Pictures taken during June 2020

A few weeks later, a second flower pot showed up. I named the first one Neil 8 and the second one Neil 9, for Neil's nine lives. Every once in a while I go out and visit with the Neils. Buzz and I miss him very much.

Which way is South again?

Mounting the antenna onto a big board made it much easier to manage

I forget why you have to tilt it. Something to do with my latitude and how far my longitude differs from the satellite's

Looking good!

GOES-16, is that you?

I confused some neighbors

This is how I kept the Raspberry Pi cool

Like my chalk compass?

This filter and amplifier is what makes this possible. It filters out signals other than a small range, which is the range that we want

I wonder if my neighbors thought I was spying on them

I think we have something!

We definitely have something!! This is the signal from GOES-16! It's got a lot of bandwidth, literally, so it can downlink imagery. Wow!

This is so so cool. Also, if you're wondering about the light-themed terminal, I'm not a monster. It was just too bright outside to see otherwise

I put a bag of ice (and eventually water) on top of the radio to keep it cool. I covered it in aluminum foil so the water wouldn't leak onto it. I think the combination of the foil and the water was probably a wash. But the radio never broke so I guess the bag worked!

A more permanent location in the backyard

Now with a weather enclosure for the filter

A full disc image captured by GOES-16!! New full disc images come down every 30 minutes.