"There is much pleasure in useless knowledge." — Bertrand Russell
I got a pretty good recording of the NOAA17 pass today, and converted it with my software. Turned out very nice. You can see Catalina and San Clemente Island off the coast of California. One of my better ones to date.
Addendum: I didn’t use my Radio Shack scanner for this, I used my little Yaesu VX-3R instead. I’m beginning to suspect it is a good deal more sensitive than the scanner, although it’s really hard to tell.
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