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<blockquote data-quote="Terryl" data-source="post: 1161869" data-attributes="member: 369937">Some of you may be within the GOES satellite foot print, if so then there is an antenna made just for this purpose, you can find it on amazon.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.amazon.com/GOES-Weather-Satellite-Mesh-Antenna/dp/B08NLDTDM7[/URL]It's a bit expensive but it works, however it's connections are not weather proof and some would at times need to use an LNA, (Low Noise Amp) in this case a suitable enclosure would be needed as the LNA should be mounted as close to the antenna as possible, some of the SDR dongles have what is called a &quot;Bias-Tee&quot; setting*, this sends a DC voltage (+5 volts) down the coax to an attached LNA to power it, this way the LNA can be remotely connected.*this function should be shut off if your not using an attached piece of equipment that needs this voltage as some antennas are a direct DC short.The GOES satellites are in a fixed geosynchronous orbit just like the satellites that supply programming, however they are mostly located over the North American Continent, there are others but I do not know if you can view the data from them.Here is a good site for this.[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://en.allmetsat.com/weather-satellites.php[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Terryl, post: 1161869, member: 369937"] Some of you may be within the GOES satellite foot print, if so then there is an antenna made just for this purpose, you can find it on amazon. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/GOES-Weather-Satellite-Mesh-Antenna/dp/B08NLDTDM7[/URL] It's a bit expensive but it works, however it's connections are not weather proof and some would at times need to use an LNA, (Low Noise Amp) in this case a suitable enclosure would be needed as the LNA should be mounted as close to the antenna as possible, some of the SDR dongles have what is called a "Bias-Tee" setting*, this sends a DC voltage (+5 volts) down the coax to an attached LNA to power it, this way the LNA can be remotely connected. *this function should be shut off if your not using an attached piece of equipment that needs this voltage as some antennas are a direct DC short. The GOES satellites are in a fixed geosynchronous orbit just like the satellites that supply programming, however they are mostly located over the North American Continent, there are others but I do not know if you can view the data from them. Here is a good site for this. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.allmetsat.com/weather-satellites.php[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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