How to Pull Images from Satellites in Orbit (NOAA 15,18,19 and METEOR M2)

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  • Over the past 2 months, me and my friend Artem have been building antennas to receive signals from weather satellites as they pass overhead. This video chronicles our progress through this project and goes through some of the science involved in working with radio and receiving transmissions. We explore how dipoles work and how to build them, and how we built our final double cross antenna. We used an SDR (software defined radio) called a HackRF to do the work of interpreting the received signals and then decoded them with some special software. We pulled images from 4 satellites: NOAA 15, 18 and 19 as well as METEOR M2. The satellites broadcast immediately as they take the images and no images are stored, so we're likely the only ones on earth with these images.
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  • @thethoughtemporium
    @thethoughtemporium  5 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Made an updated version of this video that looks at a much better satellite and gives images of the entire planet at once. Check it out:
    th-cam.com/video/jGWFg7EDnyY/w-d-xo.html

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Can you believe it that there are Flat-Earth people out there that say that satellites don't exist? And they claim that "satellites" are land-based transmitters put there secretly by the government to fool the people? Ridiculous! [Anyway, keep up the good work!]

    • @TimeeJustin
      @TimeeJustin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The Thought Emporium dude this stuff is amazing. I want to make my own. Definitely putting this on my project list!

    • @vfThome
      @vfThome 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude, are you from brazil?? É brasileiro?? haha

    • @NicleT
      @NicleT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hope the sound was remixed!

    • @NicleT
      @NicleT 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not the same video, but it’s amazing! (And the voice is cristal clear!!). Your video is very inspiring.

  • @NicuMihai
    @NicuMihai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    i just watched one of the most impressives things i've ever seen

  • @snakeeyes237
    @snakeeyes237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I was wondering if it was possible to take pictures from a satellite and I found pure gold, this is amazing guys.
    I've learned a lot from you, impressive!

  • @hagalazmultiverze3411
    @hagalazmultiverze3411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Just a little hint:
    When building wire antennas, start by rolling the wires between 2 sheets of e.g. MDF to get them straight.
    3D print support structures to keep the shape.

  • @HobkinBoi
    @HobkinBoi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +450

    You could have your antenna set up permanently and have a raspberry pi manage the downloading and decoding. The setup could even be portabalized.

    • @MatheusPratta
      @MatheusPratta 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I wonder if it's possible to have an Arduino connected to this setup too, controlling some servo motors mounted on the antenna, so it would track the satellite just as we do with telescopes... Could this improve the signal even more?

    • @HobkinBoi
      @HobkinBoi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@MatheusPratta Antenna tracking is definitely possible, but it shouldn't be necessary if you built an antenna of semi decent quality.

    • @user-pv4cw3du2p
      @user-pv4cw3du2p 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@MatheusPratta check out the open source project named satNOGS! 😉

    • @kshitizmishra5845
      @kshitizmishra5845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@user-pv4cw3du2p thanks for recommending

    • @TW-lt1vr
      @TW-lt1vr 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How about 8 Parallellas?

  • @taylorkrabiel6042
    @taylorkrabiel6042 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1878

    I work for NOAA and now I feel like an idiot!!! I need to try some of this stuff out

    • @sandspar
      @sandspar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      LOL, was gonna post a url to your site, but here you are. You guys do a great job, although I don't like the new format recently introduced. I used to see a composite image of my region. Now I must select individual bands of much larger, more obscure region profile. More info, but TOO much for the layman like me. Fine problem to have, tho. HUGE FAN of NOAA!

    • @bunya303
      @bunya303 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/real-time-solar-wind-phase-ii
      This is easily my new fave

    • @joshzwies3601
      @joshzwies3601 6 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Now you know how NASA feels when they play Kerbal Space Program, learning by doing is far more effective than sitting and listening. If you want to learn something new, go and do it.

    • @Tjthemedic
      @Tjthemedic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      Hahahaha, M34T, you're hilarious. Are you a flat earther, or?
      Also, to note - Americans never used Chinese spacecraft to get to orbit, and the usage of the Soyuz capsule to get to the ISS isn't a bad thing, both Russia and the U.S., along with many other countries were involved in the construction of the ISS, an international project. Space shouldn't be about nationalism.

