Announcing Satellite Antenna (SA)

Discussion

With @ew0k announcing [1] the eventual retirement of the main Antenna instance, and the request that one or more operators take it over, the source code was tidied up and released [2] for general use. I have been running a content-limited version of Antenna, called DSN Antenna, since 2023 but it hasn't gotten a lot of use over the years, but I am okay with that. It was nice that @skyjake even included a "submit to DSN Antenna" option in BBS. DSN hosts non-computer-related posts.

I am now jumping into the foray and offering to host another instance of Antenna alongside those people "...showing interest in Antenna with questions or intention of hosting it in different ways in the future." (@ew0k) I've listed the one other instance that I know about over on SA's about page, and now "federate" with it (see below).

I've removed links to the log and filters for now. If there's interest, I'll look into making sure it works.

[1] ew0k: Looking for Someone to Take Over Antenna

[2] ew0k: Antenna, Packed Up

"Federation"

Per a suggestion, this instance will "federate" with the ucant.org instance (which itself is replicating the main Antenna instance for now), by ingesting ucant.org's XML feed once per hour. If you submit your post to ucant.org, it should show up on this instance at the top of every hour.

Disclaimer

If maintaining Antenna feels too much like work, I reserve the right to shut the instance down, with some warning of course. If a new and improved Antenna hits the scene, I will willingly take this one down so as not to compete. I am merely providing support and redundancy for Geminispace.

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2026-04-12

Tags: #Antenna, #DSN_Antenna, #Satellite_Antenna

Gritty

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