but I've found a work-around to get them into the program. I'm as amazed with every pass as I was the very first time I did this and never get tired of it! 73 - Dino KLØS
Thank you very much for the detailed step by step guide, you are quickly becoming one of my most favored content creators on the internet. Your use of "throwaway" gear such as that laptop proves that a budget constraint may not really be the dead end that many people fear it is when it comes to learning and exercising skills in this field. Appreciatory valve: wide open.
This was my gateway into getting licensed I got hooked on getting NOAA images and realized I could get licensed and talk back to some satellites. It's such an amazing hobby. Great videos!
@@Veslanjejezivot There are many satellites that act as repeaters, so you can talk to other amateur radio operators all over the world through them. In fact the ISS has an amateur radio repeater on it, and on (albeit rare) occasion, you can even talk to an astronaut on the ISS.
@@Dusty_Ham thank you for sharing. I was hearing ISS for the first time now since my HAM radio saga start because I was tuning on the wrong frequency (145.800) and should've used 437.800
Can you show me a picture of a real active satellite and orbit? Since we have the technology to see stars from Earth that are 1000 miles away. But don't have any pictures of active satellites
Man uses computers to yell at sky robots. In all seriousness, it's really neat. I appreciate you being open with the information and making tutorial videos, thanks.
yeah people keep confusing receiving with transmitting which is understandable cause in most telecommunications you use on the daily, you do both, but it leads to many people thinking you need a permit to listen to some of these things, when they're just broadcast everywhere w/out much care to encrypt them
The last few days I have been using a baofeng and a homemade v dipole to pick up NOAA. I have had pretty good success. Your videos are what inspired me to try this.
Whats the trick to get the right bandwith, since LRTPT is at least 40kilo wide? Does this work just by feeding audio line in whatever recorder/ audacity etc? Recording to phone wasnt good enough :( Best results I was able to get were acquired with V dipole and HackRF.
@@JanicekTrnecka I don't really know, maybe my cheap Baofeng has poor frequency control which makes it receive over a wide bandwidth. I also am using a cheap usb sound card which probably helps with the image clarity. I just modified the headset to have an audio output jack.
Thanks for the how-to video. For someone like myself with an engineering background, but never had the time or patience to explore the reception of weather satellite data, I really appreciated your video. Before retiring as a hardware design engineer, I worked designing primary instruments on weather satellites but never considered actually receiving data from an instruments I had a part in their development. Many thanks again!
I have (had!) zero interest in doing this and don't quite know why UA-cam recommended it to me! But thank you for producing a well-explained primer that never forgot its intended audience's newbie status and was thus pitched perfectly. You also managed to throw in some summary stuff about more advanced ways to do things, thereby whetting the apetites of any newbie who was wondering if this might be interesting. Seriously: you covered the basics well whilst enticing with some more advanced stuff, lightly glossed over. That's pretty much how tutorials on any given subject *ought* to be done, but very seldom are. So, kudos and thanks.
Thanks for putting this video together. You answered a lot of my questions and REALLY helped demystify a few of the things I was thoroughly overthinking. Awesome man thanks
Was really inspired to do this a while back because of your original videos. I struggled like hell at first but I loved the process. Wish I had this video sooner hopefully more people get into this hobby. I use SDR Sharp and NOAA APT for decoding. I had a terrible time trying to get WXtolmg working. Going to try satdump next.
I tried and gave up on the 'more painful' approach a few years ago. Your vid is a new inspiration! I want to build a simple Uda-Yagi style antenna (for 137M-138M) to use on a ball-head on a tripod which will allow (approx) tracking of the sat trajectory. With that and a coordinated Doppler adjustment it should provide a very strong signal. Great vid !!
You are the man, I bought an SDR a year ago and thanks to your video have finally gotten it set up and working on FM. This weekend I am going to DIY up a dipole from rabbit ears for airplane tracking. Thanks to this video, next stop will be NOAA
Thank you for your well thought out succinct video. Just got my very first image a few minutes ago and I could not be happier! Your videos are what got me into radio - much appreciated!
This was fantastic. I never knew the public could access and/or decode signals from these Sats. This would be a great family project or school project. Thanks for a great video!
ABout 10 years ago i heard about SDR, but back you had to buy an TV stick and then modify the software to convert it to sdr radio. Youre bringing back my memories, thanks
I've been interested in the satellite decoding since back in the day when I used to communicate with the MIR space station, I think you just rekindled that enthusiasm for me with your video.