    • @Tjthemedic
      @Tjthemedic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Hahahaha, you know NASA isn't just about "taking us to space and leading the way", right? Most of NASA's work is in Earth science, and monitoring weather. And, most U.S. companies, actually, use American companies to send up their satellites, usually with ULA.
      NASA's budget goes into way more things than whatever it is that you define as "taking us to space and leading the way" - presumably, flashy launches of humans. NASA still continues to launch probes and missions to space, and if you, for some reason, don't care about robotic exploration, they are currently developing and testing multiple methods of launching humans into space, I'd honestly be surprised if you never heard of the Orion capsule or the SLS.
      Making this some sort of weird nationalistic thing isn't helping anyone.

  • @EricTheCat
    @EricTheCat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Great video. Thank you. I built a quadrifilar helix antenna for NOAA satellite reception about 10 years ago and it worked great. One radio project you might want to try is radio meteor detection. I run a system where I listen for meteors using a 20 meter dipole and monitor an out of range TV station. Meteors temporarily ionize the air creating a path that can cause the out of range station to come in for a moment. My system counts and collects data but it is fun to even just listen to the "ping" sounds when monitoring CW or SSB mode especially during a meteor shower.

  • @eternalfizzer
    @eternalfizzer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    That's an awesome way for amateurs to connect with space. Thanks so much!
    10:00 "I stood out in the rain with the antenna." How could that end badly? LOL!

  • @To-mos
    @To-mos 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Years ago I pulled an image down from the ISS with SSTV decoding and it worked flawlessly. I have to try this with NOAA satellites now!

  • @willwarden2603
    @willwarden2603 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Way to go I studied RF in the military the information that you gave out was really good and spot on super impressed keep up the good work you’re the future of our world

  • @sontapaa11jokulainen94
    @sontapaa11jokulainen94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Holy sh*t! I tought this was some clickbait video where you just explain how you could do it,but you actually made a real antenna to get the images. This is really amazing! 🙂🙂😀 Thanks for the quality content! I wish you the best!

  • @marinvidovic763
    @marinvidovic763 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    For 15 minutes you kept my 👀 Widely Opened. 📡
    Your work is amazing . Presentation very comprehensive and nice.
    So Inspirational !!!
    Keep posting and all the best in your further projects. My deep respect !!!

  • @AminANakhjavani
    @AminANakhjavani 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm part of the IEEE chapter of my university and we are trying to build a radio telescope right now. This video and the one on the radio telescope were really interesting and I actually learned a lot from them. I'm really glad that you provided written info on this project and I might have to try to contact you in the near future about the radio telescope you built. Thanks.

  • @TwisterKidMedia
    @TwisterKidMedia 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    @The Thought Emporium I am a NOAA meteorologist here in the United States. Well done! Very informative and educational!

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thanks :)

    • @spvillano
      @spvillano 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I really love your organization's products, they save many, many lives!
      I really love the forecast weather discussion, which can fill in the gaps when things are a bit... Complex. Especially when I was living in tornado alley.

    • @ernststavroblofeld1961
      @ernststavroblofeld1961 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How do you pull your images from these satellites?

  • @EnglishLaw
    @EnglishLaw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    One of the most inspiring videos ever! An awesome random recommendation for a channel.

    • @photoshopmagic
      @photoshopmagic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      for me too :))

    • @jimboAndersenReviews
      @jimboAndersenReviews 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Randomness and Google's AI; not that's what I'd call an oxymoron :3

  • @dannnmerkle7930
    @dannnmerkle7930 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your videos are awesome. Thank you so much. Including your trial and error process is much appreciated.

  • @Ritermann
    @Ritermann 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am always amazed at how many things I have no clue about in life while watching others doing them.

  • @pecfree
    @pecfree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Come on Brazil!! 🇧🇷
    Floripaaaa grande abraço.
    Great work!!
    I'm proud

  • @souravzzz
    @souravzzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That was a fantastic recommendation from TH-cam. Awesome videos, keep it up!

  • @Smokecall
    @Smokecall 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is wildly good stuff especially the breakdown of how you got the satellite signal cleared up

  • @anuradhapriyankara5226
    @anuradhapriyankara5226 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your video clearly describe how hard to get a project to work. Great video!!

  • @raynermp
    @raynermp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Parabéns pelo trabalho de vocês e pela divulgação 👏🏼👏🏼

  • @errorgd
    @errorgd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    first time i had hit a bell. This is just awesome. keep it up

  • @stephanvonow205
    @stephanvonow205 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    What a great video! Thanks for this - thanks for letting us take part on this experiment!

