Category Archives: Wxsat

Earth Observation

So there I was a few weekends ago, wandering around the indoor hall at the UK’s National Hamfest (held just outside Newark). I had just left some items at the Bring and Buy, was browsing the stalls and I came … Continue reading

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Solar Dynamics Observatory

The Solar Dynamics Observatory was launched in February of this year.  Earlier today NASA held their first briefing where pictures and some video clips were released. One word, stunning! Significant data was gathered on the recent solar flares and Coronal … Continue reading

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Ham TV.

I’ve become hooked on AmateurLogic.TV. The guys cover all sorts of things from “how to get the best from your camera” to how to build your own 2.4Ghz “Cantenna”, home made high voltage capacitors (I’m still waiting to see the … Continue reading

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Delicate Manouvers

Meteosat 7 has begun a planned ‘drift’ from 0 degrees to 57.5 degrees East. The reasons and a brief description of some of the issues involved are given here here. It makes for interesting reading.

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Mt. Merapi from space

A view of Mt Merapi seen from Japan’s new Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) satellite.

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New Weather Satellite

A new environmental satellite was succesfully launched in the last few days. I’ve been following an email list where ground stations have been anxiously waiting and listening for the satellite. One of the early posters to the list (Mike Jupp, … Continue reading

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