[Ground-station] This looks a bit like Thuraya. Or not ?

[Michelle Thompson]

This type of product is very close to what the DVB-S2X standard envisioned.
In the case of DVB-S2X, you don't need the extra hardware receiver. Your
handheld would receive the signal directly.

I don't know what Inmarsat and Iridium plan from here.

-Michelle W5NYV




On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 11:05 AM Mike Parker <airarray at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thuraya, Inmarsat, and Iridium all use different signaling approaches, but
> they all appear to be very different from DVB-S2x which, I think, came out
> of the VSAT world.
> I’m not saying that they couldn’t use it.  Do they plan to?  If so, for
> what reason?
> Mike Parker
> KT7D
>
> On Aug 20, 2019, at 8:38 AM, Michelle Thompson via Ground-Station <
> ground-station at lists.openresearch.institute> wrote:
>
> For the ARAP, yes, this model is implementing the basic idea. Good
> spotting!
>
> This is the sort of thing DVB-S2X was envisioned to deliver, especially
> with the Very low SNR modcods added to the standard.
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 19:44 KC9SGV <kc9sgv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ok.
>> So, with all the cell phone technology involved, will it look something
>> like this, but only on ham radio bands ?
>> Thuraya Satsleeve ?
>> Used on sat systems with footprint over Europe, Asia, Africa and
>> Australia.
>>
>> YouTube:
>> https://youtu.be/3TK7rhUWJ9A
>>
>> Info and brochure:
>> https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/ec/ec.htm#b
>>
>>
>> https://www.thuraya.com/sites/all/modules/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/SatSleeve_Plus_SatSleeve_Hotspot/Thuraya%20SatSleeve+&%20Hotspot%20Brochure.pdf
>>
>> Bernard,
>> KC9SGV
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
> --
> -Michelle W5NYV
>
> "Potestatem obscuri lateris nescis."
>
>
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