  • @josephberrigan8739
    @josephberrigan8739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This seems like a valuable skill set for a prepper - I imagine after a disaster the satellites would still be transmitting so real-time satellite imagery would be extremely valuable

  • @DasIllu
    @DasIllu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hey there, just a quick advice...
    Instead of wood use if possible MF protective electrical tubing. At least here in europe it is easy to optain in DIY shops and from electro resellers.
    Wood, especially when wet acts as a conductor. The effect might seem small at first, but when you take in consideration that you are dealing with sub micro volt signals... every single bit counts. Oh and since we're on topic: with the tubes you can also easily build helical antennas. Just wrap your copper around it. It hast a much better suppression of enviromental noise and a far better gain.
    You could even build an array of four Helicals with a bearable footprint and weight.
    Contact your local hams, ARRL, DARC and what not. There are always people happy to help you get a hold on this hobby.
    vy73

  • @averagegeek3957
    @averagegeek3957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Hi, I'm 15 years old and I've been really interested in satellites over the last couple of weeks. I wasn't even aware that you could pull images from satellites like that. Thanks for showing me how to do it. I'm gonna buy all the required equipment and (hopefully) build a working setup over the next couple of months. Greetings from Germany!

    • @zvpunry1971
      @zvpunry1971 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      AverageGeek: You don't need an HackRF, it is relatively expensive (when I remember my budget when I was 15, I would say prohibitively expensive). Buy a rtl-sdr instead, you can have it for under 15€ which allows you to buy the other stuff that you also need.
      www.amazon.de/dp/B013Q94CT6

    • @Eisnschwein
      @Eisnschwein 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      zvpunry hättest ja auch auf deutsch schreiben können xD

    • @averagegeek3957
      @averagegeek3957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Das Sahnebrot ich fühl mich ehrlich gesagt gerade ziemlich dumm, weil ich nicht sofort erkannt hab dass er auch deutscher ist :D

    • @zvpunry1971
      @zvpunry1971 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Sahnebrot: Natürlich hätte ich auch auf deutsch antworten können, aber für andere (englischsprachige) Leser potentiell hilfreiche Kommentare schreibe ich bevorzugt in Englisch, speziell unter englischsprachigen Videos und unter englischsprachigen Kommentaren.
      @AverageGeek: Kein Grund sich dumm zu fühlen. Das ist eher ein Indikator für mich, daß ich zu viel Text auf einmal geschrieben habe. Dadurch ist diese Information (letzte Zeile) unter gegangen. Ich hoffe trotzdem, daß mein erster Kommentar war hilfreich. Nach drei Wochen könntest Du vielleicht auch schon erste Empfangsversuche gemacht haben. ;-)

    • @l3p3
      @l3p3 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wen interessiert dein verdammtes Alter?

  • @johndevone1207
    @johndevone1207 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome. Thank you to you and your team. Keep your videos coming and I am always glad you do. Smarts and technology work well together

  • @chechecole5905
    @chechecole5905 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Engineer here. Wow all of you really outdid yourselves, congrats on your excelent feat !!!!!!!!

  • @joshuaguthrie8067
    @joshuaguthrie8067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The EM propagation is slower in the antenna material and coax (copper, aluminum, etc) than c. See/research velocity factor. Cutting assuming c, may give slightly incorrect lengths.

  • @richard-hawley
    @richard-hawley 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Just found this. I actually built a WEFAX radio kit from MAPLIN Electronics back in the early 90s (the kit was called MapSat). It used a cross-dipole and I added a pre-amp to pick up these same NOAA and METEOR weather satallites. the audio went into a DAC box which had cards that slotted in which locked onto the signal parts for the selected format. This then sent signals out to an 8 pin output and passed into a computer via a printer port (or I/O card). I wrote machine code on an Amstrad CPC and Amiga to display them. Had to manually adjust the frequecy (around 135.5 Mhz) to account for doppler shift as the satellite passed over. Good times. Geostationary satellites are much more complicated. But a challenge.

    • @ab8yy
      @ab8yy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Just a comment on this. We are talking about satellites. WEFAX is typically a transmission over HF or Short Wave frequencies. Many programs for satellite decoding will work on WEFAX, but that would be something different. The signal can sound a lot the same, but you would need a short wave receiver and long outside antenna to get the WEFAX signals.

