Well, that knocks the 2 mil hams down to a handful. Something to work toward. Glad I saved that old 10ft dish in the back yard.
At first I thought the the input bands were a bad thing. Then after thinking about it I think it's a good thing. If it was too easy it would sound like 75m in no time. Operators that invest are normally more respectful. Gateways can have other controls. I am going to see what it would take to get on these bands. I've been mostly HF over the years with a little VHF/UHF ops, but that has faded. I used to listen to repeaters for background type listening. But I found that I couldn't tolerate that much any more. I'm getting to be a grumpy old man. Thanks, Ed
Looks like listening will be pretty cheap and easy. Transmitting on the other hand appears to be a bit more involved and expensive. Anybody got any good links to hams already doing this? Search engines aren't making me happy! Thanks, Ed
What the SNOT .... They need to reconsider having this only a Digital system ... Just seen on http://forums.qrz.com/index.php?thr...tellite-for-the-americas-from-the-dcc.540872/ at 7min that the geo sat is only going to be a digital bird ....
WEll .. i guess power usage is a concern .... Im not sure how to implement DVB-S2 or DVB-T with the equipment i already have .... iv only have 24Khz of Tx bandwidth !!!!
That LNB is terrible -- DRO ... you can get PLL LNB's now ... change out the crystal to drop into 10Ghz ...
I only HOPE that when this FANTASTIC DEVICE is launched and put into "GEO-ORBIT" that the (CIRCUITRY) has been "HARDENED" to PREVENT "CME" DESTRUCTION OF THE "ON-BOARD DEVICES" or it will be as USELESS AS CELL PHONES OR ANY OTHER COM DEVICE, especially in cases of "Human tragedies" whether from a national prospective OR GLOBAL as ALL solid-state devices are susceptable to RF RADIATION !!! :-/
"Genuine paranoid gibberish"! No, it won't be hardened. It will be built with parts and techniques available to amateurs on a budget. No, all solid state devices are NOT susceptible to RF radiation (whatever that means). sigh.
SIGH??? Well I guess u NERDS DON'T KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE (EMP). in this case same damn thing, OL'SOL WILL WIN & DESTROY!!! SIGH!!!
More progress. http://antennatestlab.com/wallstreet_portfolio/example-5-dual-port-corrugated-feed-horn
