Best decoding and vertical range yet from METEOR M2-4, from a high-angle pass, nearly overhead, for Metro Vancouver this afternoon. Grok handled the signal dropout lines, and also experimented with raising saturation a little. TA-1 antenna from @wimo_de. SDR gear from @Nooelec.
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Best yet! METEOR M2-4 from a pass at max elev 81 degrees E of Vancouver. Grok took care of the signal dropout lines!
Other interesting action, USAF and RAF, around RAF Fairford and nearby RAF Brize Norton.
Some indications of tanker motions towards Strait of Hormuz. Here are four vessels, previously at anchorage in the Gulf of Oman, steaming towards Hormuz at speeds from 10 to 17 knots.
Snapshots at 1915 UTC.
Feeding AIS data to marinetraffic.com (and other agencies) from Vancouver.
Four USAF KC-135R tankers lining up out of Tel Aviv / Ben Gurion. Snapshots at 1740z.
A glance at RAF Fairford. USAF B-1B Lancers and B-52H aircraft have arrived here in recent days.
Some action at Qatar's Doha Airport. Four aircraft with active transponders and QTR23V underway to London. Snapshot at 0700z, 10 AM local, Tuesday morning in Doha.
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Today's wonderful "blue marble" shot from GOES-18 at 2100 UTC, 2 PM PDT (aka PT). Note the sun glint from the Pacific at the sub-solar location on the surface. So many beautiful cloud formations.
Received and processed in Metro Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal.
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Grok! Remove those signal dropout lines! Not even 2 seconds later, there's the result. Sure it involves fudging but it's still impressive. Both ChatGPT and Gemini 3 will do this, but only sporadically and not in a repeatable manner.
METEOR M2-3 today over Vancouver. TA-1 antenna, Nooelec SDR.
I have tried none of the alternatives. I must try one of them. Thanks for telling me.
How's that for a signal reach? Amateur radio balloon KC3LBR, over Greenland, with a 20 m 10 milliwatt WSPR signal reaching all the way to Antarctica. Not sure I've seen this accomplished before! Note that KC3LBR has three or four balloons aloft!
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Success! Sort of. With the 0800-0830 UTC WRMI @swradiogram.bsky.social broadcast over 5850 kHz. As received in Vancouver. Decoded most of the text. Captured 8 images, all noisy.
Thanks to everyone who makes this possible.
All set for the overnight @SWRadiogram session over WRMI, 5850 kHz, 0800-0830 UTC. That's early Monday morning here in Vancouver. Running two instances of FLdigi, one for MFSK32, the other for MFSK64.
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Picked up 20 m WSPR signals here in Vancouver from two amateur radio balloons today, NB4C off the Oregon Coast, and KC3LBR off Baja MX. Additional images show the signals reach of these balloons. KC3LBR appears to have four balloons aloft!
Beautiful crop from today's "blue marble" shot from GOES-18 at 2100 UTC. As received and processed with my own ground station here in Metro Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal. Mostly gear from @Nooelec.
Two lovely shots, one from METEOR M2-3 this morning, the other from METEOR M2-4 this afternoon (check out the gorgeous open-cell cumulus offshore). From passes E, and W of Metro Vancouver. TA-1 turnstile antenna from @wimo_de, LNA and SDR from @Nooelec.
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About halfway through the 20 m SSTV day. This shot shows three bands of images from today and three bands from yesterday. Today's first image appeared at 7:01 AM local (time change occurred overnight). Receiving on 14.230 MHz in Vancouver with MLA-30+ loop antenna and SDRplay RSPduo tuner.
Somewhat normal operations for Dubai as seen here at 0600z Sunday. Tracks shown may not be reliable as GPS jamming seems to be occurring. Here are six flights into or out of Dubai.
Still little to no oil tanker (or other) traffic at Hormuz. Some vessels, such as this one, showing bizarre speed data, for instance 70 knots! not sure if AIS signals are also being impacted by jamming and interference. Snapshot at 0600 UTC Sunday morning.
When Gemini 3 / Nano Banana 2 hits the proverbial wall...
OK!
Today's run of 20 m / 14.230 MHz SSTV images as received in Vancouver via MLA-30+ loop antenna w/ @SDRplay RSPduo tuner (doing double duty with 20 m WSPR). More than a hundred images were received. First came in at 6:30 AM local, nearly perfect, from KG5JJ. Last was also from KG5JJ, at 18:18 local.
The trans-Europe USAF C-17 supply line continues around the clock operation. Here's a snapshot at 0215z Sunday morning with 5 Globemasters in action.
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That is the NASA report, in the graphic. So are we hearing the blast, or the sonic shockwave, or both? Some reported hearing two booms, narrowly separated in time. 30-40 km fits fine with the ~2 minutes observations.
@earthquakeguy.bsky.social Writing a general audience column on the "Coquitlam Bolide". Wondering about the height "discrepancy" based on the 2 minute delay flash to sound. That's ~40 km. Eventually a NASA report said 98 km as entry altitude. Seeking a general comment to use with attribution. Tnx.
Another go at METEOR MN2-3 from a pass E of Metro Vancouver this morning. Showing the original image with signal dropout lines, and the "fixed" image from ChatGPT/Nano Banana along with an uptick in contrast and saturation.
Early start to the 20 m 14.230 MHz SSTV day. First image rolled in at 6:30 AM local here in Vancouver. MLA-30+ loop antenna, @SDRplay RSPduo tuner (also doing double duty on 20 m WSPR monitoring). SDRuno, RX-SSTV, JTDX.
Managed four images from cubesat RS40S aka UmKA-1, from two passes over Metro Vancouver, one last night, one this morning.
