Planning for the future, downconverter options.
As Eagle won't have S band downlinks, I'd like to know if there is something simple out there that I can use in place of my AIDC 3731 downconverter to receive the higher frequencies on my 3' dish. I'd like something low cost, compact and simple like the transystems units were.
At the rate things seem to be going. I would avoid planning anything for the future until the designers figure out exactly what it is they want. I planned for the future a year ago and bought a dish and AIDC 3731 for S band. Now according to the "experts", it's going to be useless in a short while! 73, Michael, W4HIJ AMsat # 36017
Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote:
As Eagle won't have S band downlinks, I'd like to know if there is something simple out there that I can use in place of my AIDC 3731 downconverter to receive the higher frequencies on my 3' dish. I'd like something low cost, compact and simple like the transystems units were.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Tondee" mat_62@netcommander.com To: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" vlfiscus@mcn.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 10:33 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Planning for the future, downconverter options.
At the rate things seem to be going. I would avoid planning anything for the future until the designers figure out exactly what it is they
want.
I planned for the future a year ago and bought a dish and AIDC 3731 for S band. Now according to the "experts", it's going to be useless in a short while! 73, Michael, W4HIJ AMsat # 36017
Hi Michael, W4HIJ
You can use the actual S-band setup when P3E will be in orbit.
Read please
http://www.amsat-dl.org/pic/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&... temId=6497
A 5.6 MB long pdf file about P3E
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
i8cvs wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Tondee" mat_62@netcommander.com To: "Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL" vlfiscus@mcn.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, September 11, 2006 10:33 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Planning for the future, downconverter options.
At the rate things seem to be going. I would avoid planning anything for the future until the designers figure out exactly what it is they
want.
I planned for the future a year ago and bought a dish and AIDC 3731 for S band. Now according to the "experts", it's going to be useless in a short while! 73, Michael, W4HIJ AMsat # 36017
Hi Michael, W4HIJ
You can use the actual S-band setup when P3E will be in orbit.
Read please
http://www.amsat-dl.org/pic/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&... temId=6497
A 5.6 MB long pdf file about P3E
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
I understand I can use it on P3-E as well as AO-51 and hope to do so. I'd be using it right now if I had an L band antenna up. I was referring to the dire predictions of the demise of S-band due to unlicensed devices. I'm inclined to agree with the opinion of many here that as the unlicensed devices need more and more bandwidth that they will abandon 2.4 gigs for "greener pastures" Meanwhile we just run away.... it will be no small wonder we will have any allocations left at all with that attitude. 73, Michael, W4HIJ
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