[amsat-bb] New Outernet L-Band service...

[Dave Hartzell]

Andrew,

https://outernet.is/docs

and

https://outernet.is/s/Outernet-L-Band-Manual-v0300.pdf

Instead of a Raspberry Pi, you can try the Virtual Machines, but dig in to
the above to get started.



On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 7:52 PM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
wrote:

> Dave
>
> Can u tell me what to do please
>
> I am new
>
> Andrew
>
> On 14 Oct. 2016, at 11:47 am, Dave Hartzell <hartzell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> They provide a VM that seems to work on the Mac, I just booted it, and it
> found the RTL_SDR dongle...
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Andrew Rich <vk4tec at tech-software.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Mac Software  ?
>>
>>
>> > On 14 Oct. 2016, at 11:34 am, Dave Hartzell <hartzell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I just noticed today that recently the Outernet satellite information
>> > service just switched from K-band to L-band.
>> >
>> > This allows for a much smaller patch antenna to receive the signal from
>> > Inmarsat, but at a lower bit rate (20 MB/day).
>> >
>> > This is a free service, and can be received with low-cost hardware:
>> > Raspberry Pi 3, RTL-SDR, LNA, and patch antenna.  All available from
>> > Amazon.
>> >
>> > Apparently APRS is being rebroadcast, as well as weather satellite
>> > information.
>> >
>> > 73
>> > Dave
>> > ad0qe
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