    • @coriscotupi
      @coriscotupi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Steve Smith
      Exactly. While one can in principle receive satellite imagery with WEFAX, the signals as you said do not come directly from satellites, but are re-broadcast via HF (so, from ground stations). In the early 90s I had great fun with WEFAX. I received mainly Sigwx charts from meteorological stations thousands of km away, using an FSK demodulador connected to the PC's audio card "line in" port and "PC HF Facsimile" software from company called SSC (which unfortunately no longer does business in this weather Rx niche). I consistently got very good, clear images.

    • @fair1831
      @fair1831 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You say opposite to Einstein's relativity conjecturing, then
      Speed of light is Not supposed to be altered by the speed of its source.

  • @AnotherFreakingDude
    @AnotherFreakingDude 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    dudee, this is one of the most interesting videos i've seen in a very long time, keep the good work! looking forward for other satellites

  • @NathanEvans08
    @NathanEvans08 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very, very nice clear and concise explanations. This a very well done video. Thank you.

  • @dachronic6709
    @dachronic6709 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hooly fucking shit... More, please... If only i knew this when i was a kid

    • @graxx1451
      @graxx1451 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      uk...you are paranoid,you fool.

    • @rogue_spirit
      @rogue_spirit 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I might say this stuff wasn't available for general public when you were a kid, so no regrets to have.

  • @Valkyrie612
    @Valkyrie612 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your channel is addicting to us science geeks!!!

  • @KeithSalisbury
    @KeithSalisbury 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow the depth in this video is amazing! Great job!! Now try and do this in the middle of the Atlantic ocean in the middle of the night, it's quite a thrill!!

  • @KingDiddi
    @KingDiddi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For straighten wire: put one end of the wire in a vice and pull the other end of the wire really strong with a pincer. It straightens automatically in a perfect condition.

  • @balazscserneczky1838
    @balazscserneczky1838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    Next: How to pull images from russian spy satellites.

    • @robertm1112
      @robertm1112 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      the standard Russian encryption algorithm is called Kuznyechik and is most likely used on all there spy satellites. good luck with that.

    • @ericcobourn3570
      @ericcobourn3570 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@robertm1112 i could if i wanted to but i dont because im very busy watching utube vids

    • @dickburt69
      @dickburt69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I bet the NSA is already in there. Probably corrupted the Russian satellites with the Air Force’s X-37..

    • @omkr0122
      @omkr0122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Russian encryption system great. Hacker gets beamed with images of pierogi and borsch instead!

    • @amankumarsingh6886
      @amankumarsingh6886 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Next:
      How to dodge russian nuke falling at house?

  • @lekima7x161
    @lekima7x161 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bruh, im spanish and im very grateful about discovering your channel, it feels nice to see that many people shares the love for crazy experiments!

  • @elradiuzi
    @elradiuzi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    You wouldn't have learned any of this in school. Thanks man! Keep up the good work!

  • @nigeliloilo4398
    @nigeliloilo4398 5 ปีที่แล้ว +127

    I guess these guys are not flat earthers. They look like they have brains!

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ha! Ha! I stumbled on your comment! Did you know that there are flat-earthers that claim that satellites don't exist? And they make the ridiculously lame statement that "satellites" are land-based transmitting antennas put there by the government to fool the public and inspired and run by the Satanic Illuminatti?

    • @CraigDohner
      @CraigDohner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@foureyedchick wait till you hear their explanations. Bunch of idiots!
      What really makes me mad is when they say "the Bible says the earth is flat", when it does not

    • @coldburn5672
      @coldburn5672 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Craig Dohner you are correct and I wish ppl would stop lumping flat-earthers and Christians together.

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@coldburn5672 I am a Christian and I am not a flat-earther.

    • @foureyedchick
      @foureyedchick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CraigDohner I know!

  • @DavidHancock
    @DavidHancock 6 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    For the umbrella, have you thought about a silver (or gold) photography studio reflector umbrella?

    • @Hallucinatti
      @Hallucinatti 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @fountleroy tinkertoy What the freekin frak?!!

    • @shubhampreetsingh8630
      @shubhampreetsingh8630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @D Brown This depends if the channel is made for free access. For example here in India, there is one government channel(DD national)which is free to access, so if you take wire from your TV and stick it out on your roof(even without dish) you will be able to access it freely! But that's different that most of the times nothing interesting is happening there.

