July 2000 Competition
This page will hopefully show impartial comparisons between various images taken from around the world, normally these competitions have been restricted to the UK only, but because of keen interest we have decided to open this competition and hopefully future competitions to the world, obviously we need to be as fair as possible allowing for differing time zones etc, The pass we will taking is NOAA 12 at 17:01UTC 18:01 Local, this is UK, for those outside the UK take a similar NOAA 12 using your local time.
Please allow for local conditions i.e. expected minimum elevations due to natural and man-made obstructions, also consider whether the aerials where directed, or more than one aerial was used via switching, also consider before making any decisions that most people would prefer to leave their systems to run on auto, and if a tracking system is deemed necessary for APT, then if so you may find HRPT within your reach.
All images are resized and compressed equally, no image will be bigger than 150 k after I have processed them!
The images are in random order
Thanks again to Alan Jarvis for MIDI
Click on image for larger view
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Paul Hayes Salford England PHQFH, Timestep Pro Preamp, 20 metre CT100, Proscan RX, i interface,
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George Newport Canterbury England PHQFH (Marine) Timestep Pro Preamp, 15 metre RG58 PROscan RX, WXsat
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Dave Cawley Cambridge England Professional marine QFH
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DavidTaylor Edinburgh Scotland PHQFH, ~20m RG 213, RX2, Image false-colour processed,
histogram and gamma corrected by SatSignal
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Ken Jones Derbyshire England PHQFH 25 foot AGL, URM-43, RX2, WXsat/Satsignal
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Lawrence Harris Plymouth England Timestep Turnstile, Proscan, Low Loss 50 ohm
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John Taylor Teignmouth, Devon England Turnstile, Proscan
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Andy Eskelson Barking England the ICOM R9000 scanner. set to FM, WIDE (30Khz) |
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Les Hamilton Aberdeen Scotland Home-brew van Lint QFH antenna lashed to clothes pole
(3 m above ground)
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Bill Stevenson Swinton England Home made PHQFH loft mounted, Rig preamp, RX2, LC interface, RG58, Prosat for windows
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Patrick Prokop,Savannah, GA, USA Hamtronics R139 Weather Fax radio , Vangaurd turnstile
antenna with a |
Donald
John Morrison.GM0LZE. Rig turnstile,(at 20ft),20m RG58,RX2,WXsat.
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Tony Le PageSt. Peter Port Guernsey QFH , Dartcom receiver, 40mtr coax
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Paul Telco Hatfield, Herts, England RX2 |
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Thomas
McCoy,, Crossed Dipole Polar antenna,
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Chandlers Ford, Hants,England Loft mounted Chris van Lint QFH, no preamp, 5m URM76
coax,
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Alan Jarvis Home-brew copper qhf in loft space
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Kevin Chown, England Dartcom rx, and RIG turnstile mounted 15ft above the
roof.
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Richard
Hardy, Ringwood, Hampshire, England Turnstile at 15 feet 15m of CT100 (no pre-amp)
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Peter Tanner, Campaglione Nr La Spetzia Italy Dartcom Receiver, QFH, Pre-amp, 10M Rg58, Sharp Minidisc recorder |
Kevin Bates, Derby, England PHQFH, Loft mounted AR5000, Receiver,10 Metres
UR67 cable and Prosat32 |