This 3D Printed Satellite Antenna is fantastic!

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 How would you like to receive L-Band signals from a dish you made at home?

If you have access to a 3D printer and a few simple parts, you can track signals from NOAA, Meteor, and other weather satellites from your ham station.

Gabe Emerson of "saveitforparts" website takes you step-by-step through the design, production, testing, and use of this useful L-Band antenna.

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Here are some comments from Gabe:

This is a 3D-printable "Helicone" antenna for L-Band (NOAA, Meteor, and other weather satellites). It's available on Thingiverse: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:643... It works just as well as my larger L-band satellite dish! And it's much easier to use hand-held for tracking Low-Earth-Orbit satellites. You'll also need an RTL-SDR and an L-band filter/amplifer device, available below: SDR: https://amzn.to/3VvSXSp SAWbird+GOES LNA: https://amzn.to/3VtegUH Find out more about HRPT L-band reception here: https://sgcderek.github.io/blog/begin... List of satellites and frequencies: https://www.satdump.org/Satellite-List/ Satellite decoding software: https://www.satdump.org/download/ Satellite tracking / prediction software: https://oz9aec.dk/gpredict/ Satellite tracking / predictions online: https://www.n2yo.com/ My previous build video for the motorized L-band tracker:    • I Built A Cheap Satellite Tracking Sy...   Saveitforparts t-shirts and other merch at https://saveitforparts.myspreadshop.com/ Join this channel to get access to perks:    / @saveitforparts   Or support me via Patreon at   / saveitforparts   Check out gadgets and devices I like at https://www.amazon.com/shop/saveitfor...

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