I'm been thinking about this type of radio also. My wish list (being a Kenwood guy) would be, take the case of the 480 HX load it with 2M ,440, and maybe 1.2G all mode. I'm no radio builder but I would think that using the case and head wouldn't be that hard. I'd really like to see something other than the ts-2000 that would run the sats.
N0FJP
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Fabio Roccatagliata" roccaf@gmail.com Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 02:30 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wish List, The Ideal VHF/UHF Sat Rig
Dear friends,
I agree with the 100W power requirement I completely agree with WF1F about not including the 28Mhz.
I was wondering what about an SDR approach. Until now I just saw hf SDR radios but if it would be possible to use SDR technology most of the requirements would be satisfied and, quite sure, with lower costs and giving us the chance to customize much more easily such features.
An SDR approach would also give to not major hamradio companies a chance to be more competitive on the market = more chances to get from them what we want
Regards Fabio IZ1EGT / F5VKV
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM, MM ka1rrw@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi John,
My concern with adding 10 meters to a competition class VHF/UHF high end satellite rig, is that the rig will turn into another mediocre HF rig with VHF/UHF added on.
If we do start building Mode-A satellites in the future, then we can always use Two radios, a dedicated HF and a High performance Sat rig.
The primary goal is to have the engineers put all the money into a kick but 6/2/440 transceiver.
Thank you very much for your comments.
WF1F
--- On Mon, 3/1/10, John Geiger aa5jg@yahoo.com wrote:
From: John Geiger aa5jg@yahoo.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wish List, The Ideal VHF/UHF Sat Rig To: "Mark L. Hammond" marklhammond@gmail.com, "Andrew Glasbrenner" <
glasbrenner@mindspring.com>
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 2:32 PM
--- On Mon, 3/1/10, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
No access to frequencies below 50
megacycles.
Many serious 6m ops listen to utilities below 50Mhz to
tell
when the banding is close to opening.
You also need 10m for Mode A. I'm still hoping that RS12/13 pops back to life like AO7 and will have its Mode T going again. That was alot of fun.
73s John AA5JG
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