Lesson 1: Weather Satellite Monitoring
Monitor weather satellites including NOAA and Meteor satellites.
Objectives
- Install weather satellite software
- Configure SDR for satellite reception
- Receive NOAA APT signals
- Decode and process satellite images
Installation
# Install wxtoimg sudo apt install wxtoimg # Install SDRangel sudo apt install sdrangel # Install GQRX for satellite reception sudo apt install gqrx-sdr
NOAA Satellite Reception
# NOAA frequencies NOAA-15: 137.620 MHz NOAA-18: 137.912 MHz NOAA-19: 137.100 MHz # Receive with GQRX gqrx -f 137.620M -s 96000 # Record audio for processing gqrx -f 137.620M -s 96000 -r noaa_15.wav
Image Processing
# Process with wxtoimg wxtoimg -t n -o -e MCIR noaa_15.wav noaa_15.png # Enhanced processing wxtoimg -t n -o -e MCIR -H -c -A noaa_15.wav noaa_15_enhanced.png