On 11/28/2011 08:46 PM, Brian Conley wrote:

I'm also trying to determine whether iridium phones may be any "better" than Inmarsat, and how much better, etc. it's clear thurayas are no longer an acceptable option by any regard.

I nearly forgot to mention this really great project by Harald and friends: http://gmr.osmocom.org/trac/ To quote his page entirely: "This is the homepage of the Osmocom sub-project GEO Mobile Radio. It is collecting information and software related to the ETSI GEO Mobile Radio specification and its practical implementations like the Thuraya satellite phone network GEO Mobile Radio is a set of specifications describing a satellite based mobile phone network. Radio aspects It uses the L-band frequencies 1634 to 1656 MHz (earth to space) and 1532.5 to 1554.5 MHz (space to earth) for communication between mobile phones and the respective satellites. The polarization is circular (left) and the modulation is pi/4 QPSK, using a channel spacing of 31.25 kHz" Here's a guide for doing your own Thuraya interception: http://gmr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/Receiver_Setup All the best, Jacob _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list liberationtech@lists.stanford.edu Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE