Improved VHF Ground Station For NOAA Weather Satellite APT Image Reception
Journal Title: Acta Technica Napocensis- Electronica-Telecomunicatii (Electronics and Telecommunications) - Year 2012, Vol 53, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper presents a short overview of the available LEO weather satellites transmitting APT (Automatic Picture Transmission) images. Also, this paper shows the development and setup of an advanced VHF ground station capable of receiving APT images from LEO weather satellites. This ground station will be capable of automatic tracking of selected NOAA satellites by using a steerable high gain multi-purpose VHF X-Quad Yagi antenna. The 137 MHz FM signal from NOAA satellites is received using a wideband Icom receiver and is processed using an external USB soundcard with dedicated software for APT/WEFAX image decoding. The proposed solution will provide low-cost access to APT data from NOAA POES weather satellite fleet. Tests were completed with good results and based on the experimental data, it demonstrates the technical feasibility of this improved receiving system.
Authors and Affiliations
Vlad DASCAL, Paul DOLEA, Octavian CRISTEA, Tudor PALADE
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