2021 Othernet Dreamcatcher: Free Internet content - Amateur HAM Radio

Othernet Dreamcatcher: Free Internet content - Amateur HAM Radio

Syed,KD9GII talks about developing Othernet, a satellite based solution for providing free access to web content from anywhere in the world.

Outernet for sailors (weather forecast grib files) - Amateur HAM Radio

Outernet for sailors (weather forecast grib files)  - Amateur HAM Radio

I just find out this project and spent all the day reading about it and I think I can say that its really possible that in a few time it will be a Lantern in each boat in the world.

Sailors don’t have a really good way to get free digital weather forecast offshore. Before leaving we need to download grib files but you can’t trust in a forecast after 3 days so is critical to get updated forecasts.

http://www.globalmarinenet.com/grib_downloads.php 273

These forecasts are generated daily at 0015, 0615, 1215, 1815 GMT for every region of the world. GRIB forecasts are based on the National Weather Service, NOAA, Wave Watch III model yielding highly accurate forecasts every 6 hours for up to 7 days into the future. All GRIB forecasts are available via download or delivered by e-mail and optimized specifically for low bandwidth wireless connections.

These files are compressed and can be read by lots of marine software.

The question is, it would be possible daily access to these files through outernet? If so, it will be massively used by every sailor in the world.

Othernet Dreamcatcher: OTHERNET - Free Data Anywhere - Amateur HAM Radio Free Internet content

 Othernet Dreamcatcher: OTHERNET - Free Data Anywhere - Amateur HAM Radio Free Internet content

OTHERNET - Free Data Anywhere - Amateur HAM Radio

OTHERNET - Free Data Anywhere - Amateur HAM Radio

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Skylark 5.9 for Dreamcatcher 3 (Ku-band) Amateur HAM Radio

Skylark 5.9 for Dreamcatcher 3 (Ku-band)

https://othernetca.blogspot.com

Skylark 5.9 for Dreamcatcher 3 (Ku-band)

• Please update from 5.5/5.6 in the normal manner: overwrite the 5.5/5.6 sdcard with the 5.7 image, without trying to repartition//reformat the sdcard first.
• This is primarily a bugfix release - it (hopefully) fixes the regular lockups seen in the 5.6 release.
• If after burning this image you can’t access the AP or STA does not show up on your network, you may have to do a factor reset (see below).