23 Mar
2007
23 Mar
'07
7:53 p.m.
At 08:52 AM 3/23/2007, Tom Clark, K3IO wrote:
IMHO, this is a REALLY BAD :-P idea because there will be abrupt phase and amplitude discontinuities when switching from one beam to the next as the s/c spins.
You should not fear small phase discontinuities from steps in the beam forming. These phase jumps will be very small, and will have only a tiny effect on coded BPSK modulation.
We do not need to do anything fancy to eliminate small phase steps that will have no impact on performance.