March 28, 2017
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

In order to get the technical side of Signal Tide up and running, one of the central problems that we need to solve is the problem of making the right kind of chain. We need to… …in order to take the signal from the LES-1, and reliably play that as live audio. This process, of […] Full details »

March 21, 2017
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

Over the last few months, we’ve been in touch with Meharban Singh, RF Engineer at SpaceX, about Signal Tide. Meharban has been giving us some practical help in trying to get reliable signals from the LES-1 satellite. We are currently in Los Angeles, where we met up with Meharban, and also with Jeremy Fields, Paul […] Full details »

November 16, 2016
Filed under: Berlin · LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

Over the last month, we’ve been busy with quite a few different things (not least of which was the sound installation, Afterglow, which was presented in Berlin on October 8). So, it has taken a while to get back to focusing on Signal Tide, but earlier this week we started monitoring passes of the LES-1 […] Full details »

September 12, 2016
Filed under: Berlin · LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space · Stolzenhagen

One of the practical problems to be dealt with, when trying to receive weak radio signals like the signal from the LES-1 satellite, is the problem of radio interference. So far, all of our research has been happening in the middle of the city of Berlin — specifically, on a rooftop in Friedrichshain. Practically speaking, […] Full details »

September 8, 2016
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

In our ongoing research related to a new work, we have been building a system to intercept signals from the LES-1 satellite. September has brought much better weather for this work, after a rainy August. We’ve had a couple of very exciting moments, in just the last week or so, of suddenly finding the signal […] Full details »

August 22, 2016
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

It’s been the coldest August in 25 years in Germany. Plenty of dreary grey clouds, intermittent showers, and dampness. Which, of course, makes it pretty difficult to get satellite signals, what with all that cloud and rain in the way. It was exactly because of this that our next proposed LES-1 monitoring expedition, beginning at […] Full details »

August 20, 2016
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

As part of the research for a new work, we have made antennas to try to receive the signal from the LES-1 satellite. Time to test the antennas. For our first attempt, on the morning of August 19., 2016, the time-frame for intercepting signals looks like this: So this means that shortly after 6am, the […] Full details »

August 18, 2016
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

As part of the research for a new work, we have built one antenna, and named it Peter. Our second one will be named Heather. She’s a logarithmic periodic dipole antenna — one that will get a stronger signal in a narrower field than Peter. For Heather, we needed some basic materials: a 3-meter-long wooden […] Full details »

August 12, 2016
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

For our new work, we are going to be building two antennas. Specifically, a bi-quad antenna and a logarithmic periodic dipole antenna. This is an outline of the process of making the first of these antennas, which we decided to name Peter. This first antenna, Peter, will receive signals at a broader range, but at […] Full details »

July 20, 2016
Filed under: LACMA · LES-1 · Satellites · Signal Tide · Signal Tide research · Space

We are trying to figure out how to get a reliable signal from the LES-1, a now-defunct satellite launched in 1965. This will be the first part of our research for a new work, which aims to create a response to the erratic signals of the LES-1. The work is supported by the Art + […] Full details »