Description
A lightweight, 70 cm diameter parabolic reflector with pole/mast mounting bracket and feed guide
The Kraken Discovery Dish is a 70-cm aluminum satellite dish with an active filtered feed. It is designed for receiving real-time weather data from GOES HRIT, GK-2A LRIT, FengYun LRIT, NOAA HRPT, Metop HRPT, Meteor M2 HRPT, and other weather satellites that operate around 1.69 GHz.
The dish weighs less than one kilogram and splits into three petals for easy shipping. The 1.69 GHz feed contains a built-in LNA and filter right at the feed point, which means there is almost no noise figure loss from cables or connectors. The feed electronics are encased in a waterproof enclosure, meaning no external waterproofing work is required. There are also feeds for 1.42 GHz hydrogen line radio astronomy and 1.5 GHz Inmarsat STD-C and AERO.
To amplify the weak signals transmitted by weather satellites, Discovery Dish incorporates the Qorvo QPL9547 high-linearity, ultra-low-noise amplifier in a small 2 x 2 mm surface-mount package.
Included
- 1x 70 cm diameter lightweight aluminum dish (three petals) + screws
- 1x Dish-to-pole mount
Required (at least one)
- 1x L-Band Weather Satellite Discovery Feed
- 1x Inmarsat Discovery Feed
- 1x Hydrogen Line Discovery Feed
