Recent content by swingbozo

Sorry to jump in here late... (and slightly off topic) What's the program everyone is using to pull the data feeds off of these birds? I was going to try to pull emwin-n off of one of those GOES birds but the information on how to do this using stock FTA equipment is rare as hens teeth. I'm...

I was aware of the new format, just wasn't sure how accurate all the rest of this information is. The GOES birds all chat in L-Band and I don't really know what bits I need in order to actually get that information to a computer.

These guys have a turnkey system but at the astronomical price of $2000 http://wernerlabsinc.com/EMWIN_index.html Satguys is one of the few websites that gets a hit when googling EMWIN and NOAAPORT so I thought I'd ask here.

I have a bunch of old dishes lying around and just found out about EMWIN. The EMWIN systems I've seen use "strange" LNB/LNA thingies that are rather expensive. Can I use one of my old 3 footers, a quad invacom and possibly something like the tigertronics ESP-96 to get EMWIN right off of the...