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I don't think you should call something 'open source' until you've released the source, but other than that this is an extremely impressive project. HAM's have

I don't think you should call something 'open source' until you've released the source, but other than that this is an extremely impressive project. HAM's have been doing EME since forever (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%E2%80%93Moon%E2%80%93Earth_communication https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%E2%80%93Moon%E2%80%93Ear... ), it is a very neat trick. It almost looks as if the EME bounce capability of this antenna is a fig leaf or an afterthought, my own 'applications' list would be a lot of things, but not that.

mrtnmcc 7mo ago
the open-source licenses are listed at https://moonrf.com/updates/#faq https://moonrf.com/updates/#faq
CamelCaseCondo 7mo ago
Apparently it’s a way to attract attention and support. I’ve been following picoIDE which got some attention here on HN 4 months ago [1]. When asked then where the src is, the answer was in a few weeks. Fast-forward a crowd-supply campaign (no mention 4 months ago) to the tune of 350k and the repo is still empty. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949352
mrtnmcc 7mo ago
It's open source. Here is the GitHub: https://github.com/open-space-sdr/main https://github.com/open-space-sdr/main
- jacquesm 7mo ago
  That wasn't there when I wrote that comment.
  - go_artemis 7mo ago
    found it at the very bottom of the updates page
    - jacquesm 7mo ago
      That wasn't there either. See archive...
- CamelCaseCondo 7mo ago
  Have you actually looked in that repo? No hardware source and a few things related to sdr or fpga but nothing that allows someone to build this.
  - jacquesm 7mo ago
    I think mrtnmcc put up that repo as a response to my comment. And you're right there is no way to build it from what's posted.
    - mrtnmcc 7mo ago
      Repo has been there, but I pushed an update for the latest demos, thanks for the reminder :) You have to understand this is a relatively sleepy personal project at this point still.
  - mrtnmcc 7mo ago
    You can find all the software there (for every demo shown on the website), but it's not "build-ready" given the hardware isn't released yet as the website makes clear. The repo is from last year but not generally advertised. I suppose HN picked up on this project again because of the moon mission this week. It was discussed a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790672

mrtnmcc 7mo ago

the open-source licenses are listed at https://moonrf.com/updates/#faq https://moonrf.com/updates/#faq

CamelCaseCondo 7mo ago

Apparently it’s a way to attract attention and support. I’ve been following picoIDE which got some attention here on HN 4 months ago [1]. When asked then where the src is, the answer was in a few weeks. Fast-forward a crowd-supply campaign (no mention 4 months ago) to the tune of 350k and the repo is still empty. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45949352

mrtnmcc 7mo ago

It's open source. Here is the GitHub: https://github.com/open-space-sdr/main https://github.com/open-space-sdr/main

jacquesm 7mo ago
That wasn't there when I wrote that comment.
- go_artemis 7mo ago
  found it at the very bottom of the updates page
  - jacquesm 7mo ago
    That wasn't there either. See archive...
CamelCaseCondo 7mo ago
Have you actually looked in that repo? No hardware source and a few things related to sdr or fpga but nothing that allows someone to build this.
- jacquesm 7mo ago
  I think mrtnmcc put up that repo as a response to my comment. And you're right there is no way to build it from what's posted.
  - mrtnmcc 7mo ago
    Repo has been there, but I pushed an update for the latest demos, thanks for the reminder :) You have to understand this is a relatively sleepy personal project at this point still.
- mrtnmcc 7mo ago
  You can find all the software there (for every demo shown on the website), but it's not "build-ready" given the hardware isn't released yet as the website makes clear. The repo is from last year but not generally advertised. I suppose HN picked up on this project again because of the moon mission this week. It was discussed a few months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790672 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45790672