When will RUDAK operate as a BBS (using WiSP)?
First, it is not clear it ever will be. It is presently so difficult to establish links with RUDAK that it may never be practical to open one of the processor for general use; only a few hams would have the ability to talk to it reliably. That’s why work is presently focused on testing the DSP hardware and software. The RUDAK team needs to find out if the DSPs will provide better links than the hardware modems. It remains an objective of the RUDAK team that one of the processors be opened for general use as a BBS or perhaps for downloading SCOPE pictures. However links that can be closed with reasonable equipment and antennas will have to be developed first. Even then there will probably be constraints such as sharing downlink time.
