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Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:14:10 +0000 From: nigel@ngunn.net To: n3tl@bellsouth.net CC: sparkycivic@chaw.ca; AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WB9L cross-satellite again
The problem is that the satellites were in parallel. They have to be series connected to count as a cross-satellite contact.
Satellites in series tend to be called a "dual hop" or "duo-hop" mode. Satellites in parallel are a new technique, and just as we use "cross-band" for terrestrial contacts made in parallel on two bands, "cross-satellite" sounds like a good name for putting two birds in parallel.
My $.02...
Greg KO6TH
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