So I could potentially be interested in some satellites that have capabilities that are not defined, and one of these things can read the coms?
Seems like a problem
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mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Its an open secret to those in the satellite tracking community. If you ever go n satnogs you can even get a 25/50$ USB RTLSDR and start tracking the old satellites today. Its a fun hobby.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Yes and no.
For communications sure. For general entertainmwnt or old GOES satelite data, its fun and educational. I got a really giid picture of one of the NOAA sats when the californis wildfires were picjing up smd you coukd see the smoke stretch all the way to canada.
There’s a guy on YouTube that regularly shoes what n orth k orea is watching on their TV channels. Its fascinating.
ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Does DPRK really have a TV satellite or is that guy just capturing analog (yes, analog) PAL or DVB-T2 terrestrial signals that make it to South Korea?
SillyDude@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
The primary channel KCTV has a satellite transmission, the few smaller channels are just terrestrial.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
I’m not sure its been many years since I’ve looked.
peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Wait no actually this could be life saving. Is is capable of picking up all meteorological signals?
I think the lowest bands are 8.3khz. oh WOW we could potentially use it to get Astronomical data too in case the regime cuts us off from that!
9ooooooh boy
mesamunefire@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Yep. Its part of the hobby. There’s a raspberry pi version. Just look up satnogs. Its a website.
Also there are citizen weather setups. They are not as good as the national weather service, but in places that don’t get a lot of coverage (some parts of Wyoming for example) they are great. They don’t use SATs but in theory could use that data as well. This is where my knowledge gets murky as I only know about them in passing. There’s kits online and on tindie (maker website).