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[@AndreasSpiess]

Here you find the last packets received by the network: tinygs.com/packets

[@FilipeNeto616]

Sorry but I need to ask this, or I'm afraid I'm not totally understanding the goal of this. Let me see if I get it right... The community is able through TinyGS to build a network of ground stations, that will receive the payloads from the sky and relay them through the internet. Correct? But "nobody" is able to transmit from the ground to the sky, correct? If so, what are the messages that the ground stations are receiving from the sats? Is it only sat telemetry? If the regular users are not able to transmit to the sky, what is the goal of building this ground network? Is it a proof of concept? I'm asking this because I've a "shed" on a remote location without 4G and I was willing if I could use this Lora Sats to receive some local telemetry from the shed. As a "trade-off" I was thinking on building a ground station on the city. But if I'll not be able to transmit, the building of the ground station will be only "for the fun".

[@hasantariq5470]

Merci Vilmals... Andreas. You are doing so awesome. All your videos are very helpful and productive.

[@PeterAlbronda]

I am retired for almost half a year.... I don't understand I had time for my hobbies while I was working about 40 hours a week... Again a beautiful project to go... You inspire me too much, thank you ;-) :-)

[@AndreasSpiess]

This is a very good time to be retired and interested in Electronics. We get a lot of stuff cheap. And, as you write, you now have the time tu use them.

[@3rd_Millennium_Engineering]

Peter! We are in the same boat! But my work is HINDERING my time to learn. Well, we all still have to eat, yes?

[@PeterAlbronda]

@@3rd_Millennium_Engineering I think my biggest problem is to prioritize. For me the way of introducing and instructing by Andreas Spiess is so impressive that I like to make all of his projects besides the things I already engage myself ;-)

[@katsim6799]

Lol. Peter, be careful in retirement. Everyone who knows you are not working will demand your time!

[@BOBLAF88]

I encourage more use of the little hand pointer 👉

[@dorukbu3133]

Very exciting to see Lora satellite projects being developed. And many many thanks to Andreas, we have first row seats to the show.

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome!

[@atomikrobot300099]

Thanks to you I've got my next amateur radio project! Watched the video twice!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool. Enjoy!

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Launched two units today in Aberdeen, Scotland! One on 433mhz and one on 915mhz. Thanks Andreas!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool! I hope you will "hear" a few satellites already today.

[@jackm416]

Again, a fantastic post! I really appreciate all your efforts in this and other projects. - Jack

[@AndreasSpiess]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cosmotraumatika7474]

I'm setting one up in the US heartland. Thanks for your wonderful presentation and explanation!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Very good. The US is much more "populated" now.

[@IanWilkinson-SgtWilko]

Another great video, thank you! Does seem that every time you do a radio project my project budget is impacted!!! 🤣

[@AndreasSpiess]

This time maybe you can re-purpose a LoRa board. They are very versatile. And not expensive for a Wi-Fi, BT, LoRa, and FSK transmitter ;-)

[@IanWilkinson-SgtWilko]

@@AndreasSpiess I now keep some parts in stock to make sure I enjoy these projects while they're still relevant. Because of this I've just received my first packet from Norby! Thank you sir for bringing these cool projects to our attention!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool! I also have a few such boards in my drawer ;-)

[@3rd_Millennium_Engineering]

@@IanWilkinson-SgtWilko Congratulations! Wow! I have to get going too!

[@adzak6569]

You are genius. I watched your movie. I assembled I programmed I matched I TESTED (I'm also an engineer) IT WORKS! Unbelievable!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool! Thanks for your feedback.

[@LostInTech3D]

I'm glad you made this explanation, I have no less than two LoRa modules sat around with nothing to do because even though I searched on the topic, I could not figure out an amateur use for these things!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Excellent!