Thank you for the tutorial. Most excellent. I've connected my old Bearcat BC200XLT with it's rubber ducky, plugged the earphone jack into my video camera''s audio in. I recorded the audio wilst trying to visually locate NOAA19. Visually tracking didn't go well, but certainly got the audio recorded. Dumped audio into Audacity converted it to a 11025Hz file, then trimmed to the strongest cleanest portion of the signal. I popped that .WAV file into WXtoIMG and got a pretty decent image of the Gulfcoast (I'm in Central Texas). I know automating could make it a little more set and forget, but the act of hunting for the signal and the whole challenge in general was a great deal of fun for me. I tried NOAA 15. Not so good of a result. I might need a 2m yagi to better track those more finicky signals. Thanks again.
You could connect gpredict to sdrpp and let gpredict change sdrpp’s frequency automatically according to doppler shift .. well at least on linux dont know about windows or mac, how ever there should be a windows version of gpredict. Great tutorial btw!
Greetings from Yorkshire, England. Bloody brilliant, cheers mate. Before tonight I'd not heard of SDR. So much technical stuff surrounding the subject (understandably). I've watched maybe 10 tutorials and although they were relatively informative much of the information went over my head. I'm very much a understand it from the ground up type of person through messing about with it and I'm glad to have happened upon your channel. Just watched the video you did were you built your own antenna then this one. Just using a scanner and recording the data stream on your phone is (MacGyver) brilliant and it's actually given me a better insight/understanding than the other 10 videos combined. You've inspired me to have a go myself. I appreciate that. Credit where its due. 👏👍
I've definitely found it helpful to watch / read multiple sources for a lot of this stuff. Sometimes people (myself included) take stuff for granted and gloss over important details!
@@saveitforparts I appreciate your approach, for a lay person like myself the technical stuff slots into place after getting my hands dirty on a project. I wasn't even aware that you could access the information from weather satellites without maybe being a part of an organisation and with expensive equipment. Of course it makes sense when I think about it, the science isn't new and I know our tech develops but we've been transmitting information this way for quite a while now and when I think about the voyager probes over bloody vast distances. Anyways, looking forward to watching some more of your experiments.
Been wanting to do this for a while ever since I saw your original video 2 years ago. Finally got around to putting everything together and recorded/decoded my first successful picture today! Keep up the great work!
I watched this about 6 weeks ago. Fast forward to today and I have a really nice Double Cross Antenna capturing some great NOAA APT images! I'm now gearing up for some NOAA HRPT ones! Thanks for the introduction 😀
I've been interested in getting into this for a while and my rtl-sdr is in the mail as we speak. This guide came at the perfect time for me! Thank you!
OK this channel is awesome. I love DIY and I dropped out of engineering school to follow my dream of being a Chef (I didn't say I was smart). I am the only chef I know with an electronics bench complete with oscilloscope, power supply and function generator lol! Not to mention a box of Arduino's, some loaded with long forgotten sketches.. I'm ready to check this stuff out, I've been wanting to get into raspberry pi and Linux, and it looks pretty cheap to get started. This makes me excited about the possibility of downloading satellite images even with my limited proficiency! Thanks!!! I've been watching a lot of your content. Whether it's satellites or Sandland, I love how you are always slightly smiling.
Great tutorial for all of us beginners! Extra points for dumpster laptop :) You are awesome, thanks for your passion and the will to share it with the world. Never stop man!
Finally took the time to capture a pass today. I tried NOAA 15 and 16. I messed it up a bit but it was fun and ill get it next time. Thanks for putting this together
I've started doing this a couple of days ago, using an RSPduo and a dipole. On my first try got some very good reception from NOAA-19, did not expect that just from a simple dipole. It's fascinating to see an image of the earth from space as it is in the moment. At my location you can see the arctic on these images. Can't wait to try decoding LRPT.
Just did this with an RTL-SDR and a random length of wire shoved in the core of the SMA jack, only got the calibration lines on the side (I dont think I would have seen much as this pass was at midnight) Nontheless really excited to see something with so little equipment, I honestly would have never attemped it with the equipment I have if it wasnt for this channel so thank you! I can't wait to get better at catching these sats.
Thank you VERY much for the easy to understand walkthrough! I've been interested in this since watching another video you did, but was unsure how to even get started. This was what I needed to go order hardware!
I am not gonna lie, I had no idea how I even ended up on this video today. However, this video was so informative and honestly amazing, on a topic I didn't even know I found interesting. I went down a rabbit hole after this to watch more of your videos and others similar. Thank you.
Good stuff, not much new stuff for me since I've been following for a while but I would say someone getting into this would definitely get a lot out of this!
Correct, the SDRs were originally designed so people could watch TV on their computers...but the TV would only work on the TV transmission method used in Europe and Asia, not the same method used here in the US
It was also for radio due to new standards, in the US it works in most big cities but in europe and asia it is by default that it will work, so much that there are standalone radios from china that work marvelously because radio stations send data and you know the name of the radio station, what program is on and what song it is playing, it can also send stereo over AM. Saludos.
