How To Receive And Decode L-Band Weather Satellites

People often ask me to do step-by-step how-to videos on some of the satellite projects I show. While I'm still not a real expert on this, I've done my best to show the basics of L-band signals. These can be received with a simple small dish, a Software-Defined Radio and LNA/filter, and some free software.
The process is a little more complicated than VHF satellite reception (which I showed here: • How To Get Live Satell... ). However, it's not terribly complex, and the images are a little better than what's available on VHF.
Here are some other great guides that can help with this:
usradioguy.com...
gist.github.co...
sgcderek.githu...
‪@dereksgc‬ also has some great videos about this on his channel.
Nooelec sells an all-in-one hardware bundle, including antenna, SDR, and LNA. This is everything you need (other than a computer and software) to get started!
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You can also buy parts individually, and make your own antenna. I personally like the RTL-SDR Blog series of Software Defined Radios:
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If you buy an SDR separately or already have one, you will also need a SAWbird GOES LNA:
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If you already have a Wifi grid dish, you can modify it like this:
usradioguy.com...
If you're building your own dish, the sgcderek link above has some good info. Or you can go REALLY cheap the way I did with some of these projects:
• Can I Get Satellite Da...
• Satellite Antenna Made...
You can find the right position for your antenna feed on the dish here:
www.analyzemat...
And you can find 3D printable helical antenna parts here:
www.thingivers...
Free software that I use includes:
Gpredict: oz9aec.dk/gpre...
SDR++: www.sdrpp.org/
SatDump: www.satdump.org/
I also use Stellarium, which isn't free and is somewhat flaky, but was the only thing I could find for Android that gives an AR tracking view:
play.google.co...
Websites I use for satellite finding and tracking include:
www.n2yo.com/
www.satdump.or...
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