3 HN users recommended this tutorial2 months2018–2023score 3
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026
HN commenters credit it for inspiring their own satellite-reception hobby and praise the channel's high-quality content.
The Thought Emporium shows how to receive clear images directly from GOES-15, 16 and 17 and Himawari 8 geostationary weather satellites with software-defined radio. It covers the extra effort needed to receive GOES data.
“The Thought Emporium makes really high quality content.” (HN, 2022)
I'm in the process of setting up an antenna for receiving data from the GOES-15 weather satellite. I'm just starting out but got inspired after watching this video (no affiliation with the channel). [this video] People have been able to get some stunning pictures of the earth from those satellites. Examples: [link] [link] [link] If you're interested, check out r/rtlsdr, which is where I first was introduced to the hobby. It's full of helpful people.
Inspired a hobby of receiving GOES satellite imagery
The sequel to this video: [this video] The Thought Emporium makes really high quality content. He does a lot of things, most recently covering things in metal, but in the past they have made videos on gene editing, growing opals, and making holograms. It’s a lot of different topics, all presented very well.
High quality content across varied projects from the channel
A YouTube channel called The Thought Emporium has a series about using a sdr called the HackRF to make a radio telescope and a satellite receiver for a few weather sats. [this video]
Series on using HackRF for radio telescope and satellite reception
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