SATELLITE SOFTWARE

APT ( AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSIONS ) RECEPTION FROM WEATHER SATELLITES CAN BE ACHIEVED WITH MODEST EQUIPMENT  ( NOAA 17 ON   137.500 MHz )  CHECK THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE OUT ( ALSO LOOK ON THE SSTV PAGE ) YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW  WHERE THE SATELLITES ARE TO LISTEN TO THEM - SO TAKE A LOOK AT ORBITRON - A MUST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SATELLITE RECEPTION. ANOTHER GOOD, SIMPLE TO USE SATELLITE TRACKER IS THE PROGRAMME BY PAOLO COSSETTI.MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THE KEPLER ELEMENTS UPDATED ! YOU CAN ALSO QSO WITH THE SHUTTLE OR THE ISS ( INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION ) DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE FROM ON1DHT WEB SITE.

WEATHER SATELLITE FREQUENCIES

KEEP YOUR KEPLER ELEMENTS UP TO-DATE - CLICK HERE

CONSTRUCT YOUR OWN CROSSED DIPOLE ANTENNA - CLICK HERE

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

FREQUENCIES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    NEW FREQUENCIES

FOR OTHER ISS FREQUENCIES PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING SITE

THE FOLLOWING SOFTWARE IS SUITABLE TO MONITOR THE PACKET DATA FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.  AS REGARDS TO ANTENNA, WHEN THE ISS IS OVER HEAD THE ANTENNA THAT CAME WITH YOUR SCANNER IS SUFFICIENT, BUT A CROSS DIPOLE OR TURN STILE WILL BE MUCH BETTER - OR ALTERNATIVELY SOME KIND OF TRACKING ANTENNA WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.I RECOMMEND THE UISS PROGRAM. YOU CAN ALSO SEND YOUR POSITION TO THE ISS ( APRS - AUTOMATIC POSITION REPORTING )   WHICH GETS REPEATED AND PICKED UP BY AN INTERNET GATEWAY AND DISPLAYED ON A MAP.

                        * SET TO AX25 UHF MODE, RX ONLY

   FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR INFORMATION ABOUT APRS

MARINE FAX

MARINE STATIONS TRANSMIT WEATHER  FORECASTS THAT CAN BE RECEIVED WITH THE BELOW SOFTWARE.

                       * FM 120 SETTING

                       * PART OFA MULTI-MODE PROGRAM

THE SYNOPSIS DE-CODER BY BERNARHD DE VRIES WILL DE-CODE  EN-CODED WEATHER SYNOPSIS FILES FROM SHIPS AT SEA / LAND STATIONS AND PUT THEM INTO A READABLE FORMAT,  ITS A SIMPLE  DOS PROGRAM, SO IT WON'T WORK ON XP BUT IS OK ON THE OTHER WINDOW PLATFORMS. JUST RECEIVE A SYNOP REPORT USING SEATTY OR TRUTTY SAVE IT ON THE DESKTOP AS SAY "SYNOP" , RUN THE PROGRAM AND WHEN ASKED TYPE IN

C:/ WINDOWS / DESKTOP/ SYNOP.TXT

  ( DON'T FORGET TO TYPE THE EXTENSION TXT ) THE PROGRAM WILL THEN DE-CODE IT AND SAVE IT AS FILE CALLED "SYNOPOUTPUT". THE OLD HAMCOMM PROGRAMME HAD A FEATURE WHICH WOULD DO THIS AUTOMATICALLY, BUT THIS PROGRAM IS A BIT LONG IN THE TOOTH NOW AND MOST PEOPLE WILL BE UN WILLING TO BUY OR MAKE THE SERIAL PORT INTERFACE IT REQUIRED OR IF YOU ARE RUNNING WINDOWS XP ITS NO GO ANYWAY.THE WXGRAPH PROGRAM WILL DECODE FILES RECEIVED VIA THE HAMCOMM PROGRAM AND VISUALLY DISPLAY THEM ON A MAP ( EUROPE ONLY )

THIS IS WHAT AN EN-CODED SYNOP FILE LOOKS LIKE

NNNN
ZCZC 339
SMEW41 EDZW 150600 CCA
AAXX 15061
08558 31/08 92802 10147 20142 39906 40199 52003 74544 333 20134 30013
5//// 55123 22868 89/03 555 60005=

WHEN DE-CODED IT LOOKS LIKE THIS

08558 31/08 92802 10147 20142 39906 40199 52003 74544 333 20134 30013
5//// 55123 22868 89/03 555 60005=

Day of the month: 15    Observation time: 6 hr
Weather station: 08558        EVORA/C.COORD     PO
Latitude: 3832N        Longitude: 00754W         Elevation: 246 m

Cloud base: unknown, or station in the clouds.
Horizontal visibility: 0.8 km.
Total cloud cover: sky obscured.
Wind direction: 280°.
Wind speed: 2 m/s, from anemometer.
Air temperature: 14.7 °C.
Dewpoint temperature: 14.2 °C.
Sea level pressure: 1019.9 hPa.
Pressure change over last 3 hours: 0.3 hPa, increasing steadily.
Precipitation amount: 0.0 mm.
Present weather: fog, sky not visible, no change.
Past weather: fog, or thick haze.
Minimum temperature: 13.4 °C.
Grass minimum temperature: 13 °C.

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ZIPPED SYNOP FILE

NAVTINST

FOR A MORE MORE UP TO DATE PROGRAM THAN THAT OF ABOVE ( THAT INCORPORATES SEATTY ) CHECK OUT THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM, ITS A MUST FOR AMATEUR YACHTMEN OR ANYONE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING WEATHER / SYNOP/ NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS ETC

  http://home01.wxs.nl/~hagem358/

A SCREEN SHOT FROM THE PROGRAM

WEATHER FORECASTS FOR THE ATLANTIC FROM THE US COAST GUARD ON R/T

	STATIONS TRANSMITTING WEATHER FAX MAPS
	DOWNLOAD FREQUENCY LIST / SCHEDULE IN PDF FORMAT HERE

SOME MARINE R/T FREQUENCIES

A FULL LIST OF MARINE ITU R/T CHANNELS IS HERE

USCG   FREQUENCIES

YOU CAN RECEIVE WEATHER BULLETINS / FAX MAPS / NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS ( THESE WILL BE AT SCHEDULED TIMES ) AND MAYBE THE OCCASIONAL GLOBAL DISTRESS MESSAGE - YOU WILL OBVIOUSLY NEED A SOFTWARE PACKAGE FOR SITOR / FAX I.E SEATTY BY UA9OSV ETC -

AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

( FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR INFORMATION )