On 17 Nov 2003 22:38:11 -0800, (FAE LLV#11)
wrote:

(Chuck) wrote in message . com...
Can someone tell me which one of the NOAA low orbiting satellites

I believe GOES 8 and Goes 12? are still active and should be available
at the NOAA website.

GOES are synchronous sats. NOAA-XX are LEO (Low Earth Orbit). The NOAA
series are easier to copy as they operate in 13X megacycles where the
GOES birds are around 16XX something and need a fixed dish and a
downconverter. Not practical for us buried in the woods as we don't
see much of the sky, but we get the APT sats fine.

Steve WA3SWS


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