Pulling Clear Images Directly Off Satellites | GOES-15,16,17 and Himawari 8 HRIT

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters credit it for inspiring their own satellite-reception hobby and praise the channel's high-quality content.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

The Thought Emporium

Topic

satellite image reception

Format

tutorial

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I'm in the process of setting up an antenna for receiving data from the GOES-15 weather satellite. I'm just starting out but got inspired after watching this video (no affiliation with the channel). [VIDEO] People have been able to get some stunning pictures of the …

• The sequel to this video: [VIDEO] The Thought Emporium makes really high quality content. He does a lot of things, most recently covering things in metal, but in the past they have made videos on gene editing, growing opals, and making holograms. It’s a lot …

• A YouTube channel called The Thought Emporium has a series about using a sdr called the HackRF to make a radio telescope and a satellite receiver for a few weather sats. [VIDEO]