[amsat-bb] Re: Technical discussions on AMSAT-BB......"an endangered species" ?

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:33:10 -0400 "Bob Bruninga" bruninga@usna.edu wrote:

Please someone do this. It is TRIVIAL to do. Just combhine a 28.120 PSK-31 receiver and a VHF or UHF FM transmitter. Done.

Bob, Wb4APR

I guess that receiver could just about be a direct-conversion one, with good enough filtering.

I have a crate of old VHF and UHF PMR handies at work, with various "cosmetic" faults - broken channel selects, broken volume controls, or more seriously poor TX or poor RX. No-one takes me seriously when I suggest we match 'em up in pairs, stick a solar panel on it, put half a dozen in a rucksack and get them flown to the ISS. When one dies, get them to roll down the window and toss another over the side ;-)