As promised, here are my slides from the talk (with links): https://personaltelco.net/~russell/plug-talk-2021-10-07.pdf
On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 8:57 AM Michael Dexter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement > > Who: Russell Senior > What: Russell's Excellent High Altitude Balloon Adventure > Where: https://meet.jit.si/pdxlinux > When: Thursday, October 7th, 2021 at 7pm > Why: The pursuit of technology freedom > > Russell volunteers with the Portland State Aerospace Society's (PSAS) > OreSat program as an Industry Advisor. PSAS is a rocket club at > Portland State University. The OreSat program works towards having > small interactive satellites put into orbit by friendly launch > services. OreSat currently consists of three small satellites based on > a common design, the first one is due to launch in January. Russell's > role is to help out with a system called dxwifi, a long distance > S-band communication link. The goal is for ground-based student groups > around the state to receive live video broadcast from orbit as the > satellite passes overhead. Earlier this year, a high school student > applied and got our satellite a ride on a high altitude balloon > through a NASA program. One of the goals was to capture wifi data > being transmitted by the payload. Because of the distances involved, > this requires aiming a directional antenna at the balloon. This talk > will tell the story of how Russell waded his way towards a solution > using math, some hand tools, open-source software and some ingenuity. > > About Russell: > > Russell has been a Linux user since 1992. He worked for a few decades > doing data management, programming, and analysis for a small > scientific consulting firm. Since 2005 he has been deeply involved in > the Personal Telco Project and trying to bring about > telecommunications policy in the users interests, while also hacking > on router firmware. Since 2018, he's been involved in an effort to > bring at-cost fiber infrastructure to the Portland metro area, > Municipal Broadband PDX. > > > PLUG is open to everyone and does not tolerate abusive behavior on its > mailing lists or at its meetings. > > PLUG Page with information about all PLUG events: http://pdxlinux.org/ > Follow PLUG on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pdxlinux > > Michael Dexter > PLUG Volunteer
