[Ground-station] Othernet (Outernet)

[KC9SGV]

Agreed.
International interest....
I've had a request from a very prominent and qualified IEEE and electronics factory owner in ZS-land...
He has an elaborate ground station to work QO-100.
Kuhne up and down converters, 2 m dish, etc.
Gary, ZS6YI, - see his QRZ page.
https://www.qrz.com/lookup
He requests politely that we look at a mid-Atlantic sat, in order for Southern Africa and also Europe to work North America, as well as South America.
Looked at my model globe in the shack from 3X the diameter, above the equator.
We might need two sats above IARU Region 2 to enable the West Coast and Alaska.
Maybe linked by a ground relay station in the Midwest.
Dreams...

KC9SGV

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> On Oct 5, 2019, at 1:24 PM, Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> We've looked at Outernet/Othernet several times. There's at least one video report from us about setting up their hardware and dish pointing.
> 
> Wow have we gotten better at video reports since 2016! Here's the first Outernet report we did. https://youtu.be/1JSah9L886I?t=151
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> Since then, they've made a lot of changes. More challenging, is that they've changed bands. Given the number of changes in the past, and given that it's focused on providing internet to underserved communities, and not focused on ham radio, they are definitely further back in the plan alphabet. But, I think it's clear we know about them and are tracking them. 
> 
> Bob Bruninga wrote me to tell me about the APRS aggregator working on Othernet right now. We agree about the potential for Othernet for communications support. They are not a good match for a backup to what we're looking at doing with Rent-a-GEO. Their vision is to serve a different community, and the instability of their technical specs is below what even a big risk taker like me will commit a team to working towards. 
> 
> As exciting as Rent-a-GEO can be, and as much as it can contribute to modern channelizers, aggregators, autonomous receivers, and real honest GEO operating experience for *North America*, it pales in comparison to Phase 4 Space amateur-specific payload proposal. It's both/and, not either/or, but if you have limited time, then the priority should be the bigger prize. 
> 
> I need help communicating to ARDC (Amateur Radio Digital Communications Inc) that the community really wants a dedicated amateur GEO payload system that covers the globe. We can achieve this, we have international support, and it will make an enormous educational, operational, technical, and regulatory difference. 
> 
> -Michelle W5NYV
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> 
> 
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>> On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 10:43 AM KC9SGV <kc9sgv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Had a great text discussion with Sayed of Othernet (former Outernet) yesterday.
>> Text was related to another matter.
>> Free downlink, but pay for aggregator uplink on SES2.
>> Sounds familiar ?
>> Could be plan B for rent-a-GEO.
>> They have their own receiver for $80 or so.
>> 
>> Bernard,
>> KC9SGV
>> 
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