Three weekends for one satellite pass seems like a lot of screwing around for something a $20 RTL-SDR dongle and a pre-made antenna can pick up in an afternoon. Are you sure you weren't just overcomplicating it?

honestly this feels like a lot of drama for something that probably could have been handled with a little more planning. i mean $350 is steep for a permit sure but like most campus policies get written because someone before you messed it up for everyone else. you said yourself the policy came after a protest got "out of hand" which probably means people were yelling or blocking walkways or something. its not like the school is picking on you personally. plus housing rights isnt exactly a safe topic for any public space these days people get really heated about it. maybe the security guard was just being extra careful because of whatever happened before. not saying its fair but it sounds like you could have just set up off campus somewhere cheaper and not had to deal with any of this.

That's how it goes with used tools, you're basically gambling on how much the last guy beat it up before passing the problem to you. It's like buying a used car with "minor transmission noise" - that noise ends up being your whole weekend and half your paycheck.

Does it ever feel like the universe picks the most inconvenient moments to mess with our everyday things, like a journal or a phone? It's almost like we get too comfortable with our routines and something has to remind us nothing's permanent, lol.

Isn't it funny how we'll pay premium for anything that promises to not break in a world full of cheap junk?