[@simoncollins6650]

I have had 4 nodes for months and it’s been a wonderful community project and found horizontal v dipole as a very good antenna for many of the satellites. Great video and open the project to new makers thanks for this video. Simon G8HAM

[@AndreasSpiess]

Indeed it is an interesting project in many aspects.

[@fjs1111]

Really cool Andreas -- I learned a lot, never new about the TinyGS project!

[@AndreasSpiess]

I like the project, too

[@Reuben1024]

A fascinating, and inspirational project that is easily achievable by so many - thank you! 73s

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome! 73 de HB9BLA

[@woodenmonster]

thank you for a very informative video, I successfully setup my TinyGS here in South Africa,

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool! I hope you were already able to receive some satellites.

[@randalldean4133]

I can't believe it took me this long to run into TinyGS! This is extremely cool. 73's N6SO

[@AndreasSpiess]

Indeed, it is a quite old project ;-) Enjoy!

[@mikealport6391]

Hi Andreas, thanks again for another inspiring video. I accept your challenge. Expect to see a TinyGS ground station in South Africa soon!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Great. The community will love you for that!

[@zerothparadoxez7580]

@@AndreasSpiess I accept your challenge. Expect to see a TinyGS ground station in Mid-West (Montana) soon!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Very good!

[@p1366]

Agreed, Thanks for the interesting Video Andreas. Mike, I'm in Cape Town busy with my GS as of today!

[@mikealport6391]

Just received my first packet last night in Salt Rock, South Africa. Using Andreas’ ground plane.

[@mattghoward]

fantastic and clear instructions - exceptionally well done

[@AndreasSpiess]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@3rd_Millennium_Engineering]

Very, very interesting!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Thank you. I also thought there are a few good ideas in the project.

[@3rd_Millennium_Engineering]

@@AndreasSpiess I am so frustrated that I spend sometimes 6 days a week driving at my job and have such little time learning about all that you are doing. It's so exciting and I am trying to keep up. I am still trying to get that radio kit built. Nevertheless, you are quite an inspiration for me and I am sure for many others of all age groups. Hey, where is Dishka? I miss the purring at the end of the vids. :-)

[@AndreasSpiess]

Dishka is with my wife upstairs. As always when she is home ;-)

[@flatronsoj]

Very well explained!!! i hope this video will attract more users to the tinyGS Community!

[@AndreasSpiess]

I hope so too!

[@RetreatHacker]

Very inspiring. Thanks again Andreas!

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome!

[@DarrenRound]

Well, guess what I'm doing today! :-) Thanks Andreas, another great video. If I have the right board in stock, I'll get a station setup on the west coast of Sweden later today. Love the ham radio related content!

[@AndreasSpiess]

For the moment you only hear 430-440MHz satellites. So chose such a board.

[@DarrenRound]

@@AndreasSpiess ahhh I only have 800-900mhz boards in stock, typical LOL. That's a shame. I'll order 2 x 430mhz boards and go back to today's original plan, winlink email over 2m somehow. Unless you think I should put up a 900mhz ground station anyway? Is it worth it?

[@AndreasSpiess]

I placed also an order for a few additional 433 boards. I had more 868 boards from LoRaWAN. But a lot of interesting stuff right now is on 433MHz.

[@DarrenRound]

@@AndreasSpiess I'm up and running now, thanks Andreas

[@bern047]

Thanks for this tutorial Andreas, I have successfully deployed weather tracking and capture 24/7 with the Raspberry Pi, Sdrplay radio and an antenna I built myself fitted in the loft with the Raspberry pi running headless, I have an astronomical telescope in my back garden, as you know the weather here in the UK is very unpredictable even with the latest local forecasts, I can now monitor the weather in real time and know within minutes when is the best time to use the telescope, sometimes just for 10 minutes before it clouds over, what you have presented here is very interesting and I will attempt to pursue a project seeing you had great success with it , nice project for now and the future

[@AndreasSpiess]

Good idea to be alarmed if the conditions are good for your telescope!

