On Oct 30, 2007, at 2:58 PM, John Marranca, Jr wrote:
Imagine...ULTRA RELIABLE DX...24 hours per day. Those with antenna restrictions or home-owner's covenants could be QRV. And if the up/ down links were UHF and above, a pair of helices could be used INSIDE, pointing through a window....
Imagine the hundreds of people QRM'ing each other. :-)
Just a thought, though. What about our European and Asian friends? Could facilities be included so that geo-synchs over their respective footprints could be linked? Or possibly the satellite being "parked" over an area that could include the US and Europe? I realize that it is all dependent on the space that the host bird has.
Actually it all depends on what the host bird is trying to cover in its footprint. We're just along for the ride, as far as orbital position goes... right?
-- Nate Duehr, WY0X nate@natetech.com