On 17 November 2016 at 22:40, Stuart Henderson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Shades of the old Teledesic plans with the different layers and optical > inter-sat links, but 5x as many sats and a little further out. My vote is that they should be allocated names in the Kessler[0001-4999] series then :) Steerable phasers on UserEarthTerms haven't been very portable so far, or when they have, tend to work pretty badly in the wild (especially at speed on the move on stony 4x4 tracks). Surely (famous last words) this is more of a software thing than hardware - yet the regime here is still "brew kit out - give base a shout" Hence our metaphorical croc clips - our bodge gives us 2k4 baud and basically uses a backchannel on Thuraya, afaics. Meta-politics also plays a dirtyy left hand here with net access basically a no-no for the duration of your "holiday", so nothing is made easy to use or enquire about. GSM SIMS are contraband for example, as I was trying to explain on #A&A the other night but the desert thermal ducting was playing havok with my signal :) The most frustrating part of this trip is not being party to any comms-tech details on anything as I'm riding shotgun (FRF2 pour être précis) on this one :( Anyways, I've steered the topic it off a bit as usual... OP - I'm not familiar with the locking mech on the kit in question, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't something similar to older car stereo locking cage (those U-shaped bent coat-handger wires bent back catches and allowed the stereos to pull out). Alternatively (mention of a twist-action does hint at this) the twist may slip out dome dogs into the cage - these may be harder to slip and being rough may distort the cage leading to future problems. On consideration, I'd disconnect, remove the device from rack, then remove the cover to shuf at the cages from inside if possible - it might be simple to just manipulate the clips with a suitable tool (ie: not a crowbar) Obviously, this means downtime and an experienced eye/hand but may be better than a heavy-handed PFY prising it out with a half-inch flat screwdriver and a hammer. As I'm sure you're very aware, the kit isn't cheap. -- sent via Gmail web interface, so please excuse my gross neglect of Netiquette
