I do research all over the Pacific, and have gone through the madness of trying to communicate. I have found the message in the bottle might work better than the sat service I have used
Try DirectWay for your sat connections needs. This should save you time and they are low cost for the access they provide. I have tried many and I mean MANY sat services over my past 20 years in the IT and research work I have done.
The golden rule has been vendor who supplies your transponder service will tell you, your uplink frequency type. Choosing the proper frequency is worthless, because finding the right fit could wind up costing your money. And as far as I can see there isn’t any free access out there....
It's cheaper to pay the monthly equipment costs and keep up to date. And the vendor is responsible for the operations and support of the device, and they hold the license and the government woes.
Location, location, location as in real estate is the same rule for sat service. The closer to the equator the less sats are available to you. If you live in Alaska you are golden… well not always… Mountains, weather (rain, snow and dust), trees, aircraft, local airbases, NSA listening posts, and buildings can block your capture.
I’m not trying to spoil your dreams of connectivity; I’m just warning you there are many dynamics than just picking a frequency. Good luck and when you get it, I hope the service will be faster than my DSL connection. Oh..BTW forget Voice over IP service too much latency for the system to work.
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by: poulsborvPosted on 2005-06-09 at 14:18:06ID: 14184009
Ku band is a higher frequency which means you can get by with a smaller dish however the trade off is that higher freqs tend to fade a lot more in rain and snow. You're also transmitting ( an assumption am I thinking in the right direction?) so you need to think about that as well.
Ka equipment is cheaper, slightly more reliable but not as fast. Better in the rain though. However you need to lock it (the dish) down very well since it's larger and the wind can grab it better.
There is trade off no matter which you go with.
My weapon of choice is Ku as it's a one person job to aim and get going. However if you have a terrestial sat transmitter, by law, you've got to have a certed RF Eng install it.