[@collinsc.akumabor2218]

Hello Andreas, thanks for this. I appreciate your support on a project in Africa.

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome!

[@collinsc.akumabor2218]

Sent you a request

[@AndreasSpiess]

I think I misunderstood you. Unfortunately, I have no time for projects. KZbin is only my hobby.

[@catcam]

Many thanks for this !!! Stay healthy and safe .

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome. I try it ;-)

[@PhG1961]

Awesome video! I really love these kind of projects !

[@AndreasSpiess]

Indeed, this project contains a lot of innovation

[@MsJonas1337]

This is a video a have been something I been looking for a while. Have been really interested to connect to a satellite with a microcontroller and you got all the information I need in one video. It's amazing. Gonna order a lora board and some stuff then you probably see a ground station in middle of Sweden soon!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Very good!

[@sympak]

Greetings from Canada. Lora 915 board ordered!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool. Hopefully you will hear the US satellites...

[@sunhillman63]

As always, very interesting and a new idea for wtdn (what to do next). Do to the fact I am more or less retired, I have to a lot of ideas and IoT projects and only limitted time to realize it 🙈 - I highly appreciate your videos and the stuff you share wich us. Many thanks.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Glad to read that you are retired and have a lot of projects! It is always good to have more projects than time. Then you can chose whatever is the most interesting for the moment ;-)

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

Okay. Aberdeen, Scotland is very shortly going to get a TinyGS LoRa Station! Thanks for this. Off to assemble the parts/enclosure/cable glands etc. I will also have a look at your antenna video as I like the idea of making one.

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

@@artbecker5618 not a bad place to live. If the weather is bad, just wait 5 minutes ;-)

[@AndreasSpiess]

@NotMarkKnopfler: Have fun! And a ground plane is ok to begin with before you build a directional antenna...

[@Flippi-nz]

Came across this and thought I need to tell the SWISS! Andreas I know you are a clever man so I have no need to explain. Love your channel btw. Only going to give you one line. The Helium Gateway application is a service designed to run on Linux-based LoRaWAN gateways. (You may already know this.) Decentralized Wireless Alliance Technology. Interesting stuff.

[@AndreasSpiess]

I do not like the combination of a LoRa networks and crypto. It makes things more complicated. I am even not sure if it produces false hopes... Do you use it? What are your use cases?

[@csongorvarga]

Thanks for this. I have 2 TTGO Lora boards that I am not using for anything. Therefore I will add two GS to the network. I placed the order for the SMA components on Ali.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool. Two more stations in the US...

[@csongorvarga]

@@AndreasSpiess in Hungary, but yes.

[@AndreasSpiess]

I thought you live in the US. So sorry for that! My memory gets old...

[@csongorvarga]

@@AndreasSpiess No worries at all. I used to live in the UK, but that was a long time ago already.

[@zhivebelarus560]

Thank you, Andreas! I wish I could give another like to your video. Will be setting up a ground station today from one of my Meshtastic boards.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Make sure you use a 433MHz board.

[@peter.stimpel]

great topic. Thanks for sharing!

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome!

[@katsim6799]

Thanks for a great video! A project to work on with my teen son. Wonder and amazement is fun to share.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Good idea. Other fathers took their kids for "weather balloon chasing" which is also an interesting project...

[@katsim6799]

@@AndreasSpiess much more physical excercise if you chase ballons tho

[@mumbaiverve2307]

Quite interesting ! There was a project called SatNOGS about 5 years back , which wanted to create a network of ground stations for LEO-S.

[@AndreasSpiess]

It is live. Usually it uses more complex receivers and antennas.

[@AmirASD]

Fantastic. Can't wait to use it.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Have fun!

[@jbgreer]

Andreas, if you check the TinyGS map you should find a few more stations in the American heartland, and also listening on 915MHz, including the first of mine. Many thanks again for an educational and fun video. I'm using the stock antenna with the kits I have purchased, so I do not yet expect to exchange data, but I have the materials to make several ground plane antennas and hope to do that soon. As they used to say, see you on the radio, and thanks.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Cool! Now we hope you can receive data from the US satellites.

