I finally built a dedicated receiver / control deck for satellite experiments1yr ⋅ saveitforparts ⋅ r/amateursatellites
If people look closely at my car, they might notice I'm into satellite stuff1yr ⋅ saveitforparts ⋅ r/amateursatellites
I made a tiny satellite tracker to let me know when my favourite sats were overhead.3yr ⋅ okuboheavyindustries ⋅ r/amateursatellites
I finally got a free C-Band dish to play with! And even got it mostly dismounted before noticing the LNB was full of angry wasps!2yr ⋅ saveitforparts ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Falcon 9 S-Band telemetry signal received yesterday, about 20 minutes after launch3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
View from a Falcon 9 upper stage, overlooking the stack of Starlink satellites and the Earth. Received this morning at 2272.5 MHz3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
First semi decent reception from my crappy QFH - reception tips wanted!1yr ⋅ ogmiche ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Found strange growing blotch on the GOES sat. What the hell is this in the ocean over there? Camera artifact or massive oil spill the size of Florida?2yr ⋅ Bluephobes ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Finally got my NOAA set up working. Getting some pretty good images!2yr ⋅ aero_oliver ⋅ r/amateursatellites
a man can dream, its only going to recieve so lets hope it works.1yr ⋅ greaper_911 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
The International Space Station photographed with a cheap Xiaomi smartphone and a cheap(ish) Dobsonian telescope!3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Any idea to what kind of satelite this thing might be pointing to?2yr ⋅ tatogt81 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Finally, success!! Receiving GOES 16 from Madrid (Spain), at only 5° of elevation!! Using a parabolic dish of only 1,2m!!3yr ⋅ pkmpad ⋅ r/amateursatellites
After days of trial and error, I finally got my GOES-16 setup working!3yr ⋅ edc1591 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Feb 12th 2022. Not a single drop today, clouds make my signal cleaner.2yr ⋅ greaper_911 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Intercosmos-25 caught by my rig accidentally. I wasn't planning, it just happened. They are always so photogenic compared to other satellites. That thing is massive and has orbit equal to cross section of the 🍋.1yr ⋅ Macak787 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Happy new year everyone! Here's my SSTV event collection (Template by u/derekcz)2yr ⋅ Byggemandboesen ⋅ r/amateursatellites
MetOp-B HRPT received with the Nooelec NESDR SMArt V4 (RTL-SDR V3 equivalent); testing a low-cost HRPT setup3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
The difference a better laptop makes in the SDR noise floor; HP 630 (left) and a Thinkpad X260 (right)2yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
I am loving the Meteor M2 images now. NOAA sats don't do it for me anymore! I wish we could get GOES imagery in the UK!3yr ⋅ jonesmrjones ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Awaiting the next NOAA pass this evening to see if this thing actually works. What else can I look for on 137MHz?3yr ⋅ Aeolian_Leaf ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Meteor M2 - LRPT 89deg pass - India (V-dipole, RTL-SDRv3, no LNA or BPF). First success with Meteor!2yr ⋅ AkshaySathish ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Proba-2 SWAP solar imager received on 2235 MHz (colorized). Link to a gif in comments3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
After a couple of tries, at last, I was able to receive my first GK-2A satellite full disc image3yr ⋅ Product_Superb ⋅ r/amateursatellites
My first usable Elektro LRIT. How would you try to increase reception if a bigger dish is not an option?1mo ⋅ xTra97 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Was recording NOAA 15, but got bombarded with 3 other strong signals around the 137MHz, anybody got an idea what these other 3 could be? 27-4-2021/18:50 UTC.3yr ⋅ JackRosario ⋅ r/amateursatellites
