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

[Michael Rasmussen]

Skip the automation of how telescopes are designed and get to the really 
interesting bit on how it happens.  Fascinating.

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       Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon
     Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity

On 2021-10-16 13:22, Russell Senior wrote:
> Here's a nice video on the novel telescopic lens on the normal (i.e.
> not the Cirrus Flux Camera) camera on our satellite:
> 
>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxwhCmO90UQ
> 
> s/University of Portland/Portland State University/g
> 
> On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 9:50 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.
>> >
>> >
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>> >
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>> >
>> > Michael Dexter
>> > PLUG Volunteer