Walter,
I am currently in rehab. I would like to join you zoom session. Need a link.
73, Keith NM5G
On Tuesday, August 15, 2023 at 09:54:58 AM CDT, Walter Holmes via BVARC
<bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
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I love the responses.. 😊 they are all great.
Truth be known, just about every component on the trackers we fly today,
already come from China. We’re just sending them back to them. 😊
As far as the software/firmware, it’s Open Source, and published on multiple
publicly accessible github sites.
So that immediately gets around any potential ITAR restrictions that might come
into play.
Several other trackers are built in Turkey and other places overseas that also
have been cleared for sending to other countries.
So we’re all good.
Now, that’s not to say that someone couldn’t do something very different and
risk multiple violations of course, but I think we’re still several years away
from the IC’s we use in or devices being manufactured in the US, if they ever
do at all. And if they do, they will STILL be made over there as well, so
there’s nothing secret about these.
As far as the Mac machines, if anyone can make me a Mac that can come in
weighing less than 12 grams, I’ll take a thousand of those right now. 😊
Walter/K5WH
From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of M Reiter via BVARC
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2023 7:51 AM
To: BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Cc: M Reiter <beachcat...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BVARC] K5WH-117, BLT-117
this actually brings up a good point, it is illegal to send devices with very
current encryption to foreign nations, I know you would not think there is
anything on a balloon that is privileged but there are many things installed on
operating systems in the US that are not for export. I would think some care
should be used to make sure that a balloon once captured by the Chinese or
other nation, would not contain any proprietary software or encryption
algorithms.
just thinking out loud from a computer security point of view.
marc
KI5ZHO
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:26 AM Scott Medbury via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org>
wrote:
The Chinese have it and are going to clone. They are going to send in the
clones.
73 ... Scott KD5FBA
On Fri, Aug 11, 2023, 9:32 AM Craig Coussens via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote:
Thank you Walter, that was a fascinating flight! Craig/K8CPC
From: BVARC <bvarc-boun...@bvarc.org> On Behalf Of Walter Holmes via BVARC
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2023 9:32 PM
To: 'BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB' <bvarc@bvarc.org>
Cc: walt...@k5wh.net
Subject: [BVARC] K5WH-117, BLT-117
Quick Update……
After several weeks of flight from the BVARC Field Day site, it appears we
haven’t heard from the balloon in over a week now, so it’s probably down for
the count.
It was certainly a very interesting flight with all the backwards trips it was
making. 😊
As we close the books on this one, we are already testing more trackers as I
type, as well as testing a NEW tracking/reporting application script for
extracting and propagating the information into all the formal reporting sites.
So much more to come. Below is a snapshot of the full flight.
Many thanks for allowing the South Texas Balloon Launch Team participate in
Field Day with you guys.
All the best,
Walter/K5WH
Walter/K5WH
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