Captures — G3ALI

// Off the bird, 137 MHz

Captures

Weather satellite images pulled out of the air with the RTL-SDR Blog v3 and its stock V-dipole, decoded with SatDump. NOAA sends APT; the Meteor-M2 birds send LRPT — both on 137 MHz, both just a dongle and a bit of wire away.

True-colour satellite image of the UK and Ireland under broken cloud, received from Meteor M2-3 — METEOR M2-3 · LRPT
11 Jan 2025, 09:48

True-colour pass over the UK and Ireland.

True-colour satellite image of Britain and Scandinavia, received from Meteor M2-4 — METEOR M2-4 · LRPT
11 Jan 2025, 14:03

Britain and Scandinavia, mostly clear.

The same Meteor M2-4 pass reprocessed with a frost and snow enhancement — METEOR M2-4 · FROST
Same pass, reprocessed

Snow and ice picked out of the scene above.

Infrared satellite image from NOAA 18 at night, with a grey calibration wedge down the right edge — NOAA 18 · APT IR
11 Jan 2025, 21:52

Night pass, infrared, calibration wedge included.

A frost and snow enhancement from an undated satellite pass over the UK — FROST ENHANCEMENT
Date not logged

From the same run — just didn't keep the date.