[@MichaelGisiger]

Man, I just barley dabble at ESP32 boards for my Home Assistant setup (enviromental data sensors) and you guys build satellite stations ... I use ESPHome and OTA is a blessing, but that uploader looks handy, especially for a dilettante like me ;) Great project for my never ending to do list.

[@AndreasSpiess]

We all started as beginners. No worries. You are on the right track!

[@etstudios]

Great video! I am in South Africa and plan on working on setting up a ground station over the next month or so

[@AndreasSpiess]

Good idea!

[@woodenmonster]

have you set up your GS yet ?

[@osborne82]

brilliant video thank you . going to order some lora boards and have a play here in the uk

[@AndreasSpiess]

Have fun!

[@neilcherry6452]

First, very cool. Later this summer I may build one of these and add it to a makerspace in Wall NJ (the old Marconi Hotel, Marconi as in Marconi Radio). It's now part of InfoAge a Science & History Center.

[@AndreasSpiess]

That would be a cool addition to this site, I think.

[@pycrocoding]

Another fascinating video

[@AndreasSpiess]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@drocles]

My wife is gonna be mad when i buy loras🤣🤣 but i have to try putting Canada on the map

[@AndreasSpiess]

:-)) Maybe this is a perfect chance to call them "satellite ground station" ;-)

[@John_Smith__]

Another Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome!

[@bhavikbhansali]

I always wait for your videos. Looks like complete presentation with proper research. Amazing keep going on. I tried to play with LoRa many time but I never get success for long range (not more then few meters) strange.

[@AndreasSpiess]

That is strange. If you have a line of sight between the transmitter and the receiver you should get kilometers.

[@samvoelkel2046]

Very fascinating. Thanks.

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome!

[@al_lazy3519]

Mr Spiess are the satellites shown for example at 3:00 using measuring tape as antennas or do they have another purpose?

[@gmag11]

Yes. That is usually used as they keep bended easily without getting damaged and recover their original shape without moving parts

[@al_lazy3519]

@@gmag11 Cool, that's a clever solution! Thanks

[@johanneselectron3886]

Also interesting open Data project is Airrohr. The make a open Sensor nework for fine dust monitoring with a Esp8266, BME280 and a SDS011 Dust sensor. Thery nice Sunday projekt.

[@AndreasSpiess]

A few years ago we built such sensors in our local IOT group. They are quite easy to build, you are right.

[@scottmassanelli2404]

Great Job Thank You!

[@AndreasSpiess]

You're welcome!

[@paulmooij]

Thnx for this video !!! I really enjoy watching al of your videos ( beter than Netflix but I’m bit a nerd ;) and fan of rf and technology )

[@AndreasSpiess]

I also watch more KZbin than Netflix ;-)

[@FF7824]

Very informative and interesting. Thanks and 73

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are welcome! 73 de HB9BLA

[@wjn777]

Great video, very interesting, thank you for sharing

[@AndreasSpiess]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@bastscho]

As this question was not directly answered. What kind of data is downlinked from thode satellites? Is it IoT that talk over satellites to the next groundstation to then continue over the internet?

[@AndreasSpiess]

Each satellite has different sensors. Bu usually it is voltages, currents, temperature, light levels, etc. You see packets on the tinyGS.com page

[@bastscho]

@@AndreasSpiess So if I understand this correctly, it only downlinks data from the satellite itself. The sats are not used for uplinking / repeating data sent to them.

[@AndreasSpiess]

@Bombastisch: Yes, for the moment there is no repeater up. Some projects plan to offer such a functionality in the future.

[@McTroyd]

Looks really cool, and I like that I don't have to be a ham radio operator to use it (which I would like to be, but not there yet). Perhaps a bucket list goal should be to get a cubesat of my own into orbit. It gets cheaper every year, it seems... 👍

[@AndreasSpiess]

True. But it still not easy as FossaSat and other not properly working Sats show us... And the HAM license is no mot too hard to get.

