One thing may not be clear to all AMSAT members. There is still an L-band receiver in the Eagle requirements document for the analog transponder. The San Diego meeting recommendation was to move the digital transponder uplink from C to S. So far, no decision has been made to eliminate the L-band analog uplink.
The analog transponder has a U uplink so if L becomes inaccessible, it still works. The digital transponder has no secondary receiver so its uplink frequency is more critical.
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John KD6OZH
I would like the AMSAT decision makers to detail the reasoning for dropping the L-Band Uplink like a hot potato besides the "Galileo" excuse. As yet, I can't find it in Eagelpedia.
In view of Peter Blair's (G3LTF) paper (PLEAS SEE JULES LINK BELOW) I cannot see any rational for dismissing Eagle use of the L-Band satellite Uplink allocation. I don't thing using the statement that "we will lose our L-Band allocation" is indicative of the much appreciated "science" the team is bringing to the Eagle design process.