Weather Satelite Reciever
These are circuits and PC overlays I got off other Radio Hams at different sites etc. I put them together so you don't have to suffer as much as I did. I don't claim any fame on these circuits unless it is stated so. You will see the big highlights on my little achievements.
Most of the circuits I got off OM Ivo Chladek ZS6AXT. He is very active on EME which is admirable because he builds all his radios etc all by himself.
This is the first oscillator of the Wx Sat Receiver. I will be using this circuit, together with other circuits, to receive Meteosat. Meteosat is a weather satelite that takes pictures of earth and sends it back down for HAMS and interested persons that would like to receive weather pictures as they are taken.
You do need software to interpret the signal that is received from MeteoSat. What this circuit actually does is convert the Satelite Signal down from 1695 MHz down to either 137,5 MHz (for non Hams.) and 144.5 MHz for licensed HAMS.
This means you are actually building a radio receiver for 1695 MHz that brings the signal down to a frequency of 144.5 MHz.
What you then need is a 144.5 MHz receiver.(If you are a licensed HAM) or 137.5 MHz ( For which you only need a lisence to TX... But who uses that frequency anyway?? I am not sure!)
Right..... Then you need a little circuit using a 741 op-amp to insert your signal into your computer, which then uses the afore-mentioned software (WXSat) to turn the noisy data into the full-colour WX pictures.
Return to this page from time to time to see what happened in the saga of the WX Sat RX SAGA... HiHi
MORE Circuits to follow
PS.
WX stands for weather..... DX stands for long distance. SAT stands for satelite. Oh YES and RX stands for recieve or receiver.
EME stands for Earth Moon Earth: Your radio signal is bounced off the surface of the MOON... COOL eh?!?!?