[@Heppie89]

Hi Andreas. I wonder if you could help? I have a TTGO lora32 2.1.6 that I would like to use for TinyGS however the built in WiFi antenna does not have enough range. I can see that there is an ipex connector next to the SMA connector but I cannot find information anywhere whether this is for external WiFi antennas or an alternative LoRa connector?

[@AndreasSpiess]

LoRa boards have one connector for the LoRa antenna, not more and not less. If you have more than one connector, then you have to switch a resistor from the antenna to the connector.

[@Heppie89]

@@AndreasSpiess would you know if the ipex would be LoRa or WiFi?

[@AndreasSpiess]

No. They have many different boards. Check their Github repository and try to find your board. Then there should be a diagram: github.com/LilyGO?tab=repositories

[@Zl2mst]

Great video as always Andreas, I had a board I bought for tracking the weather balloons in another of your videos after 2 hours realised my USB ( tried 3 ) was power and not a data cables, Then couldn't get the TintyGS config thing to work, ended up following the other PlatformIO method but up and running now.

[@AndreasSpiess]

I test all my new cables for that "feature" and throw all power cables in the waste basket. I was caught with the same mistake, too.

[@yomboprime]

I liked the comparison of untested and defective systems :-)

[@AndreasSpiess]

It is a good rule of thumb.

[@neerajbisht84]

Vrry interesting satalite LoRa topic

[@AndreasSpiess]

:-)

[@DM-fz3ly]

Thank you for the excellent tutorial. So if I am in the USA which freq is most useable? Also I see that when buying the lora32 module we have to choose which freq, but the module label shows 868/915. Can they do both or is it fixed?

[@AndreasSpiess]

Most of these satellites cover the whole world. So if you are in an uncovered area 433MHz would be good because more satellites use and will use this band. If you want to support your Stanford guys, 915 is good. But you might not hear anything because currently they seem to have issues.

[@ahmedhusain8911]

Hi Andreas, i was wondering if it was possible to replace the LoRA wifi module you used in this video with a raspberry pi + SDR receiver combination? Or are there specific features this board has that makes it much better suited to picking up these satellite signals?

[@AndreasSpiess]

LoRa is not Wi-Fi. AFAIK you do not get a good LoRa demodulator for SDR receivers.

[@ahmedhusain8911]

@@AndreasSpiess ah my bad, I didnt mean to say that LoRa=wifi. Rather i was referring to the receiver module you used in this video. Maybe I'll have to rewatch your LoRa video again, but it there a way to check if a receiver has a "good" demodulator?

[@stelluspereira]

Thankyou Mr Andreas Using your ham radio 3.6 to 30 MHz -long wire antenna 100 Watts transmitter What was longest distance you were able to contact?

[@AndreasSpiess]

New Zealand was the longest distance. It is more or less on the opposite side of earth ;-)

[@klausliesenberg6610]

Extrem cool!

[@AndreasSpiess]

I like it too. What we were able to achieve with a minimum effort...

[@LordHog]

Sorry for the stupid question, do I need to setup one of these TinyGS devices or a LoRa repeater to help with the Open Source Global Satellite Network?

[@AndreasSpiess]

The TinyGS devices receive signals fron the sky and transfer it to the network. If you live in an uncovered area, it might be of benefit.

[@maxbomo]

Hi Andreas, one question. I see your arregement of antennas in your department. Does this means that in order to send/receive information from a satelite through Lora to an IoT device, i have to have such a big antenna like that one? If this is the case, the use case is very limited. Apreciate your thoughts! Patricio from Chile

[@AndreasSpiess]

I showed the antenna used for the LoRa satellite. They are quite small. Other antennas are for other purpose (if you are interested, I mention it in the video)

[@pauldengmelb]

Wow, wow, wow, so meaty!

