Field tests
The product is in field-test beta. These are the field sessions run so far, with what each one showed.
2026-10-01 — Lake Como, Cernobbio
Section titled “2026-10-01 — Lake Como, Cernobbio”- About 2.5 hours over the lake; antenna ~3.20 m above the water; waves ~0.20 m. The RH search maximum was left at 5 m on purpose.
- Purpose: first look at real arcs over water with the live inspector.
- Outcome: plenty of long, clean oscillations visible live; on the unit, every closed arc was rejected (arcs ended by a data gap). The session drove several fixes: early results for long arcs, durable history across restarts, a robust detrend against signal drop-outs, reopenable passes, automatic logging over USB.
- Anomaly found here and since fixed: satellite C32 ended its pass with an abrupt block of very low C/N0 that biased the detrend. Edge blocks like this are now detected and trimmed automatically, on the unit and in the app (the C32 case).
An arc with a clean oscillation and one clear periodogram peak (real unit).
2026-10-15 — Lake Como, west shore
Section titled “2026-10-15 — Lake Como, west shore”- Two spots on the west shore, morning and afternoon.
- Unit on the lake-side wall with the laptop running the field console; power bank for long runs.
Unit and field console on the lake-side wall.
2026-10-16 — Lake Lugano
Section titled “2026-10-16 — Lake Lugano”- Lake-side wall in Lugano; reference taken with a tape measure from the antenna to the water.
- The unit’s satellite report reached Cloudloop at 16:46 UTC: water distance 2.276 m, spread 27 mm, 11 arcs used of 11 over 15:41–16:13 UTC.
- First end-to-end proof of the satellite delivery chain.
- Still to do: compare 2.276 m with the tape reference (reading and antenna phase-centre offset).
The tape measure is the antenna height reference.
Unit and field console during the session.
2026-10-22 — Lake Como, Como
Section titled “2026-10-22 — Lake Como, Como”- Lake front, 05:50–06:13 UTC, early morning.
The unit on the lake front at dawn.
Planned qualification
Section titled “Planned qualification”| Test | Goal |
|---|---|
| Bench, 15-min Campaign with a real Iridium report | Whole autonomous chain before field use |
| Lake, 60-min autonomous Campaign + one 1-h normal session | Field proof of acquisition → saving → delivery |
| 72 h on the bench without a PC | Real acquisitions and sends, controlled disconnects and resets |
| 7–14 days at an accessible site | Compare measurements, consumption, resets and reports received |
| Tester distribution | Exact version, recovery instructions, declared limits |
For each field test, record what the site checklist lists: site and photos, antenna height reference (time, method, uncertainty), firmware and app versions, the configuration read from the unit, exports (session JSON/CSV), the Cloudloop messages, weather and waves.