teslastellar
Member
Hi guys,
I'm new to scanning and have nothing but very basic knowledge of how radios work. Recently, I made a QFH antenna with PVC pipes and coax cables using a design I found online. The plan was to use it with my Realistic Pro 2006 to receive NOAA satellites. However, I cannot receive a clear signal no matter what I do. So the question is: Is my receiver even capable of receiving such signals? I did a google search and found out that I need the WFM mode and 50KHz filter. Now, I do have the WFM and the receiver covers the required NOAA frequencies but I have no Idea about the filter. Another thing is that I could not manage to build the antenna exactly according to the design (I mean not with the 1/10cm tolerance levels). So is that causing the problem? The only signal I've been able to receive was a faint beeping from NOAA 17 but the S/N ratio was too low to decode. I have tried moving the antenna but that didn't help either.
Thank you all in adcance
I'm new to scanning and have nothing but very basic knowledge of how radios work. Recently, I made a QFH antenna with PVC pipes and coax cables using a design I found online. The plan was to use it with my Realistic Pro 2006 to receive NOAA satellites. However, I cannot receive a clear signal no matter what I do. So the question is: Is my receiver even capable of receiving such signals? I did a google search and found out that I need the WFM mode and 50KHz filter. Now, I do have the WFM and the receiver covers the required NOAA frequencies but I have no Idea about the filter. Another thing is that I could not manage to build the antenna exactly according to the design (I mean not with the 1/10cm tolerance levels). So is that causing the problem? The only signal I've been able to receive was a faint beeping from NOAA 17 but the S/N ratio was too low to decode. I have tried moving the antenna but that didn't help either.
Thank you all in adcance
