Russian Meteor M2-4 Satellite Is Back Online! 

Cooperating with your average Russian radio enthusiast seems innocuous enough, can't see why anyone would have a problem with that. Now if someone with a heavy accent calls and wants you to start sending alphanumeric transmissions, maybe take a step back 😅

I know a Russian who was able to call Roscosmos directly, the reason Meteor M2-4 was offline is because they were updating something on it and had to wait until it finished.

“Pissed off a lot of Russians” - The internet do be like that

As a amateur radio operator you are supposed to be a good will ambassador to the world in regard to the hobby. Keep up the good work and fun projects.

Some nice images there, well done!

спасибо, хорошая работа.

I can confirm the LRPT signal is working perfectly! I managed to get a pretty nice image this afternoon on my V dipole with no filters and an SDR blog V4!

I like the Pi on the roof with the antenna. Most point to multipoint "WiFi" radios and antennas are one POE-powered unit. I wonder why the HAM and other radio guys don't do the same. They are using SDR already, so why not have less cable and interference and then connect through a computer? Is it "too many old guys" or "that's not how we did it in the old days" type of thing?

Don't mind me while I pause and try and see what books you have on your shelf.. xD Thank goodness for a working public library

4:42 reminds me of the Mitch Hedberg joke: "Y'know, you can't please all the people all the time...and last night, all those people were at my show."

Awesome stuff!! Thinking the wife wouldn't mind an auto tracking L band dish in the back yard? 🤷🏼‍♂️😂

2:30 I noticed that you recorded with the center frequency as 137.5MHz so if you want to decode it on satdump offline processing tab then you have to put the frequency shift to +400kHz so that it looks at the 137.1MHz frequency, I had to do this offset when I tried recording the baseband at a different frequency than the satellite and then later processing it in satdump.

The best part is if we had spaceships we'd totally be "salvaging" these satellites. "Hey Dave. Why you got that old LandSAT sitting in the yard? That thing is junk"

I love your videos! Ive always wanted to get into this kind of thing but never knew where to start. You are such a inspiration, I can never miss a video of yours 😅

Your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites to watch, keep up the good work sir!

Youre such a fantastic tinkerer! Love this!!!

Lol “ pissed off some Russians”. “It’s now functioning comrade, we think your information not so good.”😂

Best channel on RU-vid! Keep up the great work!

Thanks for the update, very interesting!

4:44 I dunno what you're talking about, you didn't piss me off. 🤣🤣

Yaaaay! Going to try receiving this one once it stops snowing!

Great vid 👍 the image was awesome. Thank you 👍

Thanks from UK

And LRPT shut off again at around 14:30 UTC today, I don't know if it's back on since then. EDIT: Apparently it was off for some time and it's back on again.

Can’t wait to give this a try

nice work well done on getting the images - stay away from windows above the 1st floor.... :D

You know you are doing it right when you piss off both sides, lol.

its 4.32AM but im here for it!!!!

So cool man!

Very very cool!

This is so cool. I love seeing these satellite images when you share them, I live in the UP so it's fun to see. What do the different colors represent?

Awesome!

These are very good news, my Raspberry Pi 5 is not ready for use yet, I'm still waiting for the SSD. The antenna on the roof is very good, if it can move in the wind like reeds, it won't bend and break so easily. The picture turned out very well, considering the signal has to travel some distance to reach your antenna, it's expected to have some interference. Very nice video, thank you for sharing it with us.

Preparation H. 4.30ish (Dr. Evil) Great video as always.

Maybe you could try and use an active panel like the starlink instead the dish, would be interesting, even if only to get it working and discover it won't fit or perform poorly. You know, just to prove it can be done. Best regards from Brazil.

Nice images. Like your setup.

The thumbnail that says it’s alive reminds me of the movie #5 is alive really good movie

I think the reason you aren't getting any LRPT images is because the signal in sdr++ is not centred. You just have to adjust the offset in sat dump

"2 weeks ago 1:20 that old saying: They make it look like they pay us, we make it look like we're working."

When do you build your antenna array at sand land? :D I would really enjoy you getting into observing operations like Russian Kosmos 2542/43 in LEO or Luch-Olymp in GEO. They launched Luch-5X (or Olymp-K-2) last year.

Very cool. Glad to see its back. Nothing wrong with collabing with a russian satt person. Most russians have nothing to do with the bad stuff.

Remember, your Good People!!!

Very good. I’m must get around to that one day. I just watch them go over using my giant rabbit ears. You might want to get hold of a set and do a review. Great between 6.8mhz to 140?mhz

First non-bot comment lol

Had a pass over Norway here a few minutes ago and there was no sign of a LRPT signal anywhere on the 137MHz satellite band. This was backed up by another station except me. So it might actually be disabled again.

What plans did you use for your QTH antenna? I've been wanting to build one.

Rock on

I saw the signal and it recorded 131 MB of data but it ain't decoding anything. I use the orbitron software on Windows and M2 manlrpt decoder.

That’s, fantastic! Russian scientists and amateur radio operators, are not the government, so I don’t understand why you have detractors, simply because you colaberated with Russian amateur satellite enthusiasts. And I think, not only should politics not be discussed, political alliances, change (Americans volunteered to help the Chinese fight the Japanese in the beginning of WW2. Now China is rising in military power, and Japan is an American allie. Sting’s (singer) song “Russians”, was far more diplomatic about the cold-war, than today’s pundits. “On either side of the political fence We share the same biology, regardless of ideology Believe me when I say to you I hope the Russians love their children to” And, congratulations on successfully decoding a Meteor satellite signal. I hope to replicate your results, soon.

Привет из Москвы. Пришел по рекомендациям тытрубы, видео довольно интересное. Так держать. 👍

Great stuff, who cares who you piss off, makes for an entertaining video

the bathtub must be another satellite project!!haha

keep up the good work...

In Mother Russia, satellites break you! 😉

Интересно наблюдать как вы получаете снимки с наших спутников! Хорошие хобби! Хочу попробовать однажды так-же

yea, someone will always be pissed off. its important to remember that a lot of people just have nothing better to do than to be upset about... something... i guess...

YAY??

low SNR ?

noice

keep the internationalism up!

сломанный - это упрощает

lol, the classic "everyone how complain is Russian" trick.

thanks for another chill video - but also TRAITOR!

We still can't see Russia. 😢 But wow.

Is ur raspberry Pi running 24/7

sometimes it works and sometimes not just like a Lada

YEAH I'M THE 1234TH LIKE HERE WE GO WE CAN COUNT TO 1234

I will say it felt a bit icky to be working with Russians but it’s for science so that’s an easy pass for me.

I think it is not a problem that you did that video with the russian school, because its a school project and it isnt transmitting propaganda like " Ukraine doesnt exist" or similar. I would have definetly dropped a negative comment on that video if it was closely related to the government or sending you propaganda.

Are you sure you're not a spy?

Хорошая, свежая машина. Пользуйтесь на здоровье.

Хулиган! 😮

Anyone getting pissed off about communicating with the Russians about a hobby needs to grow up and get a life.

I run a Chinese radio with custom Russian firmware. If Americans want to complain, maybe they should try to compete. 😂

Четыре семь целых четыре девять один восемь шесть шесть, Три четыре целых шесть три семь шесть три пять два

Мы очень недовольны, перестань отслеживать наш метеор

So many bots so early...sheesh.