Well there is a faint signal, but it was there before the pass too.
In the Summer of 2025, we lost all the remaining NOAA APT satellites. Although I didn't spend a lot of time trying to get weather images off the satellites, it was nice to hear the rythmic tones from NOAA-15, 18, and 19 on my scanner as they flew overhead. Now that they are gone, it motivates me to dust off my QFH antenna, and 137 MHz preamp, and try my hand at the Meteor M2 satellites. Then I will probally have to get a Discovery Dish, and move on to harder satellites.
Research on the Meteor Satellites2025/09/02 _ Used my PortaPack H4M to check for signals between 137-138MHz durring a Meteor M2-3 pass... nothing:
Well there is a faint signal, but it was there before the pass too.
2025/09/01 _ First attempt at detecting a signal from Meteor M2-3. I used my old Uniden BC200XLT scanner and tracked the satelite on NWYO.com. No Signals were detected.
After dong some research, it appears this result is expected. Unlike the analog NOAA APT satellites. Meteor satellites transmit a wide digital signal over 100kHz wide. Because of this, a conventional scanner like theBC200XLT won't produce a recognizable signal.