I totally agree, some kind of communication integration would be nice. Both SSB and Sat. The new Icom 705 could be a candidate to start with and Iridium Go. While the latter is also a wifi access point there are a lot of fancy things one can do. Just take a look at the functions that the famous redbox does. On the other hand something to facilitate SSB email using the already present RPi4 would be nice, spending many hours playing with the various frequencies and try to get an email through would be a candidate to automate.
May I suggest an email server in OpenPlotter (it's complex and has its cons and pron) ? The users connects to the onboard email server and submit the emails while the server does both sending and receiving (could also be on demand initiated from the users). Rules could be set to limit the sizes of messages and compression and encryption (the latter is probably not in line with the ham regulations, ham frequencies are used). All of the pieces are available in the Linux community and it's mostly a question of putting it all together (an exception with the SSB radios, the 705 has build in "soundcard" and connects via USB which may make things easier). Nice when you are using sat or SSB, but less relevant when on 4G and wifi.
When close to shore a seamless transition to 4G mobile network and wifi (using a router, my project uses a large outdoor antenna and relay the wifi signal, see RPi as a router). Again rules could allow TV streaming while on wifi and preventing it on 4G or other less capable and expensive networks.
Have fun,
Ole
May I suggest an email server in OpenPlotter (it's complex and has its cons and pron) ? The users connects to the onboard email server and submit the emails while the server does both sending and receiving (could also be on demand initiated from the users). Rules could be set to limit the sizes of messages and compression and encryption (the latter is probably not in line with the ham regulations, ham frequencies are used). All of the pieces are available in the Linux community and it's mostly a question of putting it all together (an exception with the SSB radios, the 705 has build in "soundcard" and connects via USB which may make things easier). Nice when you are using sat or SSB, but less relevant when on 4G and wifi.
When close to shore a seamless transition to 4G mobile network and wifi (using a router, my project uses a large outdoor antenna and relay the wifi signal, see RPi as a router). Again rules could allow TV streaming while on wifi and preventing it on 4G or other less capable and expensive networks.
Have fun,
Ole
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