I will be calling all of those folks I am involved with on projects to get budget guesstimates together for Jim to build a budget so Rick and I can build the engineering budget to submit to Gunther so he can submit it back. (Are we confused yet?). I want John to do the prototype receiver, Marc to do the prototype transmitter while we work on the modulator. I am going to be pushing to get the antenna elements together for testing at our west coast testing grounds and then proceed to build the array. I want this done (the array) in the next twelve months so the budget will include that. I hope to test a bunch of parts at LTI that will be suitable for a high efficiency design for C band. I have not said anything but there has been a lot of loose talk about tapering on the phased array.
I will deliver a paper, talk on Eagle that goes as follows:
Here is the old design. Here are those areas the engineering team feel need to be changed and why. Here is a concept that at first glance appears to be adequate but it is NOT a design. It is a concept that needs to be analyzed to be a design by filling in the details on how one does a mission. We will detail those issues that have mitigated in favor of the changes. I will discuss the payloads from my tranponder team, the RX, the TX work, etc. Matt has said, and I support, his doing the digital transponder design talk.
If anyone has input, send it privately please.
73's Bob N4HY