Satdump software & wxsat reception

[pontiend]

A good one from M2-4 this afternoon well west and a bit low I did not expect much. 15.03 UTC EL38.80.

 

[pontiend]

Still getting a good pass from M2-4 afternoon pass.14.20 UHT EL79.36.
Not getting very good ones from M2-3 though .The one below is typical.EL 48.73

 

[pontiend]

Something a bit different Two scans same pass NOAA 19 10.15 am WXTIMG and Satdump same antenna different computers and dongles.The one with the red location cross is WXTIMG. Satdump is cropped.

 

[pontiend]

A good one from M2-3 today 9.50 UTC EL80.84.

 

[Terryl]

How did you divide the signal for the two dongles?

You know dividing the RF signal from one source will cut the signal strength in half, so satdump is getting half of what it's use too.

 

[pontiend]

I use a cheapo splitter that I bought donkeys years ago from poundland.It seems to work ok.I get good scans.The reason that I did this is because WXTIMG is on my old W10 ZBox Satdump is on my W10 desktop..I wanted to compare the programs.

 

[Terryl]

Ahhh...your using 75 ohm cable in a 50 ohm system, (dongles are 50 ohm input) a bit of a miss-match but it works if you have enough signal strength, if you were to go to 50 ohm cable (from antenna to dongle) you might see an improvement.