Very cool and interesting video on a topic I know almost nothing about

  • Feinsteins_Ghost [he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I knew it was saveitforparts before I even clicked. I have a couple SDR dongles I pick up a stuff with, APT/HRPT weather images from NOAA/METEOR, GOES, and I have a antenna pointed at a local water tower a couple miles away with repeaters for EMS/police. ADSB, and when the ISS does SSTV I try to get in on those but since I still hand track the ISS I always do terrible w those. Someone nearby has a wireless weather station that uploads to AmbientWeatherNetwork/WU that I can pick up with a SDR dongle so I can monitor the weather as local as it gets, as quick as the data gets broadcasted.

    I am a hobby electronics guys so I understand that there are radio emissions everywhere but once I got my first good SDR and was able to get a good representation on a waterfall I was absolutely floored by how much shit is out there, in the air, for you to pick up. All you need is some metal cut to the proper length and put in the proper shape, and those signals are yours too.

    I have this one saved, and once I get time, I’ll be trying to pick these up too.