Are the FCC interference guidelines exactly the same in the middle of the ocean?
And for what it's worth I looked up one of the licensing sheets earlier and it talked about the allowed signal strength below 25 degrees tapering off by 15dB. That's not enough to stop you from having a signal.
> too poor performance at the detriment of the entire satellite
> Serving users outside of the main contours, while it might be feasible given their antennas, is a massive hit to capacity on the entire constellation.
I think you're agreeing with me here.
It might cost a lot of the satellite's performance, which is why you wouldn't do it over land, and why it would be even less reasonable to include it in the simple simulation you linked.
But satellites over the ocean have nothing better to do with most of their capacity.
> By the way, I think this dialogue is good and neither of us are going to convince each other. I think we will have to wait and see a year from now and revisit these comments.
I'm fine stopping here, but revisiting in a year probably wouldn't help. There is a huge difference between what they can do, and what they care enough to do. Servicing ships that are more than 300 miles offshore, but not too much more, is definitely not a priority.
And for what it's worth I looked up one of the licensing sheets earlier and it talked about the allowed signal strength below 25 degrees tapering off by 15dB. That's not enough to stop you from having a signal.
> too poor performance at the detriment of the entire satellite
> Serving users outside of the main contours, while it might be feasible given their antennas, is a massive hit to capacity on the entire constellation.
I think you're agreeing with me here.
It might cost a lot of the satellite's performance, which is why you wouldn't do it over land, and why it would be even less reasonable to include it in the simple simulation you linked.
But satellites over the ocean have nothing better to do with most of their capacity.
> By the way, I think this dialogue is good and neither of us are going to convince each other. I think we will have to wait and see a year from now and revisit these comments.
I'm fine stopping here, but revisiting in a year probably wouldn't help. There is a huge difference between what they can do, and what they care enough to do. Servicing ships that are more than 300 miles offshore, but not too much more, is definitely not a priority.