First Dibs on Dreamcatcher 3

donde · 2018-03-03T15:44:46.967Z

OK Konrad Can you divulge the TP number of SES-2? Or is that released only to those who buy in?

maxboysdad · 2018-03-03T16:05:42.745Z

I want to purchase the Dreamcatcher 3. Please send details: jzs@cyberjer.net

Solocircuit · 2018-03-03T17:57:11.580Z

I’m really glad I live in the US so I can test it out XD but I can’t wait till people all over the globe get a crack at outernet

Solocircuit · 2018-03-03T17:59:52.858Z

Is there any ETA when purchase links will be sent out ?

Solocircuit · 2018-03-03T18:04:41.896Z

Also since I haven’t gotten a chance to do this yet I wanna thanks the outernet team for all the amazing work that has got us to this point.

Konrad_Roeder · 2018-03-03T21:46:49.054Z

Syed posted…

LoRa World Record: 71,572km to Space and Back

LoRa World Record: 71,572km to Space and Back

What you see below is a an honest-to-goodness LoRa carrier that is being received at 11.9024 GHz from SES-2. The total round trip distance from the uplink facility to our 2-cm antenna in Chicago is about 71,572km.

My best guess it that it’s on TP10 (V) or TP11 (H) on SES-2
Note that there are no listings for TP11

The rain finally stopped here in Seattle. I will take a look and see if there’s a LoRa signal there.

–Konrad, WA4OSH

Syed · 2018-03-03T22:12:34.261Z

With the frequency and polarization (V), what additional information do you get from the transponder?

I don’t know the transponder of the top of my head. I’ll need to look at the service order.

Konrad_Roeder · 2018-03-03T22:27:18.826Z

So it has to be TP10 and HughesNet moved ?

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–Konrad, WA4OSH

oceandweller007 · 2018-03-04T01:52:46.015Z

Hi,

I’m new to Outernet and I am interested in the data received, specifically weather related. With this alpha unit, will you be transmitting updated grib files as well as an updated weather animation? If so, please send me a link for purchase.

Thank you

Diggity · 2018-03-04T02:05:19.583Z

Hello, any units left? Can I purchase in Canada? Thanks!

donde · 2018-03-04T03:28:07.636Z

Been reading about SES and their subsidiary companies on their web pages. Had no idea how big they are! OK on TP10, probably correct. I’ll check LoRa too. Been raining in LA too for couple days… Sunday should be clearing and warming. Time to fire up the LNB!

John_Hagensieker · 2018-03-04T11:48:13.648Z

I want one! johnAThagensieker.org

cjhat · 2018-03-04T14:56:09.924Z

Hello.

Would like to order the latest Outernet board.

cjhatter1@gmail.com

youbecha · 2018-03-04T16:24:46.887Z

I listed my email on the “BUY” tab at the outernet.is page…I am more than willing to add another SDR to my pile.

Syed · 2018-03-04T19:43:34.196Z

@youbecha To be very clear, this is not an SDR. We are using the SX1280 from Semtech. It’s a 2.4 GHz radio that can demodulate a LoRa carrier. Are you still interested in buying a board? If you aren’t interested in playing around with satellite reception, you will definitely not be happy with the purchase.

@Diggity Where in Canada are you? SES-2 does cover some of Canada, but SNR will be a lot lower than the US, so I can’t guarantee that you’ll be receiving files without issue. We will, however, be fiddling with spreading factors, so you’ll definitely receive something.

@oceandweller007 Weather will be among the first things to go back over the broadcast, but I suggest waiting until we are in more of a production more before buying a unit. Thanks for your interest, though.

@Solocircuit Thanks for the compliment! The purchase links will be sent out on Wednesday.

@Konrad_Roeder Regarding the coverage map you posted: I think that is for C-band. Also, we do not have a full Ku-transponder. It’s just a 1.6 MHz carrier, out of a total of 36 MHz on the transponder. A lot of the software was directly inherited from the L-band system, but of course this is a new system. But yes, you described it perfectly: As bugs are identified, no Skylark images will be released.

@Krautz I would really like to sell you a Dreamcatcher, but since there is not yet a signal over Europe, I don’t feel comfortable doing so.

Syed · 2018-03-04T19:46:24.303Z

Heeding your advice. This batch won’t have an acrylic case, but the production batch will.

Syed · 2018-03-04T19:50:19.347Z

@ac8dg Our contract manufacturer is acquiring parts for a 900-piece production run right now. The normal rhythm is two weeks to get all of the parts and then one week to build the boards (solder the components). And then four days for shipping. It’s not impossible that I would have 900 units of v3.03 on hand by the end of the month. The current hardware version is v3.02.

Syed · 2018-03-04T20:00:10.968Z

@239Adastrea Yes, if enabled, your Dreamcatcher will report SNR and location to a public webpage.

Konrad_Roeder · 2018-03-04T20:55:56.198Z

Syed:

Regarding the coverage map you posted: I think that is for C-band. Also, we do not have a full Ku-transponder. It’s just a 1.6 MHz carrier, out of a total of 36 MHz on the transponder. A lot of the software was directly inherited from the L-band system, but of course this is a new system. But yes, you described it perfectly: As bugs are identified, no Skylark images will be released.

Nope, C-band is on 4-8 GHz. The SES-2 satellite has a C-band transponder at 3750-4200 MHz. It’s pretty clear that they are moving Hughes somewhere and parting-out the TP10 transponder to you and other SCPC customers. Are you sure you are on vertical polarization? In the preview picture, your LNB was laying down sideways. Normally 13v bias is vertical, 18v is horizontal. Transponders do overlap in frequencies with neighboring odd/even numbered transponders.

So no Skylark images to fix software bugs? Ouch. So there’s nothing to gain to help finding bugs. We will have to buy a new board for an update? Wow.

–Konrad, WA4OSH

Syed · 2018-03-04T21:13:44.548Z

I think the map you posted was not correct. Purple indicates C-band. Red is for Ku. This is the coverage map for SES-2 Ku NA.

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No, no. A new board is not at all required for updated images. They are simply burned to the microSD card, similar to Raspbian images on a Pi.