The subject is really kind of a bear to get your arms around as the combination of astrophysics and RF makes for a difficult study. Thanks for taking it on!!
40 minutes ago i didn't even know i wanted to do this...and yet you have answered all the questions that have come up so far. Thank you so much for that :)
I have been looking half of your video, and it was well explained but I'm not gonna do this in the near future, maybe later. A friend radioamateur did this in the nineties already and now you explained it to us how to very easy.
I’ve gotta say, I have learned so much watching your videos. I love watching your videos, they purely entertain me, keep up the fantastic work and content!!
Glad to hear it! Usually I'm learning as I do the videos, so I don't always feel like the best teacher for some things. Occasionally I try to do a how-to type video once I'm confident in my process.
Thanks for this introduction to ham radio, it was exactly what i was looking for. I bought a Baofeng radio 1 month ago just because of one of your videos, unfortunately the regulatory agency in my country blocked the delivery halfway through, I've already filled out all the paperwork and I'm here waiting for another 45 days to have the product approved or denied... fingers crossed!
Hope you can get it! The US sometimes tries to block products like that, but the Amazon sellers just change the brand name and model number every 6 months or so 😂
Just wanted to thank you for all the time and effort you put into this! While I'm a hobbyist with RaspberryPis, Python, etc, capturing weather satellite information is brand new to me and I thought you did a fantastic introductory video on it! Will definitely be subscribing to your channel!
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, you made again excited about ham radio and listening to ISS and sattelites, great work, love your content, keep it up and have fun!!! THANK YOU!!!
Well explained, this video was very helpful for me. I started with this a few years ago, but then other interests came along. However, it's interesting to see that there's still the possibility to receive satellite images. This video is very useful to me.
Im big into radio, HF ham radio mainly. I work on radios too, as well as building some of my own equipment. The algorithm brought me here, though admittedly I've never had much interest in doing anything with satellites, but I did actually stick around to watch this entire video. I saw right from the beginning that you are being pretty thorough in your description, not just saying do this and this, but also explaining why and how it works. Though I'm not very interested in doing this sort of thing, I did find your video on the subject interesting and its always cool to see something that can be done easily enough with things one might already have around (and in my case, I definitely do), even if theres no desire to do so immediately. Its always good to learn something new, and you did a good job of explaining it all in a way that is easily understood. I'll probably go and take a peek to see if you've done any more videos like this, and if not I would highly encourage you to do so. I have quite a bit of knowledge about radio, propagation, antenna building, radio maintenance and repair, as well as many other electronics building and repair related stuff. What I lack is the ability to explain those things to people in a way that helps them to understand how to do what I'm explaining. You seem to have a natural talent for teaching others about the things you enjoy doing yourself, and a lot of people could benefit from that sort of instruction. We need more of it. When I started out learning about repairing radios there wasnt much to go on, but if I dig deep enough online I was finally able to find the information I needed and a few good books in pdf format to download free. Most of the videos I watched didnt explain much and left me very confused instead of more knowledgable. Anyways, I enjoyed the video, thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Thanks! I've been more into satellites and weather data lately, I do have a technician license but I don't get on the air much. I might try to do more how-to videos, people keep asking about them.
You too Slooww pickup Man??? Need 0.5 down speed to listen? Nahh .. or you kinda wicked Stoned brain. Anyway, while you listening at 0.5x pace Me just listening at 1.75x .
I can suggest using a compass for setting the antenna to north/south direction to improve receiving the signal. Another thing is to use a usb extention cable to have the SDR dongle away from the laptop and reduce interference, depending on the quality and build of the laptop it might reduce static if that is an issue. With about the same setup you can also receive weatherfax messages, another video I guess ;-)
Just tried this, got the baofeng in last night, recorded it on my phone. Decoded it, you can definitely see clouds. Looks pretty close to that image you showed. hopefully i can catch one with high elevation on a clear day and try to get a more recognizable picture. Thank you for the tutorial!
Nice video! Its so cool to see how much your knowledge has progressed. You have gone from learning to presenting it in a very succinct and knowledgeable manner. Makes me want to start playing around more with SDRs... keep up the great content
Im just starting getting into this stuff. I picked up a uniden bearcat from my neighbor and tried this out last night. I got pretty excited when i heard NOAA18 going over. I tried recording NOAA15 this morning and getting an image out of it but i only ended up getting a thin black/staticy strip. I dont think my recording was long enough though since it was only 10 to 15 seconds. Im definitely going to keep trying. Thanks for sharing this, its a lot of fun.
