21 Jul
2020
21 Jul
'20
11:24 p.m.
These new projects - seems like they are “marketed” towards a very small segment os satellite operators.
Is there truly a worthwhile “return on investment" when a ground station might have to include …
“ … radio system is a 10 GHz downlink that will support 1 Mbps. You'll need a 10 GHz antenna that can be steered to track a LEO satellite and probably a low-noise block downconverter (LNB) feeding an SDR. I think similar receivers are used for QO-100, so a Google search may yield some designs that are currently working, although QO-100 is nearly stationary … “
Feels like a very few hams will partake … Exciting, indeed. But surely not geared to the masses …
Clint Bradford K6LCS
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Bob Hammond
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Clint Bradford
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Michelle Thompson
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Robert Switzer