    • @TheTeehee11111
      @TheTeehee11111 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @fountleroy tinkertoy xD

    • @TechKidShazil
      @TechKidShazil 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shubhampreetsingh8630 how?

    • @crypto.7562
      @crypto.7562 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TechKidShazil digital tv broadcasts

  • @AnnDi
    @AnnDi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's the coolest thing I've seen in years!

  • @jean-huguesbouchard1045
    @jean-huguesbouchard1045 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome work guys. I am truly impressed

  • @hvfox
    @hvfox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +258

    This is fucking awesome! Nice work guys! I'm jelly now and really want to replicate now! Can't wait to see the next vid!

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Do it! it's such a simple project but with such awesome results. If you do end up replicating, this and building your own, there may be opportunities to collaborate on a big community project in the future. Glad you enjoyed :)

    • @crypto.7562
      @crypto.7562 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thethoughtemporium i did it with the cheap antenna that came with the sdr, just set the ends to 53.4 cm and connect it up

  • @JaredPaxton
    @JaredPaxton 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very awesome! Also, Amateur Radio operators like myself can use voice communication through various communications satellites.

  • @0x63Hawk
    @0x63Hawk 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's on of the most detailed video. Good job. I'm right behind you guys

  • @amahlaka
    @amahlaka 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I’ve done this few years ago with the 2nd style of antenna and it worked really nice after a little tweaking

  • @PaganAbroad
    @PaganAbroad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    "we tried to decode image with some s/w we found online" - any chance of sharing what you used?

  • @canopusB
    @canopusB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    12:07 "You can clearly see Buenos Aires" and points to Uruguay

    • @Gui1The
      @Gui1The 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Buenos Aires is that grey spot just below Uruguay

  • @cyborgfairyprincess
    @cyborgfairyprincess 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    You rock!!! I been wondering about this for a while. Thank you for being awesome!!!

  • @YouTubeDoxedMyRealName
    @YouTubeDoxedMyRealName 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legit. This is the best radio project! We can use those things that are the most important to our world.

  • @TheVergile
    @TheVergile 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    wow. this was..janky AF, but such a cool Project and props for pulling through even though you had very limited Tools and all. Very cool video

  • @chuckkrueger3935
    @chuckkrueger3935 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I know you're into radio so maybe this isn't what you want, but if you point a camera on a tripod, at night, in the general direction of of the satellite and do a time exposure, the stars will trail but the satellites will show up as point sources. you could match this to your radio data.

    • @ABaumstumpf
      @ABaumstumpf 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only for geostationary satellites. Other satellites more relatively fast.

    • @bryanbreen7943
      @bryanbreen7943 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And to add to what ABaumstumpf said, the LEO satellites relative speed will make them leave streaks in any image that is much longer than what the stars leave from the Earth's rotation.

    • @crypto.7562
      @crypto.7562 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ABaumstumpf there called POES polar orbiting enviormental sattelites, basically means they follow the sun

  • @0xccd
    @0xccd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely amazed!!!
    Great job guys!

  • @b1aflatoxin
    @b1aflatoxin 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this!!! Showing people what doesn't work as well is just as cool as show us what finally did work! - Easy sub!

  • @NatasPvPMontagesz
    @NatasPvPMontagesz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Vocês são brasileiros? Se forem, é incrível verem pessoas como vocês fazendo algo tão intrincado e complexo, parabéns!

  • @0926001
    @0926001 5 ปีที่แล้ว +819

    Flat Earth community ain't gonna like this HAHAHAHA

    • @behnooddianat3402
      @behnooddianat3402 5 ปีที่แล้ว +95

      FEs be like: "this dude is working for NASA and getting paid to post these things", also "i'm too dumb to do this so i call it BS"

    • @astronomicaldreamscape6156
      @astronomicaldreamscape6156 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Iuri Scheidegger
      Dude, I was just thinking the exact same thing.

    • @erickinney7482
      @erickinney7482 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So will showing the cost line of the USA, Will that work aganst them? Or was there more than that? I mean their case must be pretty weak if thats all it takes is fuzzy pic from space showing a cost line,

    • @astronomicaldreamscape6156
      @astronomicaldreamscape6156 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      eric kinney
      Flat earthers don’t believe satellites exist, so showing them pulling images from satellites would make them angry.

