I’m not an expert in any of these areas, but the idea of receiving images directly from weather satellites as they fly overhead has intrigued me for many years. Sometimes the emphasis is on software defined radio hardware and techniques, sometimes it’s about antenna design, or maybe the article is written by a real weather enthusiast who always use the abbreviation “wx” for weather. This type of project has been documented before. This probably isn’t the first you’ve read about using a software defined radio (SDR) to receive weather satellite images. If you have never used AWS before, I suggest you set up an account and get familiar with what S3 is. I won’t go into the details of using a Raspberry Pi for the first time - this project assumes you know your way around the Pi and are comfortable with installing software on it. This is a very long article with lots of steps, so take your time - I won’t be able to help everyone debug all their issues. The dipole antenna kit comes with 3m of RG174 coax, but I used 10 feet of RG58 coax.
a modern Raspberry Pi (version 3 or 4), probably with Wi-Fi since it may be deployed outdoors.
#WXTOIMG RASPBERRY PI FULL#
Oh, you want a site like this, too? Full of images you decoded from space? Then let’s get started, my friend.
Have a look at my AWS site that is updated automatically all day long. With this project you don’t need your own server or have to run your own website infrastructure.
#WXTOIMG RASPBERRY PI HOW TO#
This project will show you how to create a fully automated ground station that will receive and decode NOAA weather satellite images and upload them to your own website served from an Amazon AWS S3 bucket. Project source code at GitHub: wx-ground-station