Idk how or why this showed up on my feed having never seen this channel or type of video before but I have to admit it was very interesting. You've piqued my curiosity to the point I'm willing to invest more of my time into your past catalog of content.
Another great video. Easy to follow and understand. Gonna have to nerd out with my weather friends next time in the field. And to have it all fit in a laptop bag… amazing.
This was great, thanks so much! A lot has changed since I last looked into this years ago, time to give it another try! Really appreciate all the resources too!
That's fantastic your video is! My imagination is sparking alive with so many ideas of going all nerded out on my home computer and gear that you've shown. I've always seen those USB SDR sticks on Aliexpress and always wondered what they were about. You've answered my curiosity and sparked more questions. Thank you.
Thank you for a very practical and useful video!...Successfully heard the International Space Station (the easy way) based on your previous video!!...Once again you’ve inspired me…so I’ll be chasing after some live weather satellite Images!!!
about a year ago i sought to program a calculator that would return the angle of the sun for a given date.. since then i have earned loads of respect for these calculators telling you the altitude of the satellite. in the end i got my calculator to work but not without a lot of help from NASA's ephemeris calculator lol
thanks man this was super awesome. a real enabler. i was stuck with not knowing which route to go down. i know fancy signal stuff yeh but i just couldn't get started in this whole universe of tools & software an antennas etc. thanks man this was awesome. im saving this one to my favorites playlist.
This whole process was actually a lot more simple and low tech than I expected. Great video.
It's honestly one of the most entry level reception tasks and because it's space it's really cool too.
It's really easy to fool people.
@@garnet4846 Yes, just make a bunch of non-sense flattard videos and a bunch of dumb people will be fooled.
Quite a lot of what we do in science requires to be as low tech as possible for some stuff (I am an oceanographer), that is because it has to be something that people, not only scientists, can do. If you keep adding more stuff not only complicates things but also increases the chance that a part will go wrong and it won't work. I would guess that's why the "keep it simple, stupid" exists.
@@garnet4846 flat earther?
I did this some years ago. I ordered a kit from Hamtronics, an R139. 6 channels between 137-138 MHz. I eventually built a QFH antenna and was delighted with the results. That was way long before SDRs were a thing.
I'm still using my R139 and WXtoImg. Was fortunate enough years ago to get a Quorum dedicated WX Satellite antenna with a built-in preamp powered over the coax. When Celestrak changed their domain name my Mac version of WXtoImg was no longer able to grab the Keps from the app but I've found a work-around to get them into the program. I'm as amazed with every pass as I was the very first time I did this and never get tired of it! 73 - Dino KLØS
i remember decoding with JVFax and an easy interface to put together (can't remember the name of it)
I did this 40 years ago with a BBC computer, A/D interface from a magazine and 137Mhz band receiver and a crossed dipole antenna.
@@PapasDinowhat work around did you come up with? Thank you.
@@neiljolliff8170 nice
Computer cartographer here. As someone who's used a ton of satellite imagery, this is soooooo cool! Thank you! I can't wait to try.
The algorithm took me here and I may never do this, but the effort demanded a like and comment, the "save" concept a subscription. Well done.
Agreed
Thank you very much for the detailed step by step guide, you are quickly becoming one of my most favored content creators on the internet. Your use of "throwaway" gear such as that laptop proves that a budget constraint may not really be the dead end that many people fear it is when it comes to learning and exercising skills in this field. Appreciatory valve: wide open.
I'm a terrible dumpster diver and hoarder, if I can make old/cheap gear work then all the better!
I’ve been looking for this video for over 40 years. And I’m only 38. Looks like I have some fun days ahead of me.
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This was my gateway into getting licensed I got hooked on getting NOAA images and realized I could get licensed and talk back to some satellites. It's such an amazing hobby. Great videos!
What do you get by talking to them?
@@Veslanjejezivot There are many satellites that act as repeaters, so you can talk to other amateur radio operators all over the world through them. In fact the ISS has an amateur radio repeater on it, and on (albeit rare) occasion, you can even talk to an astronaut on the ISS.
@@Dusty_Ham thank you for sharing. I was hearing ISS for the first time now since my HAM radio saga start because I was tuning on the wrong frequency (145.800) and should've used 437.800
Can you show me a picture of a real active satellite and orbit? Since we have the technology to see stars from Earth that are 1000 miles away. But don't have any pictures of active satellites
@@juliocarrasco8297 Stars 1000 miles away? You wouldn't be one of those 'flat earth' nutters would you?
well done ! I'm 76 years young , and you have sparked my interest. looking forward to more info
@18:45 The Doppler shift as the satellite approaches and moves away man, that's real observable physics. I love it!