[@AndreasSpiess]

Thank you!

[@MrAbrandao]

As always your videos leave me with the wish to build. But this video has a lot of information in a short time. Perhaps because you have many videos about satellites I missed some points. I am not sure I can build this one. What type of data do you receive from this assembly ? wich firmware did you chose for your ttgo? I feel I needed a fluxogram...

[@AndreasSpiess]

1. You find the data of the satellites on tinygs.com/packets 2. You find the software and instructions on : github.com/G4lile0/tinyGS

[@MrAbrandao]

@@AndreasSpiess I bought the lora board. Is the antenna that comes with it not good enough?

[@thomasre8073]

Awesome

[@AndreasSpiess]

:-)

[@Sochibusi]

Can't see neither Norbi nor SDSAT on G Predict. I have updated satellites data ect, but no result. Any help would be appreciated!

[@AndreasSpiess]

I found them. And you get the TLEs also on the tinyGS page. (Catnum 46494 and 47721)

[@roostertechchan]

Great content as usual! I couldn't find any info if the packets are decoded and what kind of data the satellites are sending....

[@AndreasSpiess]

Go to the telegram telemetry channel of the project. Or here tinygs.com/packets you find the latest packets received by the network

[@mieszkogulinski168]

It would be really helpful if TinyGS software was available for not only ESP32, but also, for example, Raspberry Pi with a LoRa board connected with SPI. Also, do we know how much a directional antenna with a rotator would help, compared to an omnidirectional ground plane?

[@AndreasSpiess]

1. No Raspberry is needed. It would be too expensive. 2. I regularly get signals from 2000km away with just a simple groundplane antenna. So no fancy antenna setup is needed. More than 2000km is hardly possible becasue the satellite disappears behind the horizon...

[@mieszkogulinski168]

@@AndreasSpiess 1 - true, I thought about a scenario where someone already has a RPi active 24/7 for some other purpose, but has SPI pins to spare 2 - that's really cool that it works without any directional antenna - so I guess that a preamp wouldn't improve reception also, 73 de SQ2KTN :)

[@sharedinventions]

The Sputnik-1 in 1957 was already affordable (or available) for the public, as it transmitted radio signals.

[@AndreasSpiess]

True.

[@piconano]

So no 1080P streaming using LORA?

[@gmag11]

No, UHD neither 😁

[@mr.techinventor3463]

Your systems boud rate is greater than my system that's why I watch this video 3 times.😊😊

[@AndreasSpiess]

Good for my statistics ;-) Thank you!

[@roba2440]

This is a great video, I think Lora is now on my list. In the video, you build on lots of previous videos and refer to the video numbers. Could you please put a list of the video numbers and their topics in the description? Thanks, R

[@AndreasSpiess]

Thank you. I have a few playlists where you should find the videos organized.

[@michaelkeller5008]

Hallo Andreas Frage - braucht man für solche Projekte (ohne Senden, nur Empfangen) eine Amateur-Funker-Lizenz?

[@AndreasSpiess]

Nur empfangen ist meines Wissens erlaubt. Senden ist ein no-go ausserhalb der ISM Bänder.

[@michaelkeller5008]

@@AndreasSpiess Danke :)

[@scienceoftheuniverse9155]

Very interesting, thank you so much indeed.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@adzak6569]

Is the ground plane antenna optimal for this application? Maybe you will suggest making a more perfect antenna for TinyGS?

[@AndreasSpiess]

A directional antenna with two motors would of course be much better.

[@keithroberts5946]

I need to get Amateur Radio licence here in UK - not sure where I can take it as in lockdown - I want to learn more and your videos are inspiring Thank you

[@Heppie89]

Foundation license exams can be taken online now

[@d1sc0verer]

Did you test to send telecommands to a cubesat? how to configure a ground station to do it?

