[amsat-bb] Re: RX only satellite?

[Cathryn Mataga]

>
> There may be a Satellite opportunity for a ham radio RX only payload.
> No TX allowed.
>
> Any ideas?  It will be recoverd one year later.
>   

So the object will be actually physically recovered from space.   Have
the parts been selected for the Eagle yet?  Maybe this is a way to put up
some DSP chips, or capacitors err, whatever other devices you guys are
contemplating, power them up during the test, and then check them out
later under a microscope to see how they do?

Receive only, hmm, how about this.  I have zero idea how hard this
would be to do, but what about a receiver to create an  'RF noise
pollution'  map.  Something like the light pollution maps they have
for the astronomers.  This is to create a visual aid to highlight the
plight of poor suffering radio operators and the ever rising noise
levels on the radio in the cities.