![]() From info I have read, the signal is quite strong and can be picked up easily, so it seems strange I cannot pick it up. I guess the fact there is a short circuit when using an ohm meter between the outer and inner soldering points before fitting the sma connector is part of the characteristic of the antenna. I have tried receiving signals generally around 1.545 Ghz. A short coax length is connected to the antenna via a pcb mount sma connector to a LNA4All Low Noise Amplifier and then to a rtl 2832u r820t dongle plugged into my laptop. This is a 60cm dish with a Log periodic pcb antenna 850-6500Mhz manufactured by WA5VJB pointing at the dish. So I guess it may be down to the equipment. The antenna is pointing in the direction of 54 degrees west. There are no obstacles as far as I am aware to block the signal at 30 degrees elevation. I am located 20 miles west of Gloucester UK.Lat 51 degrees N. Tune to around 1.537.700 GHz and you should see a bunch of activity.I have been trying for some time to decode L band signals from the Inmarsat satellite 3-F2 with no success. Get it in the general direction to start. Okay lets first point the antenna at 97 W and start looking for the signal. Virtual Audio Cable to get the audio from your SDR software into Syctale-C software.Software such as SDRUno if you are using an SDRPlay device or SDR# if you may be using an Airspy device.A Windows laptop with a little bit of OOMPH. ![]() ![]() You might be able to find one on eBay or of course make your own. I had one of the old L Band Patch antennas laying around already. An L band antenna such as this one or an old Othernet L Band Patch antenna from the old version 2 hardware.There are certainly cheaper devices out there though. An RTL-SDR device capable of delivering Bias T voltage to the antenna.Strongly recommended to get an app called Dish Align to locate the satellite. ![]()
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