Pulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters credit it for inspiring their own satellite-reception hobby and praise the channel's high-quality content.
What it is
The Thought Emporium shows how to receive clear images directly from GOES-15, 16 and 17 and Himawari 8 geostationary weather satellites with software-defined radio. It covers the extra effort needed to receive GOES data.
Recommended by 3 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2018 to 2023.
What Hacker News said
Strong rec c0nducktr · 2018-12 · on “Receiving NOAA Weather Satellite Images with $10 USB SDR Device (2014) [video]”
I'm in the process of setting up an antenna for receiving data from the GOES-15 weather satellite. I'm just starting out but got inspired after watching this video (no affiliation with the channel). [this video] People have been able to get some stunning pictures of the earth from those satellites. Examples: [LINK] [LINK] [LINK] If you're interested, check out r/rtlsdr, which is where I first was introduced to the hobby. It's full of helpful people.
Strong rec notsound · 2022-04 · on “How to pull images from satellites in orbit”
The sequel to this video: [this video] The Thought Emporium makes really high quality content. He does a lot of things, most recently covering things in metal, but in the past they have made videos on gene editing, growing opals, and making holograms. It’s a lot of different topics, all presented very well.
Recommends jedimastert · 2018-12 · on “Serial Port SDR”
A YouTube channel called The Thought Emporium has a series about using a sdr called the HackRF to make a radio telescope and a satellite receiver for a few weather sats. [this video]
Cites barbazoo · 2023-05 · on “The First Image from EUMETSAT’s Newest Satellite”
I was just watching [this video] and I wonder if some satellites encrypt the content before sending it to earth.