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qingcharlesyesterday at 3:35 PM1 replyview on HN

I remember watching grainy B+W ones in the 80s via a dish. It might have been a slow scan signal back then? It blew my mind watching the Earth live as a disk, seeing the weather in realtime.


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thenthenthentoday at 7:20 AM

The old NOAA APT (automatic picture transmission) maybe? Sadly turned off in August 2025. Very easy to receive and indeed sounded like sstv bleeps!