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Could this be used for downlink only? For example, to pull down NOAA satellite data?
by fergbrain 7y ago
Could this be used for downlink only? For example, to pull down NOAA satellite data?
- mdszy 7y agoI'm like 90% sure it would be cheaper to just build your own antenna and an RTL-SDR setup to do that sort of thing yourself. There's no way it's cost effective for that.
- garmaine 7y agoI’m 100% sure. You can’t beat free.
- mdszy 7y agoWell, not quite free. Still gotta buy the wire, other supporting antenna hardware, and RTL-SDR lol But yes, absolutely.
- curiousgal 7y agoWait, shouldn't there be some sort of authentication step? The only barrier to communicating with satellites is the equipment?!
- mdszy 7y agoNot with the example given of NOAA satellites. Those simply broadcast data on regular intervals. If you had to authenticate, can you imagine a single satellite dealing with all the traffic of uplink/downlink required for authentication? It simply wouldn't work or maky any sense. This is not true for all satellites, obviously. There are private ones that use encrypted communications, but weather satellites can be easily used if you have the proper antenna and equipment setup to do so.
- fergbrain 7y agoSure, SDR is the easy answer if you’re within LOS. But let’s assume I wanted to listen to another geosynchronous satellite that I wasn’t in LOS of.