[amsat-bb] Re: HF Satellite Relay

[Robert Bruninga]

>> They've reinvented Echo-1.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Echo
>>
>> Of course, that one was 10x larger.  
> What makes this a 10m (band) operation?
> I expect it would work on the higher bands ...

This one is not a full surface sphere, but a bucky-ball wire
frame with about 4 foot thin sides to each polygon making a 10
meter diameter very open structure.  SO anything higher in freq
just goes right through.

Bob, WB4APR