[PLUG] TONIGHT! PLUG: Russell's Excellent High Altitude Balloon Adventure

[Chuck Hast]

Looked up both of them and yes indeed the network is amateur
radio based. Very interesting. All is Open Source.

On Mon, Oct 11, 2021 at 12:56 AM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
wrote:

> 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 <wchast at 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 <
> russell at 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 <dexter at 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/
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> > > >
> > > > 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
>


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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