Over on YouTube Baltic Lab has uploaded a video showing how he was able to successfully use an RTL-SDR Blog V4 and the included multipurpose dipole antenna kit to receive images from polar-orbiting NOAA weather satellites.

In the video, Baltic Lab shows how to orient the dipole antenna in a "V-Dipole" shape which optimizes it for receiving from satellites. He also shows how to use a VNA to confirm that the telescopic elements on the dipole are extended to the correct length, noting that he was able to achieve a VSWR of less than 1.2 between the target frequencies of 135 to 138.1 MHz, with a near perfect match at 136.5 MHz.

He then demonstrates receiving the NOAA APT signals with his laptop, and successfully recovering the weather satellite image.

Over on the Tech Minds YouTube channel, Matt has uploaded a video where he reviews a new book by Elektor titled "Raspberry Pi 5 For Radio Amateurs" (€5 off coupon code "Techminds"). The book is all about projects for the Raspberry Pi 5 that can be done with RTL-SDR Blog V3 and V4 software defined radios.

In the video Matt explores the books contents, showing off the various possible projects. Matt also shows how to get started with the book by installing Raspbian, and the RTL-SDR drivers, and then goes on to show how examples of the various software programs mentioned in the book such as SDR++, flrig, chirp, dump1090, predict, HamClock, rtl_tcp, rtl_433, qsstv, fldigi, Xdx and more.