Here’s what the author of the software ABCD linked to has to say… NB his point about the LNB, drift If you’ve got lots of old sat parts, this may be for you. Anyone know anybody who has a now-defunct old-school-satellite-dish on their property? Could have a brand new purpose. Perhaps I can somehow convince my suburban-dwelling parents that this is a good idea. ![]() I’m worried enough about the antenna mast cantilevered outside my bathroom window, I think the NASA-grade dish would surely draw the ire of my landlord. This kind of sucks, as it requires a very large dish (10 feet seems to be the minimum preferred) and some sort of LNB to downconvert the signal. ![]() The positioning information that could output such far-reaching maps as pictured are carried in the 4-8 Ghz C band. ![]() While Satellite-to-aircraft transmissions are generally in the ~1.5ghz L band, and could easily be received with the janky antenna pictured - these are not of very much interest to most of us.
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