out of luck with METEOR M2-3&4 satellites
Hey everyone, I'm new here, and just started messing with an RTL-SDR blog v4 a couple of days ago; so far, I've been able to pick up ADS-B with just shy of 100km range, and of course plenty of broadcast FM and DAB. After trying and failing to get a working decode of a tetra signal, I thought I might try some weather satellite passes (just my SDR and V-dipole bc no filters/LNA yet). Although I was fairly disappointed to hear that NOAA's VHF weather satellites are all gone (r.i.p.),
I waited around for a decent meteor pass. On my first go, I got functionally no signal, mostly my fault because of leaving the AGC on. For a second go-around, this time a better pass (max 83º), I got what looked like a bit of a stronger signal but still no picture. I've included a few pictures of my setup as I think that the railing might be the issue, but please let me know if there's anything you can spot that I'm doing wrong.
(let me know if i should upload my recordings of the passes or screenshots of something if they can be of use)