... switched back ... Yes, I saw that the switch-on was "anticipated". In fact, I added this event to my diary so I would remember to check. I was just looking...
It is with some interest that I noted the following which is extracted (Courtesy of NOAA) from the NOAA Polar Orbiting Weekly reports for NOAA 18. Regards ...
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans. ...
Douglas Deans wrote: [] ... [] ... [] ... This satellite is now operational and data is available on the Internet for those who cannot get direct reception. ...
A number of people have raised the point that I am still reporting NOAA 16's HRPT signal as good despite many finding it very poor. I decided not to report...
... Agreed Dave, but NOAA 16 is now the ''fall back'' satellite. It is not now 'operational'. If NOAA 15 had not had a failure on all its high gain antennas...
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans. ...
... "Omni" is an abbreviation for omni-directional, and antenna which broadcast equally in in all directions. I'm not quite sure what exactly it means in this...
Following the previous discussions about changes of the HRPT transmitter frequencies, NOAA has now published an update to its documentation. While the previous...
WEATHER SATELLITES ================ APT, DIGITAL and GEOSTATIONARY WEEKLY STATUS. ========================================== Author : Douglas S Deans. ...
NOAA have confirmed that there are no plans to bring back on NOAA 14's APT, although the AVHRR is working nominally. No reasons are given but it is probably...
NOAA have confirmed that NOAA 18's APT frequency will be changed to 137.100 MHz (VTX-1). The exact date is to be confirmed but it will be no later than 27th...
... Douglas, that will be great news to the many APT enthusiasts in the UK who have had problems with APT reception due to the very close proximity of pager...
... Balt, While I haven't seen this myself (no HRPT gear), it has been reported on other mailing lists. Sad, but this satellite has come back to life of its ...
... Anyone ... Well! to be expected I suppose. At least we had 2months of unexpected fine imaging, real pity because the signal strength is always brilliant. ...