The distortion is beautiful as a representation of the different layers of transcoding the information goes through
Man uses computers to yell at sky robots. In all seriousness, it's really neat. I appreciate you being open with the information and making tutorial videos, thanks.
More like listening to the sky robots yelling at us!
yeah people keep confusing receiving with transmitting which is understandable cause in most telecommunications you use on the daily, you do both, but it leads to many people thinking you need a permit to listen to some of these things, when they're just broadcast everywhere w/out much care to encrypt them
The last few days I have been using a baofeng and a homemade v dipole to pick up NOAA. I have had pretty good success. Your videos are what inspired me to try this.
That is awesome! Glad you're having fun with it :-)
Whats the trick to get the right bandwith, since LRTPT is at least 40kilo wide? Does this work just by feeding audio line in whatever recorder/ audacity etc? Recording to phone wasnt good enough :(
Best results I was able to get were acquired with V dipole and HackRF.
@@JanicekTrnecka I don't really know, maybe my cheap Baofeng has poor frequency control which makes it receive over a wide bandwidth. I also am using a cheap usb sound card which probably helps with the image clarity. I just modified the headset to have an audio output jack.
@@paulmawhorter2713 thanks, now I am rigging up a thin audio jack and 2dollar usb audio card together ;)
Thanks for the how-to video. For someone like myself with an engineering background, but never had the time or patience to explore the reception of weather satellite data, I really appreciated your video. Before retiring as a hardware design engineer, I worked designing primary instruments on weather satellites but never considered actually receiving data from an instruments I had a part in their development. Many thanks again!
Awesome! And thanks for the support!
I almost spit my coffee out when I heard you say you were going to throw out the broken tripod! That’s good tubing!
one of those times utube does something useful. I feel at home. best regards from Brazil.
I have (had!) zero interest in doing this and don't quite know why UA-cam recommended it to me! But thank you for producing a well-explained primer that never forgot its intended audience's newbie status and was thus pitched perfectly. You also managed to throw in some summary stuff about more advanced ways to do things, thereby whetting the apetites of any newbie who was wondering if this might be interesting.
Seriously: you covered the basics well whilst enticing with some more advanced stuff, lightly glossed over. That's pretty much how tutorials on any given subject *ought* to be done, but very seldom are. So, kudos and thanks.
Thanks! Glad you liked it :-)
Thanks for putting this video together. You answered a lot of my questions and REALLY helped demystify a few of the things I was thoroughly overthinking. Awesome man thanks
Glad it was helpful!
As a Amateur radio operator, I really enjoyed this. I love EME, and satellite communication.
Was really inspired to do this a while back because of your original videos. I struggled like hell at first but I loved the process. Wish I had this video sooner hopefully more people get into this hobby. I use SDR Sharp and NOAA APT for decoding. I had a terrible time trying to get WXtolmg working. Going to try satdump next.
I tried and gave up on the 'more painful' approach a few years ago. Your vid is a new inspiration! I want to build a simple Uda-Yagi style antenna (for 137M-138M) to use on a ball-head on a tripod which will allow (approx) tracking of the sat trajectory. With that and a coordinated Doppler adjustment it should provide a very strong signal. Great vid !!
You are the man, I bought an SDR a year ago and thanks to your video have finally gotten it set up and working on FM. This weekend I am going to DIY up a dipole from rabbit ears for airplane tracking. Thanks to this video, next stop will be NOAA
Thank you for your well thought out succinct video. Just got my very first image a few minutes ago and I could not be happier! Your videos are what got me into radio - much appreciated!
This was fantastic. I never knew the public could access and/or decode signals from these Sats. This would be a great family project or school project. Thanks for a great video!
Super video and very, very helpful. I love the slant towards low cost and less complicated(to start). Thanks again.
The first image that he said wasn't very good was a LOT better than I was expecting
ABout 10 years ago i heard about SDR, but back you had to buy an TV stick and then modify the software to convert it to sdr radio. Youre bringing back my memories, thanks
I've been interested in the satellite decoding since back in the day when I used to communicate with the MIR space station, I think you just rekindled that enthusiasm for me with your video.
Thank you for the tutorial. Most excellent. I've connected my old Bearcat BC200XLT with it's rubber ducky, plugged the earphone jack into my video camera''s audio in. I recorded the audio wilst trying to visually locate NOAA19. Visually tracking didn't go well, but certainly got the audio recorded. Dumped audio into Audacity converted it to a 11025Hz file, then trimmed to the strongest cleanest portion of the signal. I popped that .WAV file into WXtoIMG and got a pretty decent image of the Gulfcoast (I'm in Central Texas). I know automating could make it a little more set and forget, but the act of hunting for the signal and the whole challenge in general was a great deal of fun for me. I tried NOAA 15. Not so good of a result. I might need a 2m yagi to better track those more finicky signals. Thanks again.
