--- On Sun, 30/9/12, Robert Bruninga [email protected] wrote:
With an FM downlink, anyone can receive it with an HT and a laptop with PSK-31 software. And anyone with a 10m PSK-31 uplink can transmit to it. The SSB uplink and UHF downlink transponder fits on a smaller than 3"x3" circuit board
Sounds great Bob.
I presume the reason for UHF downlink rather than 145 MHz, with it's lower Doppler shift, is due to other mission constraints ?
BTW is the uplink in the amateur satellite segment of 10m (29.3-29.5) or down at the bottom of the band ?
Hopefully IARU / ARRL will be successful in getting an Amateur-satellite allocation at 50 MHz since the CubeSat antenna problem would be easier to address on those frequencies.
A thought occurs to me. We use Oscar-7 mode B with its input outside the bands allocated to the Amateur-satellite Service. We can use it because various National Societies have negotiated with their Regulator to allow its use by amateurs in their country. I wonder if a similar approach would enable the use of 50 MHz as an uplink band prior to any WRC changes ?
73 Trevor M5AKA