Jeannette wrote in news:EMnxi.49875$YL5.30303
@newssvr29.news.prodigy.net:

Hello,

I have been reading your posts and always manage to get entertained by
them although how you find the time is a mystery to me. Anyway I saw
you
make reference to some weather pictures being downloaded in the
background. Can you elaborate on this setup?.

Thanks,

Jeannette
SV Con Te Partiro, Mazatlan

Skip Gundlach wrote:
On Aug 16, 7:18 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:34:00 -0000, Skip Gundlach




I think Skip and Lydia are back at sea, but I've been aboard their boat
here in Charleston so know what he has:

http://hamtronics.com/r139.htm

Flying Pig has a different kind of antenna, but this is their direct
satellite 137 Mhz Weatherfax receiver. You simply leave it running,
attached to your laptop with the weatherfax software running in
background. When the satellite transmits its current picture to the
ground, you pick it up in a wide footprint across North America. The
receiver automatically scans all the satellite channels so whatever bird
is in range of you, you'll get the pictures, which are not transmitted
continuously.

http://www.dxzone.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump2.cgi?ID=14606
Flying Pig has this antenna mounted up on its aft arch on the starboard
side of the solar array. I doubt it works any better than the turnstile
antenna from Hamtronics, which would be much easier to keep aloft than
this monster. I must admit it does make an impressive picture. I'm not
sure whether Skip's is a commercial or homebrew model.

Hope this helps. The pictures are very detailed. It's like having
access to the same pictures on the internet. Here's the picture it
produces from my favorite weather site:
http://vortex.plymouth.edu/gE_ir.gif
The Plymouth State College (NH) weather site is completely operated by
meteorology students and free for all without all the SPAM nonsense. (c;



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