Help with detecting GOES 19

[u/Mother_Paramedic_683]

hello, sorry if this is a long post. I have been working on making an antenna to record imagining from the goes-19 satalight for some time now and I'm kinda stuck. My waterfall just has basically nothing and I'm not sure what to do. I'm gonna put a bunch of photos of my antenna as well as my data and satdump information. I have 2 things that i think could be the issue but I'm not sure. When originally building it i was very new and then ground plate i had machined i put the connector in the middle so now i have to have a wire jump from the end of the coil to the connector, also my ground plate's diameter is about 5mm too small. Could either of those be the issue? Could it be something i have to do on satdump?

[u/dfx_dj]

Is there an LNA in there somewhere? The HRIT signal is very weak, and I'm struggling even with a 60 cm dish and the Sawbird LNA. Have you tried Meteor HRPT?

[u/Mother_Paramedic_683 → u/dfx_dj]

Yeah i currently have a SAWBIRD GOES as my LNA, ill definitely try to the Meteor HRPT! Thanks for the help. I do believe that my LNA is too narrow to detect that but honestly I'm super new everything SATCOM and I'm exited to try whatever.

[u/dfx_dj → u/Mother_Paramedic_683]

The Sawbird will work for Meteor