User: Altpersona

Re:weatherfax from the parallel port

On: Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station

just buy a weatherfax.. there small and portable.. no need for the laptop

this junkie pix

On: Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station

hate to burst the bubble... dont know there really is a bubble to burst.... there have been people making pc cards that do this for ages... you take a simple gps style egg antenna.. run in via bnc to the card.. and run some software to plan reception times.. decode the pic and bada bing its done... and btw... the noaa people broad cast these horrid pix via a thing called radiofax... it is indeed a fax format.. nothing to special.. with some creativity.. you should be able to run a gps antenna to your pc , pick a port... an old sound card w/fax capability should work fine with some mods... you should be able to get some good specs using google, and the term radiofax http://www.dolphinmaritime.com/pcwin/wpcradiofax.h tm this place looks promising... says use there software plus a ssb reciever plugged into your sound card..