[amsat-bb] Re: Wish List, The Ideal VHF/UHF Sat Rig

[racer]

I'm been thinking about this type of radio also.
My wish list (being a Kenwood guy) would be, take the case of the 480 HX 
load it with 2M ,440, and maybe 1.2G all mode.
I'm no radio builder but I would think that using the case and head wouldn't 
be that hard.
I'd really like to see something other than the ts-2000 that would run the 
sats.

N0FJP


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From: "Fabio Roccatagliata" <roccaf at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 02:30 PM
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wish List, The Ideal VHF/UHF Sat Rig

> Dear friends,
>
> I agree with the 100W power requirement I completely agree with WF1F about
> not including the 28Mhz.
>
> I was wondering what about an SDR approach. Until now I just saw hf SDR
> radios but if it would be possible to use SDR technology most of the
> requirements would be satisfied and, quite sure, with lower costs and 
> giving
> us the chance to customize much more easily such features.
>
> An SDR approach would also give to not major hamradio companies a chance 
> to
> be more competitive on the market = more chances to get from them what we
> want
>
> Regards
> Fabio
> IZ1EGT / F5VKV
>
> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 9:12 PM, MM <ka1rrw at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi John,
>>
>> My concern with adding 10 meters to a competition class VHF/UHF high end
>> satellite rig, is that the rig will turn into another mediocre HF rig 
>> with
>> VHF/UHF added on.
>>
>> If we do start building Mode-A  satellites in the future, then we can
>> always use Two radios, a dedicated HF and a High performance Sat rig.
>>
>> The primary goal is to have the engineers put all the money into a kick 
>> but
>> 6/2/440 transceiver.
>>
>> Thank you very much for your comments.
>>
>> WF1F
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 3/1/10, John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > From: John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
>> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Wish List, The Ideal VHF/UHF Sat Rig
>> > To: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond at gmail.com>, "Andrew Glasbrenner" <
>> glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
>> > Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> > Date: Monday, March 1, 2010, 2:32 PM
>> >
>> >
>> > --- On Mon, 3/1/10, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > >> No access to frequencies below 50
>> > megacycles.
>> > > >>
>> > > Many serious 6m ops listen to utilities below 50Mhz to
>> > tell
>> > > when the
>> > > banding is close to opening.
>> >
>> >
>> > You also need 10m for Mode A.  I'm still hoping that
>> > RS12/13 pops back to life like AO7 and will have its Mode T
>> > going again. That was alot of fun.
>> >
>> > 73s John AA5JG
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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