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I wish there were a simple and easy way to connect to a satellite, at the same kind of level of effort as .. say .. connecting to a BBS in the 80's .. and acces
by fit2rule 6y ago
I wish there were a simple and easy way to connect to a satellite, at the same kind of level of effort as .. say .. connecting to a BBS in the 80's .. and access it, just like an 80's BBS - i.e. upload a message, wait for a response while the thing flies overhead/across the globe, etc.
I guess this project kind of achieves that in a way. If you can build the hardware you can access a very elite messaging system.
It just seems to me to be a great place to put a BBS. I wonder if there are satellites up there that have that kind of interface ..
- amenghra 6y agoOthers have wished for BBS on satellite, as far back as 1988: http://phrack.org/issues/21/5.html http://phrack.org/issues/21/5.html
- fit2rule 6y agoHey, maybe I read it there and am only just imagining it again, you never know .. ;)
- jibcage 6y agoAs a matter of fact, there are several! FalconSat-3 is the one most people connect to in the USA. I think there might also be one aboard the ISS, but most people use the ISS for forwarding APRS packets. You need an amateur radio license to connect to these, but once you have one you can get into all sorts of other radio projects around the world too :) Edit: The downside, of course, is that you usually only have (at most) a 20-minute connection window before you lose line-of-sight, since these satellites are in LEO. https://www.amsat.org/falconsat-3/ https://www.amsat.org/falconsat-3/
- fit2rule 6y agoThat is really nice to know, thanks for the info .. I'll have to find someone in my scene who can log onto falconsat, I'm sure I know a HAM or two who might at least pick up the flag and demo it one of these days ..