I have not been able to get anything on Galaxy for some time now - have we abandon the Ku systems in favor of the L band systems?
Status.outernet.is shows a couple of receivers on Galaxy, with no reception.
Just curious …
Brian
Hello Brian
I’m sure Syed will answer you with more info, but Ku on Galaxy stopped at the beginning of September when L-Band started coming on-line.
Most of us Ku banders are running the new L-Band DIY or Lantern receivers. Data rate is 20 Mb per day (way down from Ku’s 1 GB per day), but the operation of the Librarian is familiar and Outernet’s new Filecast Center gets your 100 kB or less inputs up in a day.
The Lantern is small and portable which makes it ideal for travel, Ken
Ken pretty much summed it up. We aren’t able to support both Ku and L-band, so all efforts are behind L-band now. We noticed that the setting up the dish was the deal breaker for most people and also prevented greater adoption.
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Does this mean ‘Lighthouse’ is now redundant or is there a new flash for L band reception??
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We intend to offer a new image for L-band, but there is no timeline for it just yet.
The pictures on the site show that it is already there. A little disappointed to read this news.will look forward to new development, best wishes. Presently I am using the Wi-Fi feature of old receiver for linking with smart TV and display the contents of USB.