There are many, many, many helpful guides out there, here are two really great ones. One thing it should generate is a “treated” image which you can then manipulate separately with a program like Smoothmeteor. The GIS part then overlays the ‘picture’ onto a ‘map’ with different data like precipitation, false color, etc. This Picture is then transferred to MeteorGIS where it combines the channels into several formats depending on your configuration. If the satellite is Meteor, then the Meteor Demodulator takes the QSPK signal from the Meteor Satellite signal and demodulates it from the signal stream, this is then sent via TCP within your computer to MeteorGIS, which, when there is data to decode, opens up the LRPT (Low Rate Picture Transmission) Decoder which takes the data streamed to it over TCP and line by line builds a picture out of whatever channels the Meteor is sending (and yes it does change from time to time). If it is a NOAA bird the audio received in the signal is piped via VBcable to WXtoImg where it is converted into an image(s). Orbitron tracks the satellites, and when the one that is in your parameters appears, it sends a signal to DDE Tracker to start SDR# and runs the commands that you configure within SDR#.
MeteorGIS 2.24 MeteorGIS is a free program for referencing images send by the Russian weather satellite Meteor MN-2 & MN-2.2 More info at bottom of this page as well.LRPT Image Processor – another Meteor image processor It is available here: LRPT Image Processor.
Smooth Meteor – for color correcting and rectifying (correcting shape) of Meteor Imagery.All audio signals coming in the CABLE input is transported to the CABLE output. VBCable is a virtual audio device working as a virtual audio cable.I also utilize the following plugins necessary to track and demodulate the signals received by SDR#
It is available here: SDR# (Note: there are many SDR software out there.)
In fact, I control the whole computer system remotely from either my main desktop computer or my smartphone utilizing Google Remote Desktopįor Hardware I am running an older desktop computer, running Windows 10 64bit with a 3.20 GHz processor and 4GB ram with a UPS battery backup, and the following USB RTL-SDR dongles and accessories:įor APT and LRPT Imagery hardware, I use a Nooelec SmarteeXTR dongle and/or a RTL-SDR Blog V3 dongle. It only takes minimal effort to check the system from time to time. I have my system up and running 24/7, and have both Meteor captures and NOAA captures all set to run automatically with the hardware and software listed below. Currently, I receive from these Polar-Orbiting Satellites, US NOAA 15,18, and 19, and Russian Meteor M-2 and M2-2 Transmits via LRPT (Low Rate Picture Transmission) and HRPT (High Rate Picture Transmission) NOTE M2-2 is currently experiencing an anomaly, and is not transmitting on APT frequencies (a possible micrometeorite strike). A user station anywhere in the world can receive local data at least twice a day from each satellite as it passes nearly overhead. It was introduced in the 1960s and over five decades has provided image data to relatively low-cost user stations at locations in most countries of the world. The Automatic Picture Transmission ( APT) system is an analog image transmission system developed for use on weather satellites. Building Wide Area Composites with WXtoImg.― Carl Sagan Receiving NOAA APT (Automatic Picture Transmission) and Meteor M2 LRPT Satellite Imagery.
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