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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/Q2RJC5WWFXRBAFANOB4RVELGB62KTT2B/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "Q2RJC5WWFXRBAFANOB4RVELGB62KTT2B", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/RXHHWHHTC66QKT3ZQHJF2YAODLFC6NWC/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "wb4gcs (a) amsat.org", "mailman_id": "87014499e012476c8198fad186f7f963", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/87014499e012476c8198fad186f7f963/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Jim Sanford", "subject": "[eagle] Re: IF switching", "date": "2006-09-24T03:16:24Z", "parent": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/276J2UH4FPKGXUP2CJ3DV5JMXMOIREHK/?format=api", "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Lou:\nMakes sense; please provide some more detail. A drawing and loss \nfigures would be useful.\n\nThanks & 73,\nJim\[email protected]\n\n\nLouis McFadin wrote:\n\n>It seems to me that a more reliable design would avoid relays to \n>switch between the Gain and the Omni antennas. It would be better to \n>use directional couplers that feed the signals from both antennas to \n>the receivers.\n>Relays have to be commanded and can fail. A coupler is doing it's \n>thing all the time.\n>\n>On Sep 23, 2006, at 1:47 PM, John B. Stephensen wrote:\n>\n> \n>\n>>I think that the L band receiver could be used for multiple \n>>purposes -- command, linear transponder uplink and digital \n>>transponder uplink. See the attached diagram.\n>>\n>>73,\n>>\n>>John\n>>KD6OZH\n>>\n>>----- Original Message ----- From: \"Rick Hambly (W2GPS)\" \n>><[email protected]>\n>>To: \"'John B. Stephensen'\" <[email protected]>\n>>Cc: \"'EAGLE'\" <[email protected]>\n>>Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 16:15 UTC\n>>Subject: RE: [eagle] Re: IF switching\n>>\n>>\n>> \n>>\n>>>John,\n>>>\n>>>We should have omni antennas for perigee commanding. That tends to \n>>>work when\n>>>all else fails.\n>>>\n>>>Rick\n>>>W2GPS\n>>>AMSAT LM2232\n>>>\n>>>\n>>>-----Original Message-----\n>>>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On \n>>>Behalf Of\n>>>John B. Stephensen\n>>>Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 12:10 PM\n>>>To: Robert McGwier\n>>>Cc: 'EAGLE'\n>>>Subject: [eagle] Re: IF switching\n>>>\n>>>Bob:\n>>>\n>>>In Mirek's design there is an L-band receiver PCB and a command \n>>>receiver or\n>>>command detector PCB mounted in one module. The two connect via \n>>>the 10.7 MHz\n>>>\n>>>IF. Command detectors could be connected to both the U and L \n>>>receivers.\n>>>\n>>>Are you suggesting one L receiver connected to an omni antenna and \n>>>used only\n>>>\n>>>for the command link and a second L receiver connected to a gain \n>>>antenna and\n>>>\n>>>only used for the transponders? A smaller solution would be one L \n>>>receiver\n>>>with an antenna relay.\n>>>\n>>>73,\n>>>\n>>>John\n>>>KD6OZH\n>>>\n>>>----- Original Message ----- From: \"Robert McGwier\" \n>>><[email protected]>\n>>>To: \"Robert McGwier\" <[email protected]>\n>>>Cc: \"'EAGLE'\" <[email protected]>\n>>>Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 04:25 UTC\n>>>Subject: [eagle] Re: IF switching\n>>>\n>>>\n>>> \n>>>\n>>>>Robert McGwier wrote:\n>>>> \n>>>>\n>>>>>Robert McGwier wrote:\n>>>>>\n>>>>> \n>>>>>\n>>>>>>The downlinks in Lyle's SDX block diagram are two-fold. S and \n>>>>>>V. The\n>>>>>>only change I would make for Eagle is to make both of them \n>>>>>>HELAPS. This\n>>>>>>might prevent both of them being used simultaneously as HELAPS \n>>>>>>but it\n>>>>>>might not. We might choose to do a \"delay only\" version of the \n>>>>>>HELAPS\n>>>>>>for the second transmitter.\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>I would like to suggest that we use Mirek's command receiver to \n>>>>>>feed the\n>>>>>>exact same command receive technology to be used for P3E and \n>>>>>>that is the\n>>>>>>SDR/FIQ channel on the IHU-3. The less work we have to \n>>>>>>repeat, the\n>>>>>>better. I believe we should have stand alone command receivers\n>>>>>>independent of the transponder antennas. I would like to hear \n>>>>>>from John\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> \n>>>>>>\n>>>>>Errrrr. Uhhhh. We might need antennas. I meant independent \n>>>>>of the\n>>>>>transponder receiver antennas.\n>>>>>\n>>>>> \n>>>>>\n>>>>I am definitely going to bed now. Independent of the transponder\n>>>>RECEIVERS. That only took 3 times to get right.\n>>>>\n>>>> \n>>>>\n>>>>>>and Mirek on this. Mirek's command receiver is nicely done.\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>Bob\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>>\n>>>>>> \n>>>>>>\n>>>>> \n>>>>>\n>>>>-- \n>>>>AMSAT VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL, TAPR, Packrats,\n>>>>NJQRP/AMQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR Wrk Grp Chairman\n>>>>\"You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat.\n>>>>You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los\n>>>>Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly\n>>>>the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there.\n>>>>The only difference is that there is no cat.\" - Einstein\n>>>>\n>>>>_______________________________________________\n>>>>Via the Eagle mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA\n>>>>[email protected]\n>>>>http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/eagle\n>>>> \n>>>>\n>>>_______________________________________________\n>>>Via the Eagle mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA\n>>>[email protected]\n>>>http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/eagle\n>>><Transponder Architecture - L RX.pdf>\n>>> \n>>>\n>>_______________________________________________\n>>Via the Eagle mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA\n>>[email protected]\n>>http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/eagle\n>> \n>>\n>\n>_______________________________________________\n>Via the Eagle mailing list courtesy of AMSAT-NA\n>[email protected]\n>http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/eagle\n>\n> \n>\n\n\n", "attachments": [ { "email": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/Q2RJC5WWFXRBAFANOB4RVELGB62KTT2B/?format=api", "counter": 2, "name": "attachment.html", "content_type": "text/html", "encoding": "iso-8859-1", "size": 6718, "download": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/Q2RJC5WWFXRBAFANOB4RVELGB62KTT2B/attachment/2/attachment.html" } ] }