WX-Sat-Freak , APT / LRPT / HRPT/ X-band by SDR , part-time Nerd...i guess.

Joined November 2016
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10 Aug 2025
MN2-4 KMSS, "Dutch Crops" taken from the eastpass 60 dgr. max elv. so the signal was not strong because of the thermal noise comming from the houses it just flew over.. the good news is: Lime at 75 MSPS no sampledrops ! a next time i'll try 79 MSPS....west pass i hope :)
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The Wizard Nebula. 7,200 light-years away. Approximately 4 million years old. Rich in Ha and OIII. Captured with 1000mm scope with approximately 13 hours of exposures. Foraxx palette.
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FY3F handtracked during strong windgusts, so i had to remove a couple of stripes/glitches
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Elektro L2 at 16:00 UTC , i got 12.2 DB at this time of the day at NL... RGB = 221 this time
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Peter retweeted
FY3D-13/06/2026 Sunrise over Europe
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My first image taken in X band. Cropped from original. Fenyung 3D..June, 6th. Dish 90cm offset Kathrein, Digitelektro Downconverter & LNA, also septum feed & choke. Rotator Spid SPX 02 AZ/EL XY
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NOAA-21's westpass this afternoon... false/true coloured too much wind to continue handtracking💨 i call it a day.
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Crops taken from Kanopus-V3's datadump today.. (MSS 12 mtr/px, PSS 2 mtr/px) i could not find the location (as per usual)
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Some crops taken from this morning's Kanopus V-5's datadump...could be taken over a rainforest maybe..
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Testing a littele setup for receiving DSN and WX satellites in X band . Dish Kathrein CAS90, Downconverter DigitElektro X band, LNA Digitelektro X band, SDR LibreSDR B220 mini. Success with Tianwen-1 spacecraft at Mars. Next test will be WX satellites.· #DSN #WX #Digitelektro
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NOAA-21's Atlantic pass from just now. a lot of moist is comming our way it seems...
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Elektro L2 @ 09:30 UTC ( >10 DB ) received at NL showing these very artistic Von Karman vortices, caused by a northern wind over the Canary Islands..i guess
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FY3F at 10:44 UTC today, handtracked/1.10 mtr offsetdish.. a change of weather can already be seen at the Atlantic🌧️ included a local and Spanisch crop✂️✂️
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Kanopus V-IK found a small gap in the clouds MSS/PSS, location unknown though..
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Elektro-L2, 90 minutes later @ 11:30 UTC, it's signal increased by 2 DB (9.7 DB now)
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Elektro L2 @ 8:30 UTC just 7.7 DB at this time of the day at west- NL, but it's signal will get stronger during the day..🔼 so..a bit stripy now
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FY3F's southbound pass for as far i could track it from my garden... Local and UK crops added..🛰️☀️
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Elektro L2 @ 11:00 UTC, ( at 7500 Mhz) incl. west Eurpean crop☀️
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Some 12 mtr/px and 2 mtr/px taken from Kanopus-V3's (relative to NL) eastpass🛰️
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Crop taken from Kanopus-V5's westpass: a very tiny island, i estimate it to be ~5x5 km. could not find it back at Google maps (yet)
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FY3F's southbound west pass, handtracked from NL☀️
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