Receiving Weather Satellites!

Idle browsing on the internet the other day led me to have a go at receiving NOAA weather satellites this afternoon.

I used my normal 2m slimjim antenna (not resonant at 137MHz, but near enough for such a strong signal), a 2m FM rig, and a USB sound dongle (now selling for less than £1 online) to feed the computer.

Using WXtoIMG freeware/optional payware, I found it was very easy to receive a strong, stable signal without any real need for Doppler adjustments during the passes.

Here's an example I received from NOAA 19 this tea time.  It's lovely in Iceland!