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

[Dave Hartzell]

It seems like the Outernet folks may be ramping up the data feeds, so
perhaps more content is to come.

I hope someday a service like this will be available from an AMSAT
geostationary service.

On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Alan <wa4sca at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bob,
>
> A couple of hours later, and I also have weather, some basic news,
> pictures, etc.  Reminds me of the
> KO-23 pacsat days.  Easy to check from my computer, but also my phone.
> Next step is to come up with a
> better and more waterproof mount than the two old textbooks I used.
>
> Scott's collection is good.  The basic information is there on the
> Outernet site, but badly scattered.
>
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
>
>
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Robert
> Bruninga
> <Sent: Friday, October 14, 2016 11:28 AM
> <To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New Outernet L-Band service...
> <
> <From: Alan WA4SCA
> <> I Have the plug and play system up and running.
> <> Pointing is very uncritical, and the 46 degree elevation nicely clears
> <the trees.
> <> After 3 hours, the only download is some APRS traffic.  ;)
> <
> <I was ready to buy the stuff and got too confused.  So Scott, K4KDR wrote
> <this nice summary:
> <http://aprs.org/OUTNET/Scotts-description1.txt
> <
> <I have a link to it on the APRS OUTNET page:
> <http://aprs.org/outnet.html
> <
> <BIG PICTURE:  The bottom line is you build one of these boxes, take it
> <anywhere in the world, and it receives the Outernlink downlink and creates
> <a WiFi hot spot that any surrounding users in WiFi range can then access
> <the downloaded files.  In addition to Weather for example are the hourly
> <APRS files showing all the Amateur Radio Satellite APRS downlink data.
> <
> <And/or any APRS traffic that contains the word OUTNET in it.  So anyone
> <can send messages anywhere in the world to such users.  Then they can use
> <APRS on HF  or satellites  or whatever to reply back.  Thus, a possible
> <2-way emergency response system.
> <
> <Bob, WB4APR
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