I might have to treat myself to one of these. A good follow-up would be which constellations are good and what software to decode with. Keep up the good work 👍🤘
just got this antenna the other day and so far im in love... i went from the gps patch antenna to the noelec blue patch antenna and both of them were ok but no 10500 or 8400 but this one blows both of them out of the water
You are absolutely correct! While there is a clear difference in filtering between antennas it's true that the DC spike was due to a lack of IQ correction which I never turned on during recording. The DC spike has nothing to do with the antenna's performance. Thanks for pointing this out!
I have one too, it's a fantastic antenna and I can receive inmarsat and iridium signals with ease and minimul adjustments... I managed to purchase the earlier black model before it went out of stock.. My friend had the later grey one and despite having issues with the case screws (that were quickly solved by rtl-sdr blog with a replacement case) they also find it to be suitable. Although one thing I do notice is that certain AERO calls will drop in signal as time goes on progressing through the call, strangely this doesn't happen on all calls though only certain ones. My best theory that me and others have came up with is that the satellite drops power to the minimum-accepted level needed for a call. Although I could be wrong, have you ever encoutered this?
Yes I've run into the same issue with calls, You're correct they are negotiating power and then dropping to the lowest level necessary for communication with the intended station
ive noticed this also. something else ive noticed is they will switch channels 5 or 6 times sometimes every 2-4 seconds then stick to one channel. i went fishing for these a couple times one day. super strong signals for 5 seconds or so
I use a di-pole tuned to the 137mhz band. I have noticed that the NOAA satilites have an L Band in the description. Can I use this antenna with SDR to download that frequency?
Received mine last week. Works excellent indoors on my window sill. Been decoding Acars, voice and ship messaging. Is there anything I can decode on Iridium with a Windows PC.
Unfortunately I'm not aware of anything for windows that works with iridium, plenty of Linux stuff and I have done that in a virtual machine under windows but nothing native. Have been wanting to cover it actually but with it being mostly sat phone calls the legitimate reasons to play with it are few and far between. Been trying to find things that you can do with it that isn't eavesdropping on a phone call so I can cover it
This has always interested me but I can't see myself using it in a mobile environment. Unfortunately my house is in a "bowl" of trees, so the line of site between antenna and satellite is pretty much impossible. That said I do have a 50' tower for amateur and scanner use. Has anyone come up with a viable mounting method and a minimum grade coax to get this up in the air? I'm guessing a minimum of LMR400 or equivalent at this frequency. Thanks for any info. Great video.
Thankfully the bias-t means you have the gain right at the antenna where you need it. Yes LMR400 would be the proper way to go but you can get away with some cheaper cable albeit with a bit of loss.
Once I add one of these to my RTL-SDR where do I point it for othernet and how can I use it? I looked at it long ago but it needed special boards and such. Thanks!
Outernet is nolonger on L band unfortunately and do indeed have special hardware requirements now. Last I checked it was LORA. The old outernet antenna I was using in the video was being pointed at Inmarsat for the purposes of decoding downstream traffic.
Yes you can decode real-time ship messaging as well as voice communications and a lot more depending on the constellation or satellite you were looking at
It is great at receiving the RF output of my computer monitors. There is absolutely no way to get it far enough away from the computer unless using a long run of thick LMR-400 coaxial cable. I had high hopes, but this shit just isn't working out at this location. I even had to put the Comet GP-1 in my upstairs front bedroom on a camera tripod, but it turns out that there is metallic foil insulation in the walls. I have two very nice handheld radios( a Yaesu FT3dR and a Icom 68V) but am only able to use them far away from the house. It sucks living here, but I have a house to myself and I cannot move. Time to switch hobbies I guess.:(
You hear no talking because it's illegal for me to capture a telecommunications call assumed to be private and then publish it on the internet. I will not be making additional tutorials on how to decode voice calls on satellites. The previous tutorials on that were removed due to legal issues and future videos will also avoid teaching how to decode voice calls not intended for others. If you want to decode voice, it's not hard and tons of people out there know how to do it now. There are also other RUclipsrs who don't care about the law and do as they please, their content may better fit your expectations.
Glad to see we are getting this content again!
Glad to be making this content again
I might have to treat myself to one of these. A good follow-up would be which constellations are good and what software to decode with. Keep up the good work 👍🤘
Really neat antenna. I may have to buy one after I'm done with my current project.
Do you monitor any satcom? Maybe some L-Band that's Terrestrial? Let me know, I'd love to hear about what you've found!
just got this antenna the other day and so far im in love... i went from the gps patch antenna to the noelec blue patch antenna and both of them were ok but no 10500 or 8400 but this one blows both of them out of the water
It really does make the difference
Awesome as always 😎🙏🏻
Thank you
Thanks Sarah great info here, now I am craving to buy an L-band antenna to experiment 😅
I'm definitely going to be listening more often again, the gain along with the portability just makes it a game changer for me.
Thanks for the thorough review and I bought one
More videos on this topic please. Especially using SDR++ software as I use Linux.
You are brilliant.
Nah, I'm just a Nerd that like's to play with tech is all ❤
You haven't turned on IQ correction so that's why you have DC spike in the middle.