Cool! NOAA 15 has been having some issues lately, so probably not the best one to evaluate your setup. I find 18 is usually the best one.
@@saveitforparts TY
This is honestly such a beginner-friendly and well explained tutorial!! your videos are so great!
You could connect gpredict to sdrpp and let gpredict change sdrpp’s frequency automatically according to doppler shift .. well at least on linux dont know about windows or mac, how ever there should be a windows version of gpredict. Great tutorial btw!
Greetings from Yorkshire, England. Bloody brilliant, cheers mate. Before tonight I'd not heard of SDR. So much technical stuff surrounding the subject (understandably). I've watched maybe 10 tutorials and although they were relatively informative much of the information went over my head. I'm very much a understand it from the ground up type of person through messing about with it and I'm glad to have happened upon your channel. Just watched the video you did were you built your own antenna then this one. Just using a scanner and recording the data stream on your phone is (MacGyver) brilliant and it's actually given me a better insight/understanding than the other 10 videos combined. You've inspired me to have a go myself. I appreciate that. Credit where its due. 👏👍
I've definitely found it helpful to watch / read multiple sources for a lot of this stuff. Sometimes people (myself included) take stuff for granted and gloss over important details!
@@saveitforparts I appreciate your approach, for a lay person like myself the technical stuff slots into place after getting my hands dirty on a project. I wasn't even aware that you could access the information from weather satellites without maybe being a part of an organisation and with expensive equipment. Of course it makes sense when I think about it, the science isn't new and I know our tech develops but we've been transmitting information this way for quite a while now and when I think about the voyager probes over bloody vast distances. Anyways, looking forward to watching some more of your experiments.
Been wanting to do this for a while ever since I saw your original video 2 years ago. Finally got around to putting everything together and recorded/decoded my first successful picture today!
Keep up the great work!
I watched this about 6 weeks ago. Fast forward to today and I have a really nice Double Cross Antenna capturing some great NOAA APT images! I'm now gearing up for some NOAA HRPT ones! Thanks for the introduction 😀
Very cool! Glad to help :-)
I've been interested in getting into this for a while and my rtl-sdr is in the mail as we speak. This guide came at the perfect time for me! Thank you!
OK this channel is awesome. I love DIY and I dropped out of engineering school to follow my dream of being a Chef (I didn't say I was smart).
I am the only chef I know with an electronics bench complete with oscilloscope, power supply and function generator lol! Not to mention a box of Arduino's, some loaded with long forgotten sketches.. I'm ready to check this stuff out, I've been wanting to get into raspberry pi and Linux, and it looks pretty cheap to get started. This makes me excited about the possibility of downloading satellite images even with my limited proficiency! Thanks!!! I've been watching a lot of your content. Whether it's satellites or Sandland, I love how you are always slightly smiling.
Great tutorial for all of us beginners! Extra points for dumpster laptop :) You are awesome, thanks for your passion and the will to share it with the world. Never stop man!
Finally took the time to capture a pass today. I tried NOAA 15 and 16. I messed it up a bit but it was fun and ill get it next time. Thanks for putting this together
I've started doing this a couple of days ago, using an RSPduo and a dipole. On my first try got some very good reception from NOAA-19, did not expect that just from a simple dipole. It's fascinating to see an image of the earth from space as it is in the moment. At my location you can see the arctic on these images. Can't wait to try decoding LRPT.
You are right. We want more satellite videos !
Your presentations and additional descriptions with links are EXCELLENT !
WOW, you explained this so well and took all the fear out of trying it out for yourself. Thank you, this is a very inspirational video.
Starting my setup this weekend. This will be the first of what i believe to be many amateur radio projects for me.
Your on-camera work is strangely captivating, I was a fan after 4 seconds, great work and a very cool video, definitely subbing
Best tutorial I've ever seen for these satellites! You would've saved me a lot of hassle a few years ago.
Just did this with an RTL-SDR and a random length of wire shoved in the core of the SMA jack, only got the calibration lines on the side (I dont think I would have seen much as this pass was at midnight) Nontheless really excited to see something with so little equipment, I honestly would have never attemped it with the equipment I have if it wasnt for this channel so thank you! I can't wait to get better at catching these sats.
Thank you VERY much for the easy to understand walkthrough! I've been interested in this since watching another video you did, but was unsure how to even get started. This was what I needed to go order hardware!
Seriously I know there lots of effort that goes into it. Simply explained and nice content
I am not gonna lie, I had no idea how I even ended up on this video today. However, this video was so informative and honestly amazing, on a topic I didn't even know I found interesting. I went down a rabbit hole after this to watch more of your videos and others similar. Thank you.
