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I wish they'd leave the 100mhz APT signals on these so kids around the country could build their own little "weather stations"... Being able to listen to those
by kylehotchkiss 10y ago
I wish they'd leave the 100mhz APT signals on these so kids around the country could build their own little "weather stations"... Being able to listen to those (I never had a wideband enough radio to see them) was one of the coolest things.
- tjohns 10y agoAre they not? (I haven't heard anything either way.)
- kylehotchkiss 10y agoThey've moved to Ghz band (Ku?) for weather several years back [1]. Great moves for science and I am happy that we are advancing tech, but an upgraded version of APT nowadays with how cheap tech is getting could have provided people in developing countries some better pictures of coming weather. Also could have kept the 10 year old inside of us with cheap 100mhz radios outside at night, listening to the satellites passing over our heads. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_picture_transmission#Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_picture_transmission... & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-resolution_picture_transmission https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-resolution_picture_transm...