[PCR-1000] Pcr1000 bandwidth
Jerry Flanders
jeflanders at comcast.net
Sat Jun 11 14:15:49 EDT 2005
At 17:53 6/11/2005, you wrote:
>
>I use my pcr1000 to receive NOAA satellite images in 137-138Mhz. They
>require a bandwidth around 35-40Khz. The pcr1000 does an OK job as it has a
>50khz width.
>If I select NFM 50khz I get a pretty good image but if I select WFM 50khz it
>is much poorer as if the bandwidth is too narrow. Everyone who uses the
>prc1000 for NOAA apt uses NFM.
I just checked some old scanning control files and found that I use WBFM 50
for NOAA APT with my PCR1K. Worked well for me with WXtoIMG software.
Hurricane season is starting up again, so will probably resume monitoring
NOAA sats soon.
Jerry W4UK
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