[@AndreasSpiess]

This depends on the cube sat and which ones do support message transfer. So far, I do not know one :-(

[@samuelkramerschwiderke254]

is it possible today to transmit data via lacuna? or just receive them? I have some lora nodes and I would like to test with the communication via gap, would that be possible?

[@AndreasSpiess]

My node transmits every day data via Lacuna satellites and I receive the data in TTN. But AFAIK it is only test operation.

[@DiegoCabral88]

It seems SWARM Tile also uses LoRa module SX1278. Have you made tests with their systems?

[@AndreasSpiess]

No, I do not know SWARM.

[@whtwolf100]

If someone had a very large property (50 acres) is there the possibility of setting up 3 ground stations and using it like an array?

[@AndreasSpiess]

You can set-up as many GS as you want. But I think all three stations will hear the same.

[@jamalkhalilola7586]

I have a question. What kind of filetype/extension does lora generate?

[@AndreasSpiess]

It does only transport bytes and your sketch does the formatting

[@erikas6874]

It's quite impressing that even satellites can communicate on the already very crowded ISM-bands. However, the 70 cm ISM-frequency (433.92MHz) is inside the 70-cm band for radio amateurs, and is secondary priority (must tolerate interference from ham-radio traffic). If you choose to take a full radio amateur exam, you will have a lot more possibilities with respect to frequencies and power. Perhaps one day you also can chat a little with the International Space Station too (NA1SS american operator, RS0ISS russian operator, DP0ISS/OR4ISS/IR0ISS european operator), provided that you live in a place with free sight-of line to the orbit. 20-100W power at uplink should be more than enough with a 1/4-wave antenna.

[@AndreasSpiess]

You are right. These satellites, BTW, use the HAM band and not the ISM part. 73 de HB9BLA

[@frankfehlmann2083]

Thank you so much for your inspiring videos. I was wondering if Meshtastic messages currently can be transferred through TinyGS-Satellites from Europe across the Atlantic to the U.S.? Or would it be even possible via the Internet?

[@AndreasSpiess]

I do not know of a non-commercial satellite that supports message transfer (other than HAM radio satellites) :-(

[@frankfehlmann2083]

@@AndreasSpiess OK, thank you for your response.

[@NilsJakobson]

Does it make sense to set up 433MHz versions in US or the satellites are switching to 915MHz band when flying over territory of US?

[@AndreasSpiess]

I do not know. Maybe you go to the telegram channel of TinyGS. There you find Americans you can ask.

[@herksen]

Hi Andreas. GREAT video. I notices your 3d printed a holder for the PSU and the Lora ESP board. I checked Thingiverse but could not find it. Do you happen to have a link to your 3D boardholder design (.STL file) ? 73 de Robbert / TA2IX aka PA3BKL, from Istanbul

[@AndreasSpiess]

Unfortunately, I did no more find it. These usually are one-off designs for me. 73 de HB9BLA

[@kekagiso]

Quiet interesting... I plan to setup a ground station in Roodepoort South Africa.

[@AndreasSpiess]

Good plan. Not many are live there...

[@pulesjet]

Good Stuff Sir. Thank You. Is New Mexico under the path or foot print ?

[@gmag11]

Sure! Stations in America are more than welcomed

[@neira.francisco]

Hi Andreas! Here a newcomer to the TinyGS project. Running since an hour a T-beam and happy since I saw my station at the TinyGS website. I have a question for you: Shouldn't be better a directional antenna pointing upwards instead of an omnidirectional? I mean, because of the low takeoff angle of the 1/4 ground vertical... 73 de OA4CKN

[@AndreasSpiess]

Where are the satellites that need the best antenna performance? Overhead you or at the horizon? 73 de HB9BLA

[@katurov]

Dear Andreas! Thanks for your great videos! Can you point me on one you describe these great containers for devices (at 15:27)? I see 'em made out of water pipes, but interested about how they are made.

