[amsat-bb] Weather sat imaging

Fri Jun 29 20:40:11 UTC 2018

Or you can record .wav of pass and upload it somewhere public and
others try to decode it.

On Fri, 2018-06-29 at 21:29 +0100, Peter Goodhall (2M0SQL) wrote:
> Wxtrack is for tracking satellites.
> 
> You could record the pass and use SatSignal or Google APT Decoder and
> see
> what other apps are available.
> 
> On Fri, 29 Jun 2018, 20:59 Mark L. Hammond, <marklhammond at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Steve,
> > 
> > How about WXtrack?
> > 
> > http://www.satsignal.eu/software/wxtrack.htm
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Mark N8MH
> > 
> > On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 11:55 AM, <skristof at etczone.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > Well, I reloaded SDR# and VB audio virtual cable. The weather sat
> > > image
> > > is still shredded horizontally. I checked the website for WxtoImg
> > > and it
> > > is blank.
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know of any other software for decoding and
> > > displaying
> > > weather satellite images?
> > > 
> > > Any other suggestions on getting this fixed will be appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Steve AI9IN
> > > 
> > > On 2018-06-28 19:17, Mvivona wrote:
> > > 
> > > > The reason I asked if it was the laptop is that I had a similar
> > > > issue
> > 
> > on
> > > my laptop. I had it all running fine with the connection from the
> > > microphone jack out of my radio then all of a sudden one day it
> > > was
> > > breaking images. I came to find out that somehow the input got
> > > switched
> > 
> > to
> > > the microphone and it was picking up the sound from the speaker
> > > through
> > 
> > the
> > > microphone.
> > > > A couple of other things that I would look at would be making
> > > > sure my
> > > 
> > > bandwith is set to Wide FM @ 30khz and any noise filters are off.
> > > > I'm sure you will trip across some little item and I have that
> > > > Aha
> > > 
> > > moment.
> > > > 
> > > > Michael Vivona
> > > > Sent from my iPad
> > > > 
> > > > 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.
> > > > > 
> > > > > All reasonable suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Steve AI9IN
> > > 
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