FY-3B crop from this evening - Received with a Wifi grid dish, SAWbird+ GOES and Airspy mini3yr ⋅ Byggemandboesen ⋅ r/amateursatellites
GOES-13 PDR image, finally a L-band geo sat over Europe! Received by @HRPTEgor, decoded with my decoder3yr ⋅ Xerbot ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Disappointing output from noaa-apt; I thought I had a fairly strong signal from NOAA-19 tonight - the SNR was up to 40 dB at times - and this is the result. Am I doing something wrong in noaa-apt, in Gqrx, or do I just need even better reception?1yr ⋅ oz1sej ⋅ r/amateursatellites
My first Meteor M2 image (SatDump was so hard to use any better way?)1yr ⋅ Tricky-Chance3457 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Sup Nicholas? Meteor M2 Monday morning composite with firedata2yr ⋅ OneleggedPeter ⋅ r/amateursatellites
First time capturing from NOAA-15. Any way to make the colors better? I get a No map to use for MSA enhancement warning.2yr ⋅ gl3nnjamin ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Are we doing these here? Just my Wx V Dipole/Reflector + RSP1a2yr ⋅ elmarkodotorg ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Cool demonstration of what downlinks you can encounter on 137 (except LRPT of course)4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Friday evening. It looks like I finally got a corner of Caregena, Columbia, South America!3yr ⋅ OneleggedPeter ⋅ r/amateursatellites
A little picture collage of my latest handheld VHF antenna for satcom4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Also this is my new L-Band antenna, which I used to pull in the HRPT pic. Held together by a broomstick and a few wood screws. Seems to be working great, I'm just having issues with the decoder at the moment4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
I got my Nooelec Sawbird NOAA working. I think this is definitely my best capture! NOAA 18 - Hokkaido and North Pacific3yr ⋅ japonica-rustica ⋅ r/amateursatellites
METEOR-M N2-2 HRPT, relatively low elevation East pass received this afternoon3yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Weird fluctuation in signal strength. goes 13 - hackrf - SatDump. was working fine for the past hour and now this happens.1yr ⋅ BladeProdigy ⋅ r/amateursatellites
METEOR-M N2-2, HRPT test with a 120cm dish and a new feed! One of my best pics to date4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Finally an L band GEO sat over Europe! This is my first ever GOES capture. Decoded by u/Aang234. Great work! Full disk coming this weekend3yr ⋅ ZbychuButItWasTaken ⋅ r/amateursatellites
NOAA 18 at 2055 passing over Great Britain at 83° V dipole approx 3m above ground with reflector 44cm below. Run of approx 5m RG58 coax into cheap eBay LNA into Nooelec NESDR Smartee. Cubic SDR and wxtoimg on MacBook Pro late 2012.3yr ⋅ jonesmrjones ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Any ideas why the first half of my visible spectrum is fucked? this is from NOAA 15 last night. Im using a dipoll pointed north about 15 feet off the ground level to earth.11mo ⋅ theacethree ⋅ r/amateursatellites
METEOR-M2 from last evening. New record: 5608 lines and 123mb decoded4yr ⋅ Byggemandboesen ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Got a lot of progress on the cantenna for GOES-13 (EWS-G1) done today! I made a mount and painted the can. Excited to try it out for real!3yr ⋅ ZbychuButItWasTaken ⋅ r/amateursatellites
First GOES 16 Full Disk/False Color! 2.4GHz Grid ->Sawbird+ ->RTL-SDR Blog v3 12:30 PM4yr ⋅ Mark267019 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
My best ever Meteor capture! 100% noise free and you can see both Greenland and Northern Africa. I didn't crop anything off the image!5yr ⋅ melvin2204 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
METEOR-M N2-2 HRPT. Finally I've been reunited with this satellite months after the VHF downlink was cut :)4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
what is this 9' steel dish worth? Has a Hall sensor actuator and the LNB is marked 'Drake' but the labels are so weathered I can't read much else.4yr ⋅ McLuhanSaidItFirst ⋅ r/amateursatellites
