[Error] Rarely getting Meteor in Color

[flewid]

For some reason in 2 weeks I have only received 2 color Meteor, they are almost always black and white.

I've tried 100, 144, 248 for the samplerate from that other thread just to see if that made a difference (it did not).

Here are my details:

Location:
Eastern Time Zone

GPS according to google maps:

45.962608
-75.809464

Dongle
NooElec SmarTee XTR

noaa.conf

NOAA_HOME=/home/radio/raspberry-noaa
NOAA_OUTPUT=/var/www/wx
METEOR_OUTPUT=/var/www/wx/meteor
RAMFS_AUDIO=/var/ramfs
SAT_MIN_ELEV=25
METEOR_MIN_ELEV=25
SUN_MIN_ELEV=10
LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG
LAT=45.962608
LON=-75.809464
BIAS_TEE="-T"
DELETE_AUDIO="false"
FLIP_METEOR_IMG="true"
GAIN=42.0
SCHEDULE_ISS="true"

predict.qth

BILLY
 45.9626
 75.8095
 223

sun.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import ephem
import time
import sys
timezone = -5 + time.localtime().tm_isdst
date = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(int(sys.argv[1])-(timezone*60*60)))

obs=ephem.Observer()
obs.lat='45.963000'
obs.long='-75.809160'
obs.date = date

sun = ephem.Sun(obs)
sun.compute(obs)
sun_angle = float(sun.alt) * 57.2957795 # Rad to deg
print(int(sun_angle))

[tegwilym]

You might try lowering your SUN_MIN_ELEV in .noaa.conf to something lower. I have mine set at 1 and I'm getting at least one daylight image a day from Meteor. I'm in NE Wisconsin, so I'm low on daylight here too.

[flewid]

@tegwilym thanks, will try that

[flewid]

thanks @tegwilym setting it to 1 has worked!

[tegwilym]

thanks @tegwilym setting it to 1 has worked!

Great! I'm still learning the tricks of working out the different things in the configuration files. Glad I've learned enough to give some tech support! :-)

reynico, looks like this can be closed. I'm not sure where I do that or if you need to do that?

Thanks,
Tom

[klikis]

mine is set to 10, in fact I get black and white images, do you recommend me to set it to 1?

[tegwilym]

mine is set to 10, in fact I get black and white images, do you recommend me to set it to 1?

Yes, try a lower sun angle. You can even us a negative number I’ve heard. I have mine set to 1 and I’m getting color on both meteor and NOAA again.
Here is the Great Lakes area from yesterday morning.
Tom

[klikis]

ok thanks

[klikis]

thanks......

[Eric738]

your pic is nice..my last réception..:)