Introduction Several years ago, I looked at receiving NOAA15/18/19 satellite weather using various configurations with a Windows 10 laptop and a Raspberry Pi4B (Ref.1/5). I also simulated the NOAA-APT transmission using Scicos (Ref.6). I thought it would interesting to revisit NOAA and try some different ideas I picked up working with Cubesats. Satellite Tracking Figure… Continue reading RTL-SDR for NOAA15/18/19 Satellite Weather-Summer 2025
Celestial Navigation – Summer Fix
Introduction June 20th was Summer minus one day! The forecast was sun mixed with cloudy periods. I headed down to Toronto Harbourfront and the tip of Trillium Park. There is an excellent view of the Lake Ontario water horizon (Az =131deg & Az = 214deg). Figure 1 shows the Stellarium prediction for this date and… Continue reading Celestial Navigation – Summer Fix
CubeSat Veronika on GNURadio
Introduction In the last five posts I have discussed receiving CubeSats under various conditions and locations. Following my successful reception of EIRSAT-1, I wanted to see if my procedure could be used for other University/Educational CubeSats (Ref.1/5). I cross referenced several data bases to make a collection of possible candidates. First, the CubeSat must be… Continue reading CubeSat Veronika on GNURadio
CubeSat 437MHz on GNURadio
Introduction In the last four posts I have discussed receiving CubeSats under various conditions and locations. In Montreal I discovered a perfect receive location with no QRM, but unfortunately the VEE dipole did not have enough gain to get a proper decode. The signal was visible but not decode-able. So my method now is to… Continue reading CubeSat 437MHz on GNURadio
CubeSat 437MHz à Montréal
Présentation la semaine passée j’ai pris quelques vacances à Montréal. Comme j’aime faire de la randonnée jusqu’au mont Royal, j’ai pensé que ce serait amusant de faire un peu de radio amateur et de voir si je pouvais recevoir EIRSAT-1 que j’avais reçu auparavant à Toronto. En raison de restrictions de taille, je n’ai pas… Continue reading CubeSat 437MHz à Montréal