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MY WEATHER SATELLITE APT IMAGERY INFORMATION PAGE

AUTOMATIC PICTURE TRANSMISSION IMAGES PRODUCED DAILY

Software: WXtoImg Version installed: 2.10.11 Professional Edition.

Receiver: R2ZX. Diversity enabled to utilise two antennas.

Antennas:
Antenna 1 is a Homemade PHQFH design mounted outside the house.
Antenna 2 is a Homemade DCA completed February 2012 and is mounted in the loft space.
A few notes and photos of the DCA build project can be seen here: The DCA Project Page

Antenna feed lines are Westflex 103, 50Ω coax terminated with N type connectors.

PC time is syncronised every two minutes by GPS and independent software.

The mouse, keyboard and monitor are not connected to the PC during normal 24/7 operation.

Please visit the WEATHER SATELLITE IMAGE PAGE to see the latest images.

My Composite settings

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Minimum Solar Elevation for Visible Images: 15 N/A
Projection: Orthographic Orthographic
Reference Latitude: 50 38
Reference Longitude: -5 -43
North Boundary (latitude): 90 90
South Boundary (latitude): 23 12
West Boundary (longitude): -45 -160
East Boundary (longitude): 41 20
Scale: 1680 1680
Disable Text tick box Yes No: Date is added
Resampling method: Default Bicubic

Wide composites of the 2011 Hurricanes.