Re: [amsat-bb] Outernet experiences
Config files for each region ?
Should have freqs ?
Andrew
On 7 Oct 2016, at 01:25, N6RFM1 gmail n6rfm1@gmail.com wrote:
Bob and fellow AMSAT tinkerers,
I also have the system up and running using the patch antenna, LNA/BPF and an E4000 based dongle sourced from Outernet.
It’s was very straightforward to get it running using the Raspberry Pi (3) and their rxOS. Burn an SD card, and fire it up. This makes changing back to another OS as simple as swapping out the SD card.
The E4000 RTL-SDR Outernet provides appears to be modified so that bias-T is passed to the LNA out of the box. Otherwise another means to power an LNA may be necessary.
As an alternative to the R-Pi, they also support the CHIP computer. This device is not much bigger than a credit card, and ~ ¼” thick. If sourced from Outernet, it comes flashed with their rxOS software. It took me some time to appreciate that the CHIP’s wifi RX is a bit deaf. So, to log onto the system with any wifi enable device (such as my iPhone), I had to be within a few feet.
The CHIP is however fun to play with. It can also be flashed with a Debian based OS and used as stand-alone computer. It seemed a bit slow (heck, what do you expect for a $9 computer) but was serviceable to surf the web, email, etc. That said, flashing back to the rxOS for Outernet reception/decoding from the Debian OS is clunky and requires getting under the Linux hood in terminal mode.
Outernet has a pretty active user forum, with technical support often coming from the founder. For me it was a fun way to do some RX at 1.5 GHz, learn some more Linux and play with some interesting hardware. Now I need to build a WX tight radome to allow 24/7 RX.
Lastly, shout out and thanks to Scott K4KDR and Darren G0HWW for advice and encouragement.
GL,
Bob N6RFM FN41iq
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Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2016 18:51:52 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@usna.edu mailto:bruninga@usna.edu >
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org mailto:amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Global Geo SATCOM system?
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AMSAT tinkerers?
OUTERNET is a free worldwide Geostationary Satellite downlink system
designed to bring content to remote areas all over the globe. They have
six geostationary birds covering the entire globe EVERYWHERE. All you need
is a small 18? (or 36? in some very remote areas) to receive content via
your own home-made receiver based on a TV dongle and Rasberry Pi.
Is there anyone on AMSAT-bb that is already receiving this content? We?d
like to hear about how easy it is to set up a receiver.
We have some ideas on how this can be used to augment Ham radio in our
Emergency Response and remote operations missions. See
Bob, WB4APR
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