Monthly Archives: February 2010
Photo downloads with and without audio
The final test we did with Paul at the volcano yesterday was to download a photo while talking on the VoIP phone at the same time. The router currently gives no priority (or Quality of Service preferences) to audio data … Continue reading
Masaya Volcano: Day 9
Today saw a successful trial of the iPhone application in the field using the BGAN.
EarthWatch
I must draw readers attention to the charitable organisation EarthWatch who allow anyone to come on numerous field trips to act as a volunteer to help the researchers. Checkout their website for full details as you do not need to … Continue reading
Masaya Volcano: Day 8
Today was spent with Mike and Hillary on the ecology trail.
Masaya Volcano: Day 7
Today being Sunday and volunteer swap out day no one visited the volcano. Most of the researchers relaxed in the shade of the courtyard at the hotel catching up on data entry of the data they have recorded over the … Continue reading
Masaya Volcano: Day 6
Today I performed a suite of tests at another more hospitable location on the volcano.
Masaya Volcano: Day 5
Today we all went to the Nindiri plateau to take VLF and micro gravity readings and I managed to setup the BGAN to perform various tests.
Photos and some Skype over the BGAN from Masaya Volcano
On Saturday Paul went back up to Masaya volcano for a couple of hours in the morning. Again we used the BGAN terminal to connect to the Internet. As before, we used Skype text chat throughout as our back channel … Continue reading
Photos from the Volcano over the BGAN
Today Paul used the BGAN terminal on the side of the volcano to send back live photos.
Masaya Volcano: Day 4
Today was a very productive day regarding the taking of readings with Hazel’s team and was a very busy one.