[@AndreasSpiess]

I just buy such pipes: www.hornbach.de/shop/Sanitaerinstallation/HT-Rohre/S1880/artikelliste.html which are standard where I live. They have waterproof connections an ends. Then I cut them to length and add the 3D printed part from the bottom. Nothing special.

[@Sochibusi]

Andreas, you used a 5 V power supply, but the board max supply voltage is 3,7V, or I am wrong?

[@AndreasSpiess]

If boards have USB they can be fed with 5V.

[@Sochibusi]

@@AndreasSpiess Ok, via the usb connector I suppose, thanks

[@Tavdog]

There are still no sats working on 915. In fact the firmware won't even switch into 915 mode. Stuck on 436.70 no matter which board you select in the configuration.

[@AndreasSpiess]

You have to ask the project which satellites they currently track and if 915MHz is only used over the US.

[@Tavdog]

@@AndreasSpiess Yes I did ask and this was their reply : "no working sats at 868-915, and 436.70 by default after restart"

[@AndreasSpiess]

@@Tavdog did not know about the 915MHz satellites. ISo You have to debug the remote connection for your board (for the automatic frequency change). I know this works because a colleague recently installed a new tracker.

[@roba2440]

I just noticed your last few videos don’t have numbers in the title? The numbers seem to be helpful make easy references and searches?

[@AndreasSpiess]

Always about the last 10 videos have no numbers...

[@juergwyser6520]

Another great project, very clearly explained, thank you Mr. Spiess! One question to the community: is anybody able to to read the data from the LoraBoard with MQTT for its own use, not only sending it to TinyGS? I wanted also to make some simple recording over time about the number of messages received per day but couldn't successfully connect subscribe to the LoraBoard with my own MQTT server (running on Raspi based on a Docker project from Adreas...:-) . Happy to get any feedback, thank you!

[@AndreasSpiess]

I assume you have to change the sketch. It is open source.

[@juergwyser6520]

@@AndreasSpiess Already fixed the topic, now having the message in node-red on my local device! thx for reverting back and the push for this great topic. Always happy to see your videos and projects, that's so cool!

[@pwrmx24]

Its iteresting to track the satellites....but can we send messages like GPS asset tracking?

[@AndreasSpiess]

Currently only via commercial satellites.

[@j1952d]

Can you see (or extract) any meaningful data from the received messages, (e.g. stuff from payload experiments, cameras etc.)?

[@gmag11]

This varies for every satellite. Right now some are sending telemetry about their own health status (temperature, battery, current, voltage, etc)

[@AndreasSpiess]

I pinned a comment with the link to the last messages received by the network.

[@j1952d]

@@AndreasSpiess - sorry, I'm an old duffer and can't spot the link.

[@AndreasSpiess]

tinygs.com/packets

[@temyraverdana6421]

Thanks, amazing

[@AndreasSpiess]

My pleasure!

[@fredrikjonsson1503]

This is realy interesting tecnology but i would also like to see some more videos about what people typicly use it for..

[@AndreasSpiess]

This project is just to play around and to learn how things work. Lacuna wants to cover remote areas like watching free wildlife movements where low power and universal coverage are a must. This channel is focused on the technology. The imagination usually comes from the viewers ;-)

[@fredrikjonsson1503]

@@AndreasSpiess yes i know its all about technology and I love it.. Dog get me wrong, i love your channel. But a sugesttion is to try to talk a bit about how you van use it even if its a strange use case.. Let's say put a tempratrure sensor in some "remote" location or somthing similar..

[@russkiy78]

Hi. I also sent you a message by FB but not sure if you read it. Could you advise me on LoRa satellite technology? I (in cooperation with FMI) want to set some sensors in Antarctica, and after watching your channel I am thinking about to use LoRa satellites as data channel. Could you tell me which company I can contact about this? The expected send frequency is 2 packets with about 1-2 kbits per day. The place is near Shirmacher Oasis. Sincerely, Alex.

[@AndreasSpiess]

You can contact Lacuna (I also made a video about them)