Since about 2 years ago, the APRS satellite ground station captures have been made available worldwide via three GEO satellites for reception anywhere on earth.
But I recently found that the OUTERnet system has changed to a new GEO satellite constellation and no longer uses INMARSAT L band satellites but is now using a KA band downlink over the USA. And that they are now selling a new receiver kit for this satellite.
Has anyone kept up with them? Here is my original WEB page but with the links changed from OUTnet to OTHERnet: http://aprs.org/othernet.html
If anyone has one of their receivers or is receiving the downlink and/or wants to help me get my web page all cleaned up to what has changed over the last two years, let me know.
This is a powerful capability. I hope we can keep it working.
Bob, Wb4APR
The $49 price for the Dreamcatcher SDR-type receiver that OtherNet was peddling says it is sold out. I got mine for that price a few months ago but I haven't had time to burn the SD card (ala raspberry pi) and fire it up.
See: https://othernet.is/ and https://othernet.is/products/dreamcatcher-3-0
-- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm@amsat.org
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JoAnne K9JKM
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Robert Bruninga