Frequently Asked Questions
NOAA95 - HRPT software & hardware

  • Please advise where I can download NOAA95 software.
    Now, directly from the Noaa95 home page at the http://www.msoft.it/noaa95/software/software.htm
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  • Is a print layout or a printed circuit of the hrpt board available somewhere?
    Yes! It's not so easy build the board using the schematic diagrams only! We've taken many, many hours... Now we are able to supply you the PCB to build the card! But remember that this must not be intended for any commercial purpose. It's only an available good help for the people that are interested to receive HRPT images as simple hobby.
    WARNING: check now how many kits are available.
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  • Some components are not easy to buy...
    Yes! So our's supplying include: The other components are cheap and easy to buy elsewhere.
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  • Where can I get the card witch is on you homepage to receive HRPT pictures from the NOAA sats?
    We are not a firm, we have not enough funds to support a components store. For this reason, except rare case, we can't supply already mounted boards. Besides, is there satisfaction to purchase all done?
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  • It's easy to build the card?
    Yes! Once purchased the kit, with a least of regard, it's easy to mount the PCB and see it works fine immediately, without any particular troubles.
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  • ...and what is the price?
    As we said before this is not a commercial site. If really interested to this information please E-Mail us at address [email protected]
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  • ...by using a credit card is it possible to have a deal?
    ...can we pay with Visa or Euro-cheque?
    Sorry no, for the same reasons above, we haven't any credit cards account! Please E-Mail us for any acknowledgment.
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  • Is it also usable for Meteosat?
    sorry no! The HR Meteosat transmissions and the Noaa HRPT are similar. Both are Manchester encoded, but the bit rate and the line start sequence are different! Now, we are also working to this project... but a very big dish (at least 2 mt) antenna is required to reach good signals!
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  • On your NOAA95 board there is a APT input connector. I suppose this input is for the analog audio signal from an external 137 MHz receiver. Is that correct?
    No it isn't! It's the output 10.7 MHz for another (APT) board we have designed this year... (it works fine but since now we haven't funds to print other board... only our's 3 master are build at the moment).
    If that is correct, is your NOAA95 software capable of displaying APT images!
    sorry... as you see, no!
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  • In looking at your hrpt station, what is the HD3-6409-9 chip? It appears to be a Manchester to NRZ converter. Who is the manufacturer?
    Yes it is! But here, in Italy, it's not easy to buy! We must have bought 36 pieces in once to the Harris Corporation.
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  • Tengo un equipo TIMESTEP que compre viejo,el receptor del METEOSAT es de dos canales, los cuales coge directamente sin conversion(1691-1694.5), el receptor de los NOAA tambien es de dos canales(137.620-137.500). Te agradeceria me orientaras en los temas sigientes.
    1.-Puedo adaptar alguno de los receptores que tengo para emplearlo con la HRPT BOARD?
    You must check if it's possible tune 1707 and 1698 MHz and if it's available the IF 10.7 MHz with band width greater than 2 MHz, required for the correct demodulation of the NOAA95 board.
    2.-Es necesario convertir la frecuencia de 1707 y 1698?
    No if your RX can tune 1698-1707 directly.
    3.-El rotor Yaesu 5400B me pude servir para motorizar mi antena parabolica, �hay alguno mas adecuado?
    Yaesu rotor G 5400B will works well with dish antenna since 1.8 mt diameter. Unfortunately it's the most expensive component of the equipment... but we haven't found anything cheaper.
    4.-Puedes darme las medidas de la adaptacion de la parabolica al rotor.
    It's not easy, the anchorage dimensions are variables with the dish diameter. Look the photos of our's ground station in the home page to have an idea. Enrico's dish has 1.7 mt diameter, Roberto's 1.5 mt. Grater diameter means strong signals but also the less of the signal for little

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