[amsat-bb] L band

[John B. Stephensen]

One thing may not be clear to all AMSAT members. There is still an L-band
receiver in the Eagle requirements document for the analog transponder. The
San Diego meeting recommendation was to move the digital transponder uplink
from C to S. So far, no decision has been made to eliminate the L-band
analog uplink.

The analog transponder has a U uplink so if L becomes inaccessible, it still
works. The digital transponder has no secondary receiver so its uplink
frequency is more critical.

73,

John
KD6OZH

> > I would like the AMSAT decision makers to detail the reasoning for
> > dropping  the L-Band Uplink like a hot potato besides the "Galileo"
> > excuse. As yet, I can't find it in Eagelpedia.
>
> > In view of Peter Blair's (G3LTF) paper (PLEAS SEE JULES LINK BELOW) I
> > cannot see any rational for dismissing Eagle use of the L-Band satellite
> > Uplink allocation.  I don't thing using the statement that "we will lose
> > our  L-Band allocation" is indicative of the much appreciated "science"
> > the team is bringing to the Eagle design process.