Discovering Little Worlds (2020)
a day ago
- #DIY Electronics
- #Satellite Imagery
- #SDR
- Discovered a software-defined radio (SDR) dongle while organizing the basement during COVID lockdown.
- Used SDR to listen to FM radio, police frequencies, and HAM radio conversations.
- Explored receiving signals from NOAA weather satellites, capturing cloud cover images with a simple V-dipole antenna.
- Upgraded setup to receive higher-quality images from the geostationary GOES-16 satellite using a WiFi grid antenna, SAW filter, amplifier, and Raspberry Pi.
- Plans to create animations from the high-resolution (10K) images transmitted every 15 minutes by GOES-16.