1 Feb
2021
1 Feb
'21
10:48 p.m.
Don't you also need a computer to plug the SDR dongle into? If so, is the computer, dongle, LNA, FT-818 combo a portable station as you'd have with two HTs and an Arrow antenna? Or at this point are you referring to an in-shack type station with tower mounted antennas?
Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: Zach Metzinger (zmetzing@pobox.com) Date: 02/01/21 14:37 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: Cubesats
You can get started on the linear sats with a cheap SDR dongle, LNA, and an FT-818 for about $700 total. Not much more than a couple of quality HTs, and you can sell one of those HTs and use the 818 instead!
--- Zach N0ZGO