[amsat-bb] Weather sat imaging

[Dino Papas]

As an aside for those of you who use the WX Sat app “WxtoImg” for decoding those birds it appears that the web site has gone dark so make sure you keep a clean copy squirreled away in case something happens to your main app file.

73 - Dino KL0S

> On Jun 28, 2018, at 8:46 AM, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
> 
> Yes, this is on a laptop. I have successfully received images on this
> laptop for a couple of years.
> 
> On 2018-06-28 07:42, Mvivona wrote:
> 
>> Is this on a laptop?
>> 
>> Michael Vivona
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>> On Jun 28, 2018, at 6:58 AM, skristof at etczone.com wrote:
>> 
>> To get images from NOAA weather satellites I have been using an RTL-SDR
>> with SDR# software and the WxtoImg decoding program. This has worked
>> successfully for a couple of years. I use the VB virtual audio cable to
>> connect SDR# to WxtoImg. 
>> 
>> But about a month ago I had to reinstall SDR# as it wasn't working. I
>> think it may have been due to an update in Windows 10. So, SDR# is
>> working fine, but since the reinstall of SDR# I can no longer get
>> viewable images in WxtoImg. The pictures look they have been through the
>> shredder. I tried the slant correction and the resync as described in
>> the Help section, but it didn't fix anything. 
>> 
>> It looks like a sync problem, but if the resync doesn't fix it, I'm not
>> sure what to try next. 
>> 
>> I know these aren't amateur radio satellites, but I'm hoping there's at
>> least a few of you out there who are downloading weather satellite
>> pictures and can help me out. 
>> 
>> All reasonable suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you. 
>> 
>> Steve AI9IN
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