Weather Satellite Receiver Kit

Tracking satellites setting up a receiver waiting for the signals decoding and.

Weather satellite receiver kit. Clouds darting across the countryside. This home weather satellite receiver is a system of an fm receiver tunable to noaa weather satellite frequencies 137 to 138 mhz interfaced with a pc. In addition an antenna for the 137 mhz range had to be designed. A special receiver which efficiently isolates the weather satellite signals for best image quality and sends them to a computer a computer laptop with an audio input and the special free software wxtoimg installed.

Vhf band where most of the polar orbiting satellites are located. The orbiting noaa weather satellites require a wider bandwidth receiver though not as wide as that used for fm broadcast signals. Recognize these transmissions on the news when you see the time lapse of the. Receiving weather satellite imagery directly to your own ground station is great fun.

This receiver kit allows you to receive weather satellite transmissions on the. For just a few hundred dollars you can begin a marvelous hobby for yourself a wonderful educational tool for a school science class or a great project for a space club.