A link is FULL DUPLEX if you and the other station are both receiving and transmitting simultaneously. It is HALF DUPLEX if you can both receive and transmit but NOT simultaneously (as on your local FM repeater or a packet satellite link). It is SIMPLEX if you can receive OR transmit but not both (as in a telemetry transmission).
On 07/27/2011 01:25 PM, Mike wrote:
I'm having a difficult time of understanding the concept of Full Duplex. Can anyone explain it to me? I have the ARRL satellite book, read about it in there and Wikipedia. I still didn't understand how it works with a transceiver setup like we use.
Mike N8GBU
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