    • @mindwideopen2579
      @mindwideopen2579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@erickinney7482 FE think everything we have launched was thrown in the sea.
      Showing them a satilite in orbit blows there little minds. Unfortunately... they give us humans more credit than we deserve thinking we can pull of the largest, most expensive and farthest reaching con in human history capable of deceiving everyone and masking their "true" reality nice n neat in our *made-up* maths.
      Still haven't gotten a consistent answer for why though... Everything from religion to power plays.

  • @JaraFPV
    @JaraFPV 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    love these kinds of RD videos! keep up the great work!

  • @chrisgicky2215
    @chrisgicky2215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much work! Great job guys

  • @Nae_Ayy
    @Nae_Ayy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    I'm gonna have to try this with my flat earther uncle. See what kinds of excuses he makes.

  • @tjwiets6691
    @tjwiets6691 6 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    Anyone know if data from NOAA-20 will eventually be accessible once it's operational? It was just launched last weekend (currently named JPSS-1 until operational).

    • @bryanbreen7943
      @bryanbreen7943 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Tj Wiets, direct broadcast services continue to be available from all NOAA POES and GOES spacecraft. However, the low rate analog formats demonstrated in this video (for N15,18,19) are no longer produced in the newer spacecraft. The newer spacecraft (including the partner instruments on the NASA EOS and MetOp A/B spqcecraft) produce only High Rate ("digital") data that require the decoding tools demonstrated in the video. Search for "direct broadcast" if you want to learn more.

    • @bryanbreen7943
      @bryanbreen7943 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Oh, and it is accessible right now.

    • @MilesCallisto
      @MilesCallisto 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fun Fact: NPOESS (the cancelled program that evolved into JPSS) was supposed to have an LRPT Transmission mode, much like the Russian Meteor 3M series has. But that was cut when it became JPSS.

    • @seraphina985
      @seraphina985 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bryanbreen7943 This will always be the case with digital broadcasts as by definition the broadcast is simply a number it is the interpretation of that number that gives the versatility. That fact actually reminds me of the time they tried to crack down on sharing the broken CSS key and finding other ways to encode a number became a meme. Turns out this works well both ways you can encode anything in a number and you can encode a number in pretty much anything too especially when you have a computer and anything it produces is literally just encoding something in a number of arbitrary length.

    • @crypto.7562
      @crypto.7562 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah i think its x-band like 7 ghz

  • @Geeksmithing
    @Geeksmithing 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing and I really want to try this! Thanks for the inspiration!

  • @samurais.a.s9682
    @samurais.a.s9682 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a great job! Thanks for sharing this!

  • @labibbidabibbadum
    @labibbidabibbadum 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Fantastic. I'm in awe.
    (Although, it's a pity the technology doesn't exist to hold a small wooden pole steady, so you had to stand in the rain.)

  • @tjpprojects7192
    @tjpprojects7192 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    8:44 That's a strange looking graph.

  • @ryno4ever433
    @ryno4ever433 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    God this is the best thing I've discovered on the internet this decade. You link everything in the description too. You're fucking amazing dude.

  • @luancerilio
    @luancerilio 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow that's a really good stuff! Thank you for share with us.

  • @ArbitraryxIntentions
    @ArbitraryxIntentions 7 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I want this channel to blow up.

    • @Mic_Glow
      @Mic_Glow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      In a positive way :)

  • @WW5RM
    @WW5RM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Get your Ham license and talk on LEO Sats!

  • @lokmanmerican6889
    @lokmanmerican6889 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great simulation of field-antennae interaction at 2:20 and 2:50. Enjoyed that.

  • @doublestarsystem
    @doublestarsystem 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lots of telecom engeneers with years of experience behind dont even understund what a polarized EM signal is.... Great job....congratulation

  • @xaftabxofficial4438
    @xaftabxofficial4438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    8:46 *T H I C C*

  • @PicaDelphon
    @PicaDelphon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Did this 30 years ago with my Atari 800 and a XR2211 IC and old Radio Shack Realistic Patrolman SW-60 ..

    • @BoltRM
      @BoltRM 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pica Delphon I remember having a magazine about doing that on the Atari!

    • @petevenuti7355
      @petevenuti7355 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I still have my Atari, tell me more...

    • @JaisimhaAllalghatta
      @JaisimhaAllalghatta 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Those were the days

  • @csselement
    @csselement 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome project! Persistence paid off.

