Observation 3618506: METEOR M-2 (40069)

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Regarding Observation 3618506 …

Looks great! What I do not understand - this is data recorded in VHF, but your station is equipped with an UHF turnstile. Was the data really obtained with this antenna or did you change it?

Best,
Christian

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Hi Christian,

Yes, that is an observation on my station. I was using a V-dipole in the attic for VHF. Later I changed to the UHF turnstile, because there are more satellites on UHF then on VHF.

Best regards,

Eelke.

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Hi Eelke,

Quite impressive. I was hoping to find a solution that allows me to observe on UHF and VHF. My station is up only for three days. I am currently using a discone scanner antenna, which I would like to replace with something better: Just not sure what this will be. I found your explanation on how to decode METEOR M-2 image data. Is that still the procedure of choice or ist there some shortcut? I am a bit hesitant to change anything on my satnogs client as it is working fine right now.

Best wishes,
Christian

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Hi, there are of course lots of antennas to choose from. I got mine from Vinnant, and they also have set for both VHF and UHF:

And some stations are using a RF splitter that combines both antennas to one SDR. But I don’t have any experience with this.

No, there is not yet an easier way to get METEOR-M2 decoding. It is a lot of fiddling to get working, but several people have managed it.

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Thx a lot Eelke. Okay, then I will try this fiddling. Thank you also for the Turnstile link. That looks quite interesting!