Good stuff, not much new stuff for me since I've been following for a while but I would say someone getting into this would definitely get a lot out of this!
Excellent video - you did a great job explaining things at just the right pace.
Thank you for posting this comprehensive video. It is exactly what I have been looking for.
Correct, the SDRs were originally designed so people could watch TV on their computers...but the TV would only work on the TV transmission method used in Europe and Asia, not the same method used here in the US
Imagine! Not defaulting to how America does things! That's just... Unsporting! 😉
It was also for radio due to new standards, in the US it works in most big cities but in europe and asia it is by default that it will work, so much that there are standalone radios from china that work marvelously because radio stations send data and you know the name of the radio station, what program is on and what song it is playing, it can also send stereo over AM.
Saludos.
The subject is really kind of a bear to get your arms around as the combination of astrophysics and RF makes for a difficult study. Thanks for taking it on!!
40 minutes ago i didn't even know i wanted to do this...and yet you have answered all the questions that have come up so far. Thank you so much for that :)
I have been looking half of your video, and it was well explained but I'm not gonna do this in the near future, maybe later. A friend radioamateur did this in the nineties already and now you explained it to us how to very easy.
Fellow video editor here. You can place the overlays to the side so we still see you if you want to. All the best.
This video was one of the best presentations that I have found on You-Tube! Great job! Thanks!
I’ve gotta say, I have learned so much watching your videos. I love watching your videos, they purely entertain me, keep up the fantastic work and content!!
Glad to hear it! Usually I'm learning as I do the videos, so I don't always feel like the best teacher for some things. Occasionally I try to do a how-to type video once I'm confident in my process.
Thanks for this introduction to ham radio, it was exactly what i was looking for.
I bought a Baofeng radio 1 month ago just because of one of your videos, unfortunately the regulatory agency in my country blocked the delivery halfway through, I've already filled out all the paperwork and I'm here waiting for another 45 days to have the product approved or denied...
fingers crossed!
Hope you can get it! The US sometimes tries to block products like that, but the Amazon sellers just change the brand name and model number every 6 months or so 😂
I love the content man, you've really gotten me into this hobby just got to watch your older videos to learn how to do it.
Been working my way towards trying to get a NOAA image, this is very useful info, thank you.
Just wanted to thank you for all the time and effort you put into this! While I'm a hobbyist with RaspberryPis, Python, etc, capturing weather satellite information is brand new to me and I thought you did a fantastic introductory video on it! Will definitely be subscribing to your channel!
His beard lines up to the earth's axis.
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaan, you made again excited about ham radio and listening to ISS and sattelites, great work, love your content, keep it up and have fun!!! THANK YOU!!!
Thank you for this awesome explanation! 👍Just bought a used SDR some days ago and will definitely try this.
This was extremely helpful!!! I recently got all the equipment and a SDR and there are like no tutorials on it. Thanks so much!!!
Well explained, this video was very helpful for me. I started with this a few years ago, but then other interests came along. However, it's interesting to see that there's still the possibility to receive satellite images. This video is very useful to me.
Im big into radio, HF ham radio mainly. I work on radios too, as well as building some of my own equipment. The algorithm brought me here, though admittedly I've never had much interest in doing anything with satellites, but I did actually stick around to watch this entire video. I saw right from the beginning that you are being pretty thorough in your description, not just saying do this and this, but also explaining why and how it works. Though I'm not very interested in doing this sort of thing, I did find your video on the subject interesting and its always cool to see something that can be done easily enough with things one might already have around (and in my case, I definitely do), even if theres no desire to do so immediately. Its always good to learn something new, and you did a good job of explaining it all in a way that is easily understood. I'll probably go and take a peek to see if you've done any more videos like this, and if not I would highly encourage you to do so. I have quite a bit of knowledge about radio, propagation, antenna building, radio maintenance and repair, as well as many other electronics building and repair related stuff. What I lack is the ability to explain those things to people in a way that helps them to understand how to do what I'm explaining. You seem to have a natural talent for teaching others about the things you enjoy doing yourself, and a lot of people could benefit from that sort of instruction. We need more of it. When I started out learning about repairing radios there wasnt much to go on, but if I dig deep enough online I was finally able to find the information I needed and a few good books in pdf format to download free. Most of the videos I watched didnt explain much and left me very confused instead of more knowledgable. Anyways, I enjoyed the video, thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Thanks! I've been more into satellites and weather data lately, I do have a technician license but I don't get on the air much. I might try to do more how-to videos, people keep asking about them.
So nice and it did inspired me to try something new. Just retrieved my first good Noaa-15 image.
