[PCR-1000] NOAA APT reception

[peter.tesar]

Mike,
now I remember that neither S-meter nor BandScope had shown signal. 
Therefore I am afraid that other output will be deaf too.
Peter Tesar.



mikea wrote:

>On Tue, Nov 02, 2004 at 08:24:59PM +0100, peter.tesar wrote:
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>>Hallo,
>>I have a problem in regard to the reception of APT of NOAA satellites by 
>>Icom PCR1000.
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>>I receive the APT of NOAA satellites (137.XX MHz) using my 30-years old 
>>analog East-German "RFT" selective microvoltmeter without problems. I 
>>use a  discone antenna (I know that it is not very suitable for that 
>>kind of reception, but for the first experiments I think it is 
>>sufficient). The signal is usually strong and clear when the satellite 
>>is high enough and I can hear the typical sound of APT transmission.
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>>Several weeks ago I have bought a PCR-1000 receiver. I expected that 
>>with this radio I will be able to receive the pictures from NOAA. 
>>However, I was very disappointed when I tried to tune NOAA satellite on 
>>this radio. I heard almost nothing, even when the signal on RFT receiver 
>>was very strong. I have tried all available banwidths and modulations 
>>without success. Only in USB I have heard a very, very weak signal, 
>>which slowly changed with Doppler-shift.
>>Otherwise the sensitivity of my PCR-1000 is OK, because stations on 
>>airband (135 MHz) and 2m amateur band (145 MHz) are well audible.
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>>On the internet I have found a lot of good references regarding to APT 
>>reception with PCR-1000.
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>>So, I am helpless, where can be the problem.
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>Try using the other output jack -- I'm not where I can see mine, and
>so can't give you the exact name. It's wideband output, and more 
>suited to data transmission. 
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