  • @simonsund
    @simonsund 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is one of the best videos i seen on youtube! awseome work. so cool that you can do this at all!

  • @EudesRJ
    @EudesRJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:51 a a wild guaraná aprears

    • @EkosFoxLeviathan
      @EkosFoxLeviathan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Saudades do guaraná do Brasil :(

    • @EudesRJ
      @EudesRJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@EkosFoxLeviathan Mais raro que o guaraná é o refrigerante "mineirinho" que é exclusivo de... Niterói/RJ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @PY4SR
      @PY4SR 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Luiz Claudio Eudes Corrêa rsrs mate couro é que é mineiro... e é “guaraná” rsrsrs

  • @br0th3rtub34
    @br0th3rtub34 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    “Hacker man, he’s the most powerful hacker in the world”

  • @ou8my58
    @ou8my58 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    just amazing guys and gals, excellent topic and very interesting. It is great to see us little guys that dont have the power or resources find ways to get real truth on information using our smarts. Hats off to ya, i look forward to more great videos.

  • @courtneyproctor2691
    @courtneyproctor2691 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a very good video. It cleared up some things for me and I learned a lot. Ironically I woke wondering about the best antenna for this application. I was going to build a QHF until I saw this video.. I think I'll build a double cross antenna instead. I'm looking forward to trying this when my SDR-RTL v4 comes in the mail. Thanks

  • @woodyahh2110
    @woodyahh2110 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Pull data from China's sat orbiting the moon
    That would be something to show

    • @zechidvjchi9675
      @zechidvjchi9675 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @zechidvjchi9675
      @zechidvjchi9675 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But you would need a bigger antenna for that

    • @fair1831
      @fair1831 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello,
      With the moon in mind,
      Where's a 24 live feed of the earth from the moon?
      There's no way.
      Where's unbroken dash cam or astronaut helmet footage of a real trip from earth's surface to space?
      Never.
      Search "satellites are on balloons". See videos.
      (Also interesting "ISS HOAX")
      "Nasa green screens" e.t.c also.
      Best wishes

    • @zechidvjchi9675
      @zechidvjchi9675 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fair says who

    • @theodiscusgaming3909
      @theodiscusgaming3909 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@fair1831 you think that balloons can move at 27000 km/h?

  • @edtexas5064
    @edtexas5064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm into ham radio and do digital work. Why didn''t this even cross my mind to try out???

  • @maraumar
    @maraumar 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like your channel, keep up the good work, thank you for the inspiration

  • @LMacNeill
    @LMacNeill 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    SO COOL!!!! I hadn’t heard of SDR until about an hour ago. I am *so* going to buy me one of these receivers. Very glad I found this channel.

    • @j0m017
      @j0m017 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hak5 did a series on SDR. It's worth a gander.

    • @krashd
      @krashd 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      The great thing about software-defined radio (or software-defined anything) is that any typical desktop or laptop PC built or bought in the last decade has so much processing power that it can do just about anything that once required a dedicated chip or chipset. Not that dedicated chips aren't better or are no longer used but you'd be surprised what your PC could emulate with the correct software and relevant I/O device.
      With a TV/radio dongle (£8), a midi keyboard (£45) and a blu-ray drive (£23) I can pick up and enjoy TV, radio and satellite broadcasts, I can make studio-sounding music (though I'm shit at it) or I can play Playstation 3 games.
      Hell, with a decent graphics card and a VR headset you can now disappear into games like Skyrim and surround yourself with dragons, it's a far cry from the days I was typing code in BASIC on a ZX Spectrum...

  • @tankumaat
    @tankumaat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    50 people were very flat earthers ;)

    • @ZoniesCoasters
      @ZoniesCoasters 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      cristhian nuñez damn your country must have a pretty messed up education system if you can be fooled by something like this

    • @JustWasted3HoursHere
      @JustWasted3HoursHere 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The fact that they had to follow the signal source as it moved across the sky AND it produced an image of a large portion of the United States tells us that satellites exist and move very fast. Even the highest flying drone or balloon would not be able to get a single image that large.
      Plus, if you look at any airplane, you'll notice that its GPS antenna is located on the top of the airplane (in the direction of space) rather than on the bottom (in the direction of some "Earth-based tower").

    • @Tylerjrb
      @Tylerjrb 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      JustWasted3HoursHere indeed they do you can see a good number of them on a clear sky with nothing more than your naked eyes. They look much better close up with binoculars/telescope though.

