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Saveitforparts: Testing a 3D Printable Satellite Antenna for NOAA, Meteor and...
Over on the saveitforparts channel, Gabe has uploaded a video showing a 3D-printable helicone antenna for receiving weather images from polar-orbiting L-band satellites like NOAA and Meteor. This...
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Saveitforparts Checks out the Discovery Dish
Over on his YouTube channel 'saveitforparts,' Gabe has uploaded a video checking out and reviewing our Discovery Dish product that we successfully crowd-funded on CrowdSupply back in December 2023....
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A 3D Printed V-Dipole Guide for the RTL-SDR Blog Dipole Kit
Thank you to Denis for submitting his 3D printable V-dipole guide for our RTL-SDR Blog Dipole Antenna set. The guide holes the dipole at a 120-degree V-shape angle, which is ideal for receiving...
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Using our RTL-SDR Blog Dipole as a V-Dipole for Receiving Weather Satellites
With our RTL-SDR Blog dipole antenna set, it is possible to use it in a "V-dipole" configuration to receive polar-orbiting weather satellites such as NOAA and Meteor at 137 MHz. More information on...
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NOAA 15, 18, 19 End of Life Announcement – But Transmissions will Continue...
Over on the USradioguy.com blog, we've seen news from Carl Reinmann noting that NOAA 15, 18, and 19 will be classed as end-of-life on June 16, 2025. These NOAA satellites are ones commonly used by...
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The Open-Weather Project’s Year Of Weather: June 15 NOAA EOL Nowcast Scheduled
Dr. Sasha Engelmann and Sophie Dyer, the team behind the Open-Weather project have recently announced a NOAA end-of-life nowcast to be recorded on June 15 2025. An open weather nowcast is a...
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NOAA18 to Begin Decommissioning Steps Immediately
In April, we posted news that the NOAA satellites would be classed as 'end-of-life' on June 16, 2025. According to the statements, the satellites were expected to remain in orbit and continue...
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Updates To NOAA-18 Decommissioning: NOAA-18 Has Now Shut Down
A few days ago, we posted news that NOAA-18 was to begin decommissioning steps effective immediately due to a recent transmitter failure. Multiple reports have now confirmed that NOAA-18 has indeed...
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