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G0HMU'S WXSAT PAGE

For the weather satellite enthusiast.

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Contact Information

Electronic mail address

[email protected]

Location: Small ex-mining town of BOLSOVER in Nth East Derbyshire. U.K. Locator square IO93IF Grid reference 53deg 14 North, 1deg 17 west. My station is 130m ASL but on a west facing hill.

I have a pretty good take off to the North, South & West but the East is very limited due to the steep rising ground in that direction. I am approx. 1/4m from Bolsover Castle, which is really an Elizabethan fortified mansion, which stands on the site of an earlier castle of the 11th century. I'd love an antenna system up there but the coax runs would be prohibitive J

Current Interests

Amateur Radio.

My name is Ken, callsign G0HMU. I am retired on health grounds so have plenty of free time to do the following…

Mainly interested in data communication such as PACKET RADIO on VHF & UHF. Also interested in Remote imaging of weather satellite pictures. From time to time I am also known to send & receive slow scan television. If you catch me with a microphone plugged into the radio you win a medal J

The Wxsat station here consists of:

Antenna: RIG Crossed dipoles / Paul Hayes QFH helix antenna. The dipoles have a Timestep Preamp attached but this is causing pager breakthrough so may remove the amp in due course.

Receiver: RIG RX2 , comes in kit form with easy to follow instructions and I can recommend it to everyone.

Decoder: This is done by feeding the signal from the RX2 into the SoundBlaster card of the PC. From then on it is handled by software. I use WXSAT for reception, WXTRACK for prediction & Satsignal for manipulation of images. I also use Paint Shop Pro & PhotoShop for enhancement.

Computer: Home built clone ATX comprising of QDI Titanium M/B with Cyrix MX 333 CPU, 64Mb RAM, Sound Blaster PCI 128 bit sound card for decoding & transmitting various data modes. ATI -3D Charger 4Mb Ram Video Card.

Watch this site for further additions. I will be updating from time to time....

Last Revised: March 2000.