Rachel Brindle<p>Been trying to receive NOAA APT satellite signals for the past ~week using an rtl-sdr dongle & a basic V-dipole. Yesterday, I ordered and received an LNA to boost the signal. Combined with a pass of NOAA-15 that basically went directly overhead, I was able to pick up this (composite) image. Which did not decode correctly, because clouds do not look like that (I didn't save the raw signal).</p><p>But I managed to get a signal, which is progress and very exciting to see!</p><p>Sometime down the road I'll build a QFH (a helical antenna) which should dramatically improve the signal quality.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/SDR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDR</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/rtl_sdr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rtl_sdr</span></a></p>