Receiver for the 137 MHz band

You will need a receiver that can receive from the 137 MHz band and a right-hand circulary polarized antenna.

The EMGO APT receiver by Ing. Miroslav Gola, OK2UGS. I bought one in 2004 as already assembled and tuned product. At the time it was not computer controllable and I had to use the Scan Mode to receive 24/7. I upgraded the chip in 2007 so I could control it with APTDecoder via the serial port.

This receiver is a very popular APT receiver and in my opinion one of the best.

The R2FX receiver by Holger Eckart, DF2FQ. This receiver is delivered as a plug and play product and fully computer controllable. I bought one in 2005.

If you don't yet have an APT receiver I would recommend you to purchase the R2FX. The R2FX is already boxed and has got very advance features you can control via your computer. The EMGO is not boxed, some bigger and not "that" stable for 24/7 reception. But all in all, it does a good job. I have also tried the ICOM-PCR1000 and it works but you will not get as good images as with the above ones.

If poes-weather would choose the APT receiver for you it would be, of cource, the R2FX receiver. This is the ultimate APT receiver.