[amsat-bb] FreeDV (was: D STAR)

On 12/11/13 4:10 PM, George Henry wrote:

FreeDV would probably work on the transponder birds if your doppler update was fast enough... it has built-in AFC. Your only chance to try it on an FM bird would probably be in the middle of the night...

I'd be looking at using FreeDV with the linear birds in its current form, and definitely with Doppler correction. The PAPR is fairly high, so the overall transponder power drain would be no more than for a SSB transmission of similar length. Uplink power control might need to be a bit more accurate, because the satellite's AGC may not be able to track the brief power peaks. Likely to be a case where "less is more" when it comes to uplink power.