You are absolutely correct! While there is a clear difference in filtering between antennas it's true that the DC spike was due to a lack of IQ correction which I never turned on during recording. The DC spike has nothing to do with the antenna's performance.
Thanks for pointing this out!
Looks like I need to pick one up!
Be sure to let me know if you do and what fun you find
HI Sarah awesome video just wondering do you use some other software to receive the L-Band signals.
SDR++ is my current go to but as far as decoders there's a lot of different stuff depending on the satellite
I have one too, it's a fantastic antenna and I can receive inmarsat and iridium signals with ease and minimul adjustments... I managed to purchase the earlier black model before it went out of stock.. My friend had the later grey one and despite having issues with the case screws (that were quickly solved by rtl-sdr blog with a replacement case) they also find it to be suitable.
Although one thing I do notice is that certain AERO calls will drop in signal as time goes on progressing through the call, strangely this doesn't happen on all calls though only certain ones. My best theory that me and others have came up with is that the satellite drops power to the minimum-accepted level needed for a call. Although I could be wrong, have you ever encoutered this?
Yes I've run into the same issue with calls, You're correct they are negotiating power and then dropping to the lowest level necessary for communication with the intended station
ive noticed this also. something else ive noticed is they will switch channels 5 or 6 times sometimes every 2-4 seconds then stick to one channel. i went fishing for these a couple times one day. super strong signals for 5 seconds or so
I use a di-pole tuned to the 137mhz band. I have noticed that the NOAA satilites have an L Band in the description. Can I use this antenna with SDR to download that frequency?
Wow, an amazing antenna - well, Christmas is coming so...
What we can do with this antenna any examples pls
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Received mine last week. Works excellent indoors on my window sill. Been decoding Acars, voice and ship messaging. Is there anything I can decode on Iridium with a Windows PC.
Unfortunately I'm not aware of anything for windows that works with iridium, plenty of Linux stuff and I have done that in a virtual machine under windows but nothing native.
Have been wanting to cover it actually but with it being mostly sat phone calls the legitimate reasons to play with it are few and far between. Been trying to find things that you can do with it that isn't eavesdropping on a phone call so I can cover it
This has always interested me but I can't see myself using it in a mobile environment. Unfortunately my house is in a "bowl" of trees, so the line of site between antenna and satellite is pretty much impossible. That said I do have a 50' tower for amateur and scanner use. Has anyone come up with a viable mounting method and a minimum grade coax to get this up in the air? I'm guessing a minimum of LMR400 or equivalent at this frequency. Thanks for any info. Great video.
Thankfully the bias-t means you have the gain right at the antenna where you need it. Yes LMR400 would be the proper way to go but you can get away with some cheaper cable albeit with a bit of loss.
Once I add one of these to my RTL-SDR where do I point it for othernet and how can I use it? I looked at it long ago but it needed special boards and such. Thanks!
Outernet is nolonger on L band unfortunately and do indeed have special hardware requirements now. Last I checked it was LORA.
The old outernet antenna I was using in the video was being pointed at Inmarsat for the purposes of decoding downstream traffic.
What's worth receiving in the L Band? I see it's just a satellite uplink frequency for hams.
Commercial L band communication satellites, a lot of the traffic can be decoded such as iridium and inmarsat and GPS
for some reason sdrsharp have the frequency lock when i move the spectrum graph
There should be an option to unlock it, I use SDR plus plus more often than not these days. Link in the description if you want to give it a try
Can you actually hear or decode anything or just see the signals?
Yes you can decode real-time ship messaging as well as voice communications and a lot more depending on the constellation or satellite you were looking at
Why are you using lsb instead of usb, is this better?
Nope, just me not checking what mode im in.. 😬 oops
Can the bios be run on or off Micro SD ???
It is great at receiving the RF output of my computer monitors. There is absolutely no way to get it far enough away from the computer unless using a long run of thick LMR-400 coaxial cable. I had high hopes, but this shit just isn't working out at this location. I even had to put the Comet GP-1 in my upstairs front bedroom on a camera tripod, but it turns out that there is metallic foil insulation in the walls. I have two very nice handheld radios( a Yaesu FT3dR and a Icom 68V) but am only able to use them far away from the house. It sucks living here, but I have a house to myself and I cannot move. Time to switch hobbies I guess.:(
I guess, at least regarding the ham radio situation, I could just get a Raspberry Pi and make a hotspot. Oh well.
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I'm a trans woman
@@SignalsEverywhere that as well
*WE HEAR **#NO** TALKING !!! SO ... NEW VIDEO (PUT THE COMPUTER AUDIO ON)*
You hear no talking because it's illegal for me to capture a telecommunications call assumed to be private and then publish it on the internet. I will not be making additional tutorials on how to decode voice calls on satellites. The previous tutorials on that were removed due to legal issues and future videos will also avoid teaching how to decode voice calls not intended for others.
If you want to decode voice, it's not hard and tons of people out there know how to do it now. There are also other RUclipsrs who don't care about the law and do as they please, their content may better fit your expectations.