Could i receive Elektro-L 3 on the t0nito 3D printed helicone, SAWbird+ GOES and RTL-SDR V4? I know it isn't that big of a dish, but i did get around 8 dB average SNR on Meteor and 6 dB on Metop-C, but i did wonder if LRIT or GGAK might be possible to get a lock and receive

I finally decided to receive from a better location with my helicone antenna, and that was a great decision getting coverage down into the southern tip of the mediterranean and up way past Iceland, but lost the signal at 7° elevation just before Greenland. This pass was received from Belgium, at a 65° peak elevation

im no expert in reddit, but reddit recommended me to post this in this channel,

here is the link if you like to try it: Orbital Link Explorer — LEO/MEO Route Simulation

I spent the last couple of weeks learning how to use my very basic di-pole setup. There’s a parking garage 10 minutes from home with an amazing high-up view of the horizon. I managed to get this on my second official attempt. I lost connection a couple of times, which is why there are the big gaps. Not sure if it’s because I’m in a city area with some buildings near me or something else interfering. But I’m definitely trying again soon!

METEOR-M N2-4 2026/10/12 11:08 UTC Nooelec NEsdr v5, diy QFH, Satdump

Hi all, I'm an indie dev and I built an Android satellite tracker with pass planning in mind.

- Live radar (azimuth/elevation) and 3D globe with ground tracks

- Real-time Doppler shift for VHF, UHF and L-band

- Telemetry per satellite: altitude, velocity, slant range, footprint, signal delay, Maidenhead grid

- Orbit time prediction, +-60 min

- TLEs from Celestrak, refreshed in the background, with a bundled snapshot for offline use

- No ads, no account, location stays on the device

The core radar is free. Doppler, AR sky and orbit prediction are in an optional Pro subscription, I want to be upfront about that.

I'm looking for feedback from people who actually work satellites: what is missing for you? Rotator control, TLE import, pass alerts?

Hey all, got my first Meteor M2-3 image last night (night pass so just IR). Pretty stoked it worked at all, but I lost a big chunk of the pass.

Setup: RTL-SDR Blog dipole kit as a V (53 cm, 120°, flat, pointed south) on a chair in the garden, Wideband LNA V2 between the antenna and the Airspy R2, Airspy at 2.5 MSPS, SatDump.
Pass went up to 59 degrees. I had a good lock between about 30 and 45 degrees on the way up, then it dropped out completely near the top and only came back for a few seconds on the way down. The live output was empty too, I only got images after running the .cadu through offline processing.

Is the dropout at high elevation the known M2-3 antenna thing, or is it my setup? And is a QFH worth building, or should I get a filtered LNA first?

Thanks!

LRPT capture
AVHRR 3a21 False Color Product
RTL-SDR blog V-dipole from kit
Nooelec NESDR SMArt v5
No LNA
SatDump 2.0.0-alpha
“Fill_missing” on

A day or two ago I noticed Channel 4 (IR channel) was producing garbage/grey on a previous capture for this satellite and I notice today it’s switched back to channels 1-3 (visible light only channels).

437.625 MHz FM SSTV

İ am New to this. So... İs this supose to funny? İ dont get it?

This is from sdr-rtl blog v3 and antennas. And someone

Also why is there static things. İs my device broken or something?

Nicest pass I've gotten on L band now, slowly ironing out the kinks :)

Got great south coverage down to north Africa (received from Belgium), but the northern coverage has never been worse because of some issue with my antenna.
Antenna: 54cm diameter helicone
SDR: RTL-SDR Blog V4
LNA: SAWbird+ GOES
I am pretty sure the issue is something with the solder joints, the helix is soldered good (solder point looks very bad but works), but because the screw was so loose i soldered a small wire between de negative side of the SMA panel mount and the sheet metal, but that joint came loose so i did wonder how i even received anything without an actual negative connection.