3 Oct
2006
3 Oct
'06
4:58 a.m.
I know that the current documented thinking is to have two SDX's and no analog transponder, however we did say we'd bring up for discussion at a telecon prior to the Symposium. I know that this was brought up in July 2005 where it was clear that the answer to the members was yes, we'd have a backup _analog_ linear transponder.
Why stop there? We should have a backup to the analog transponder in the form of a CW transponder. Then we can back that up with a spark transponder. Finally, we should have some sort of semaphores or smoke signals to back that up.
Seriously, if we have 2 SDX's, aren't they backups for each other?
Matt