H-line in Cygnus with astrospy, Airspy mini, SAWbird+ H1 and wifi grid dish3yr ⋅ Byggemandboesen ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Any ideas what satellite this is? The frequency matches Transit 5B-5 and it was passing over at the time, but it's supposed to be dead.4yr ⋅ Battleboy43 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
NOAA-19 87° pass over the UK, my longest image at 1724 rows long, From Africa to Greenland. QFH + Nooelec NESDR SMArt4yr ⋅ Xerbot ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Added a Nooelec Sawbird+NOAA LNA to my setup and tweaked some settings. This is my best capture yet. Using a portable setup with a QFH and SDR 2 plus SDRUno and WxToImg.4yr ⋅ SonicResidue ⋅ r/amateursatellites
NOAA 18 Pass over US and Mexico - 32° southbound - RPI > RTL-SDR > Sawbird LNA > QFA4yr ⋅ mrzo ⋅ r/amateursatellites
And my second ever HRPT decoding. Also NOAA-19, and also about 30-40°. Already a substantial improvement. Thanks to Flo @mindermensch on Twitter for sharing his modified decoder. Hoping to get some good daylight passes tomorrow!4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
My first ever NOAA HRPT decoding (NOAA-19 @ roughly 30°). I only had 1:15 minutes of signal recorded, so my new dish can surely do way better. More to come soon, don't worry :)4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Personal best from inside concrete building, NOAA APT, can this be improved within the software?7mo ⋅ Th_Mafia ⋅ r/amateursatellites
After 3 months of articles, trial and error, I've finally achieved results i'm incredibly happy with, this is NOAA-19, today, about 3-4 hours ago.4yr ⋅ KristupasChrisV ⋅ r/amateursatellites
METEOR M2 LRPT RGB-122 08:30 UTC over Germany, could anyone tell me, what this dark spot between Mailand and Turrin is?4yr ⋅ Bjoern_Kerman ⋅ r/amateursatellites
My second attempt at MetOp HRPT! The first one was too weak, but today I got a good MetOp-C pass. (28/06/2020)4yr ⋅ ZbychuButItWasTaken ⋅ r/amateursatellites
NOAA-19 HRPT, recorded a few mins ago. this is about max picture quality possible for a generic rtl-sdr.4yr ⋅ homo_terrestris ⋅ r/amateursatellites
These Linear Satellite FT-4 Ops Should be Less Lonely (CAS-4A)2yr ⋅ rjm27trekkie ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Hey guys sorry if this isn't allowed but I was wondering what I could use an old satellite like this for? Anything cool?4yr ⋅ urbansasquatch ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Weather prediction show a pretty deep depression in 36 hours ! I would love to see what it looks like from space !4yr ⋅ BimBim134 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
NOAA 19 HRPT over europe, my first HRPT image! 1m dish + SawBird + LimeSDR mini @ 3MSPS.4yr ⋅ Xerbot ⋅ r/amateursatellites
The Picture of the Depression over Iceland u/BimBim134 asked for. Taken by NOAA-19 on 06.04.20 15:00 UTC (HVCT false-colour)4yr ⋅ Bjoern_Kerman ⋅ r/amateursatellites
NOAA-18 HRPT, this morning over Europe. Big tracking errors in the middle4yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Free satellite dishes - are the LNBs useful for anything else?4yr ⋅ McLuhanSaidItFirst ⋅ r/amateursatellites
RTL-SDR V3 + V Dipole on NOAA-15. Any help as to what I may be doing wrong?4yr ⋅ KingPanzerVIII ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Well, not too bad, considering my V-Dipole broke and I have the two antenna ears sandwiched between two pieces of wood. 4/16/20204yr ⋅ OneleggedPeter ⋅ r/amateursatellites
Would this setup work? This is the rtl sdr v dipole, just modified a bit to be exactly at 120 degrees and a weighted stand from a soldering stand, also the antennas are telescopic, so i’ll set them to the correct lenght.4yr ⋅ KristupasChrisV ⋅ r/amateursatellites
METEOR-M N2-2 on 137.1MHz, also possibly no longer 72K OQPSK, demod locked but no image5yr ⋅ derekcz ⋅ r/amateursatellites
So attempted to receive meteor M-N2-2, and it looks broken already ?5yr ⋅ pighair47 ⋅ r/amateursatellites