You sound wicked stoned at 0.5 speed.
😂 but going to buy some of this for sure
You too Slooww pickup Man??? Need 0.5 down speed to listen? Nahh .. or you kinda wicked Stoned brain.
Anyway, while you listening at 0.5x pace
Me just listening at 1.75x .
Thanks for your contribution. Turned the entire thing hilariously educational 🤣
Putting the quality at 144p makes it pretty hilarious
Sounds almost downsy at .25x lol 😂
I can suggest using a compass for setting the antenna to north/south direction to improve receiving the signal. Another thing is to use a usb extention cable to have the SDR dongle away from the laptop and reduce interference, depending on the quality and build of the laptop it might reduce static if that is an issue. With about the same setup you can also receive weatherfax messages, another video I guess ;-)
I have weather fax on the list, need to try that soon!
Dumpster dive FTW!!! Excellent episode. Your style and speed are great as well as the depth of content.
Just tried this, got the baofeng in last night, recorded it on my phone. Decoded it, you can definitely see clouds. Looks pretty close to that image you showed. hopefully i can catch one with high elevation on a clear day and try to get a more recognizable picture. Thank you for the tutorial!
I wish we as a country would get excited about this kind of tech again.
warning; this video will blow up
no but seriously, love your content and insight!!
It did in fact blow up. Lol
Nice video! Its so cool to see how much your knowledge has progressed. You have gone from learning to presenting it in a very succinct and knowledgeable manner. Makes me want to start playing around more with SDRs... keep up the great content
Im just starting getting into this stuff. I picked up a uniden bearcat from my neighbor and tried this out last night. I got pretty excited when i heard NOAA18 going over. I tried recording NOAA15 this morning and getting an image out of it but i only ended up getting a thin black/staticy strip. I dont think my recording was long enough though since it was only 10 to 15 seconds. Im definitely going to keep trying. Thanks for sharing this, its a lot of fun.
NOAA 18 is probably the easiest (strongest signal), 15 is the weakest and has been having some technical issues lately. It's a fun hobby!
Thank you this is so interesting!!! I will show this to my 10 years old and she will love this.
Idk how or why this showed up on my feed having never seen this channel or type of video before but I have to admit it was very interesting. You've piqued my curiosity to the point I'm willing to invest more of my time into your past catalog of content.
Another great video. Easy to follow and understand. Gonna have to nerd out with my weather friends next time in the field. And to have it all fit in a laptop bag… amazing.
This was great, thanks so much! A lot has changed since I last looked into this years ago, time to give it another try! Really appreciate all the resources too!
It's easy to use a satellite than I thought! Thanks for the video!
Absolutely fantastic video! Thank you!
Thank you for a very clear explanation!
I love your videos. I’ve been watching the ISS for years and have used the aprs digipeater several times.
Out zarking standing. Thank you so much. Keep up the good work.
didnt understand alot but was fascinating. when the zombie apocalypse occurs you are our go to guy. happy gadgeting.
awesome video. I just got my rtl sdr. excited to play around with it
you explained it so well, even I understood. I cant wait to try it myself . thanks, brotha
That's fantastic your video is! My imagination is sparking alive with so many ideas of going all nerded out on my home computer and gear that you've shown. I've always seen those USB SDR sticks on Aliexpress and always wondered what they were about. You've answered my curiosity and sparked more questions. Thank you.
Thank you for a very practical and useful video!...Successfully heard the International Space Station (the easy way) based on your previous video!!...Once again you’ve inspired me…so I’ll be chasing after some live weather satellite Images!!!
about a year ago i sought to program a calculator that would return the angle of the sun for a given date.. since then i have earned loads of respect for these calculators telling you the altitude of the satellite. in the end i got my calculator to work but not without a lot of help from NASA's ephemeris calculator lol
Sounds interesting! I always get cranky at the math when I do anything like that.
Wow! I remember doing this maybe 15 years ago. Great fun 😊
That is awesome, I always wondered if this is reasonably doable, now I know. Thanks for sharing.
i just lisented NOAA 18! what an experience amazing vid :D
thanks man this was super awesome. a real enabler. i was stuck with not knowing which route to go down. i know fancy signal stuff yeh but i just couldn't get started in this whole universe of tools & software an antennas etc. thanks man this was awesome. im saving this one to my favorites playlist.
Man that was awesome, got to get me an rtl-sdr. Thanks so much this video
This video, the first of yours I have watched, has earned a subscribe. Keep up the great work!
I’m a licensed ham/gmrs operator so I know better than to transmit on other frequencies then my licenses authorize. I’ll just use a scanner thank you.
Hey there! You deserve way more followers - your explanation was incredibly detailed!
You've got a niche here man. Don't stop.