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Links to APT Websites

Here are some useful websites with information and programs you can download.  Please let us know if you find any others we should know about or if any of these are no longer functional.

Note that we do not endorse any programs listed here as we have not tested them.

WXSat freeware program for computer imaging of APT signals from R139 Receiver.

Weather satellite information  from developer of WXSat program above.

Information from creator  of popular software for weather satellites, such as WXtrack and SatSignal.

Another freeware program which comes highly recommended for imaging.

Article by AMSAT on how to use the R139 Receiver in schools.

Review of R139 Receiver  in an August 1997 QST article, which also describes freeware program for satellite imaging.

Citizen Scientist Article on R139 Weather Sat Rcvr

Monitoring Times Magazine  has a weather satellite column which will help you keep track of weather sat news. 

Background information from NOAA on weather satellites and links to related pages.

NOAA status for polar orbiting satellite websites.