    • @MrLunithy
      @MrLunithy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ROFL

    • @thokling361
      @thokling361 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's 115 now. You roundworlders are losing fast! Oblong spheroids indeed...

  • @WayneJohnsonZastil
    @WayneJohnsonZastil 7 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    All flat earthers should build one of these roflmao!

    • @thethoughtemporium
      @thethoughtemporium  7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Wayne Johnson wait until we get GOES. we see a full globe. we want to coordinate with people around the world to build up a full 360 globe. the flat earthers are gonna be real mad. But that's for later ;)

    • @AaronEddieHYo
      @AaronEddieHYo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Results would be inconclusive. You'd need to be far away to prove the globe, or else you're just custom tailoring a composite image to fit the globe mask.

    • @kenneththomsen8503
      @kenneththomsen8503 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I'm sure flat earthers believe that these "satellites" are actually just NASA broadcasted signals with fake images! :P

    • @TheSteveSteele
      @TheSteveSteele 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Strange Faction They are not experiencing those temperature extremes like you imagine because the molecular density in and above the thermosphere is so little that the satellite might not encounter molecules for the transfer of heat to take place for long periods of time. In other words, something in space only encounters heat when it comes in contact with a molecule, and that is rare is space.

    • @TheSteveSteele
      @TheSteveSteele 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      FPV Angel What do Zero Gravity (parabolic) flights have to do with passengers in a commercial aircraft flying to different destinations around the world? And no unsupported claims please. You already made one in your last post by claiming “evidence would have to be faked as it always is”. I’m also curious to know what active field research you’re currently involved in concerning this subject.

  • @gavdownes100
    @gavdownes100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is wonderful. Keep up this good work

  • @adamwolf4041
    @adamwolf4041 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video! Excellent information! Thank you...

  • @Madsstuff
    @Madsstuff 6 ปีที่แล้ว +221

    Music is wayyy to loud

    • @croyfer
      @croyfer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Second that!

    • @cntrix2047
      @cntrix2047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I didn't have a problem with the music

    • @therealb888
      @therealb888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      NO NOT AT ALL
      THE MUSIC IS JUST PERFECT. HIS VOICE IS A LITTLE OLD
      EDIT: LOW.

    • @therealb888
      @therealb888 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Spooky Ghost I meant LOW LOL

    • @dunnoyet3777
      @dunnoyet3777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      music level was perfect

  • @kd5alc
    @kd5alc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Just one ham operator could have saved you weeks of trial and error.

    • @pablotrobo
      @pablotrobo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree that it would be faster and less troublesome but i woud not watch if it was only an aleatory exercise. Learning first hand is different than downloading información from others. Analog to how watching somebody test and experiment is much more interesting than seeing somebody pull together stuff.

  • @brianchandler3346
    @brianchandler3346 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Absolutely love this. Satellite was always elusive for me growing up. I was always curious, but couldn't figure out much. It looks like I have a weekend project to get around to now. lol ;)

  • @WannaBeCanadians
    @WannaBeCanadians 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is just amazing, congrats on the job

  • @martonlerant5672
    @martonlerant5672 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    ...this low-tech dicking around with high tech systems reminds me about a documentary about how cubans dealth with economic sanctions by US. (Now that i think about it it reminds me of medicine to some degree too)

    • @pablotrobo
      @pablotrobo 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      It has that David against goliath fell , isn't it?

    • @xidney_
      @xidney_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you know where i can find the documentary?

  • @SuperPhunThyme9
    @SuperPhunThyme9 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    But how do they orbit around the earth if it's so flat?
    This channel must be a NASA front-just like all my neighbors.
    sh*t where's my hat?!

    • @pablotrobo
      @pablotrobo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Did you take your meds? It's Tuesday all ready uncle Travis. Lol

  • @mayhemdiscordchaosohmy573
    @mayhemdiscordchaosohmy573 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome! Keep up the fantastic work!

  • @TeamStevers
    @TeamStevers 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Super fascinating. Thanks for supporting my entertainment!

  • @_daldoly_
    @_daldoly_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm pretty sure you're the first people to take a selfie from space.

  • @Nolanyoyo
    @Nolanyoyo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I had no idea how complected antennas were

  • @-Mike
    @-Mike 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Outstanding, more of this content please.

  • @TheEkkas
    @TheEkkas 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow, incredible! Well done!