I'm not in charge of picking payloads. Amateur radio does feature in the communications strategy, as I understand it. There are ground station networks called UniCLOGS and SATNOGS, but I'm not totally clued in on the details.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2021 at 9:14 PM Chuck Hast <wch...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Russell, > Have you thought about amateur radio gear on board these devices? > I am betting you could get a lot of info from AMSAT, though their main > gig is satellites. > > Here just south of me down in TX a group of amateurs launched a radio > equipped balloon, had a repeater, gps and a video feed from an on board > camera along with some other instrumentation. I was going to try to work > the repeater but had to do real work and missed the balloon flight. > > They were planning another launch on the 8th but appears it got delayed. > > I can send you info on what they are doing if you are interested. > > On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 11:51 PM Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> > wrote: > > > 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 <dex...@pdxlinux.org> 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 > > > > > -- > > Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- > I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. > Ph 4:13 KJV > Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece. > Fil 4:13 RVR1960
