Larry wrote:

Wayne.B wrote in
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Does anyone here know what type of equipment is required for dierct
reception of weather satelite images aboard your boat, recommended
vendors, and where it can be purcased?

Thanks in advance.




http://www.hffax.de/html/hauptteil_wx_satellite.htm

Great info....

Basically, you need a 137 Mhz turnstile antenna. Doesn't need to be high
up as the bird is 22,800 miles over the equator. There's design info on
the webpage.

...a 137 Mhz receiver.....Hamtronics has a nice one and this webpage also
has information on the decoder softwares for your notebook.
http://www.hamtronics.com/r139.htm
If you're not a solderer, buy the kit already built....saves grief.

The one I saw worked great...(c;

OK Larry, a little info in weather satellites. There are two types. The
one's at geostationary orbit are the GEOS birds and use S-band
communications. The other ones are POES and are the ones that transmit
on VHF. The POES are in a polar orbit ~530 miles up. There are currently
three that provide APT. NOAA 12,17 and 18. There are two passes over a
given point per day. The Hamtronics works great with a 5/8 wave 2 meter
antenna. Just a few noise bands occasionally. I had an Eggbeater on the
boat but it is too big and found the 5/8 wave to work almost as good.
krj