This software, written in pascal aptget install fpc, is trivially compiled with. By far, the best software to process these binary files is the olegs lrpt offline decoder available for download here. Prebuilt binary of the software for windows, linux raspberry pi and macos are available at. Sign up a portable decoder for meteor m weather satellite lrpt signal. M2 lrpt decoder compatible with these functions is above version 50. A satellite tracking program like orbitron or wxtrack.
Decoding meteorm n2 lrpt satellite weather images trips. Lrptdecoder did have the great idea to develop a qpsk plugin in order to. Software for automatically decoding aptlrpt weather. The lrpt decoder software can now add approximate country boundaries to your image. It reads samples from a 8bit softqpsk file and outputs an image displaying the specified apids compiling and installing. This software decoder appears to be an excellent choice for those. Lrpt image processor for meteorm n2 data satsignal. Type make in the project root to compile, and make install to install the binary into usrbin. To use the software you first need to record an iq file of the meteor m2 lrpt signal, downsample the iq file to 140 khz if required, then pass it into the demodulator. A subreddit for the lowcost software defined radio sdr community. I received some of a meteor m2 lrpt transmission, and had the following settings. Lrpt suite for meteor m2 under windows 7, 8 and 10.
The end goal would be to end up with something a simple as a txt file. Make sure you have libpngdev installed on your system. Decoding meteorm n2 lrpt satellite weather images trips in tech. The rtlsdr and other sdrs like the funcube along with some free software can be used to receive and decode these images. This software decoder appears to be an excellent choice for those people. Radio astronomy would come with projects to motorize the mount and findingwriting software to account for rotation of earth more stable hrit feed than my current griddish. Lrpt images from the meteorm n2 are transmitted at around 7. Setup lrpt decoder for meteor mn2 and mn22 the idea is to run 1 lrpt decoder for both meteor satellites and this should reduce the number of settings that must be done when meteor changes operating modes. Lrpt images are broadcast as a digital signal with an image resolution 12 times greater than analog noaa apt signals. You may also like my lrpt reception page which shows the signal structure, and my automating lrpt reception page which gives some hints on using meteorgis. This is a free, opensource lrpt demodulator for the meteorm2 russian weather satellite series. M2 lrptdecoder compatible with these functions is above version 50.
Both orbitron and sdrsharp are standalone programs. Setup lrptdecoder for meteor mn2 and mn22 the idea is to run 1 lrptdecoder for both meteor satellites and this should reduce the number of settings that must be done when meteor changes operating modes. Meteorm n2 transmits a low resolution picture transmission lrpt signal which broadcasts live weather satellite images, similar to the apt images produced by the noaa satellites. Recieving meteor mn2 images in realtime with the qpsk plugin. So thats sdr sharp set up, we will look at lrpt offline decoder, and smooth meteor later in this. Meteorgis can manually started in offline mode with a batch file to reprocess meteor mn2 and.
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