Module: PWN::SDR::Decoder::APT

Defined in:
lib/pwn/sdr/decoder/apt.rb

Overview

Pure-Ruby NOAA APT (Automatic Picture Transmission) decoder for the 137 MHz polar-orbiting weather satellites (NOAA-15/18/19).

APT is a 2400 Hz AM subcarrier inside a ~34 kHz-wide FM downlink carrying two 909-pixel image channels at 2 lines/second (4160 words/line). This module envelope-demodulates the 2400 Hz carrier from GQRX's 48 kHz UDP audio, resamples to 4160 words/sec, aligns each line on the 7-pulse Sync-A pattern, and appends the resulting 8-bit greyscale rows to a Netpbm PGM (P5) file — all in Ruby. No sox, no noaa-apt.

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Demod

Constant Summary collapse

WORDS_PER_LINE =
4160
LINES_PER_SEC =
2
WORD_RATE =

8320 Hz

WORDS_PER_LINE * LINES_PER_SEC
SYNC_A =

Sync-A: 7 cycles of 1040 Hz square = 1 1 0 0 repeated 7 times

([1, 1, 0, 0] * 7).freeze

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.authorsObject

Author(s)

0day Inc. support@0dayinc.com



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# File 'lib/pwn/sdr/decoder/apt.rb', line 114

public_class_method def self.authors
  "AUTHOR(S):\n  0day Inc. <support@0dayinc.com>\n"
end

.decode(opts = {}) ⇒ Object

Supported Method Parameters

PWN::SDR::Decoder::APT.decode( freq_obj: 'required - freq_obj returned from PWN::SDR::GQRX.init_freq' )



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# File 'lib/pwn/sdr/decoder/apt.rb', line 103

public_class_method def self.decode(opts = {})
  freq_obj = opts[:freq_obj]
  PWN::SDR::Decoder::Base.run_native(
    freq_obj: freq_obj,
    protocol: 'NOAA-APT',
    demod: Demod.new
  )
end

.helpObject

Display Usage for this Module



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# File 'lib/pwn/sdr/decoder/apt.rb', line 120

public_class_method def self.help
  puts "USAGE (ruby-native, no external binaries):
    #{self}.decode(
      freq_obj: 'required - freq_obj returned from PWN::SDR::GQRX.init_freq'
    )

    NOTE: Set GQRX to WFM (mono), ~34 kHz filter. Writes an 8-bit
          greyscale Netpbm P5 image to /tmp/apt_<ts>.pgm every 10 s
          of received pass. Both A/B channels are in one strip.

    #{self}.authors
  "
end