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28 Apr
2013
28 Apr
'13
10:39 a.m.
--- On Sat, 27/4/13, Lizeth Norman [email protected] wrote:
Got this tweet from Exa. What is a 160dB station?
Don't know about the 160 figure but given the very low power (for the 27 MHz B/W) of the CubeSat I'd guess it may mean a very high-gain antenna system and a low noise mast-head pre-amp is required.
There's another CubeSat due the use the 33cm band towards the end of the year - SkyCube - which will be deployed from the ISS. It has a 57.6 kbs downlink (the Boeing Corporation modem?) so bandwidth will be considerably less and may be easier to receive on low gain antennas.
73 Trevor M5AKA