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David Galvin demonstrating the reception of live weather satellite images from Meteosat, at Pex Hill during the visit by the North East Astronomical Societies on 22nd August 1998

David Galvin demonstrating the reception of live weather satellite images from Meteosat, at Pex Hill during the visit by the North East Astronomical Societies on 22nd August 1998

David Galvin demonstrating the reception of live weather satellite images from Meteosat, at Pex Hill during the visit by the North East Astronomical Societies on 22nd August 1998

David Galvin at Pex Hill during the visit by the North East Astronomical Societies on 22nd August 1998, demonstrating the reception of live weather satellite images on a 386SX 25MHz PC using JVFax software. The images are received from a Meteosat geostationary satellite.