[amsat-bb] Re: SSB

[Bryan Green]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 8:43 AM, Kevin Deane <summit496 at live.com> wrote:

>
> I did not mean for my sarcasim to be insulting, I gather they must go hand
> in hand, my opologies...
>

We're sensitive on the AMSAT-BB, aren't we? ;)


> Goes to show it can be done. Roger I think said something about a
> downconverter, I do have an old 10-meter maybe that will work. Still would
> like to make a 2-meter and a 70cm SSB radio probly have to be two kits.
>

I'd *love* to see a kit, something suitable for beginners (and more of an
assembly of large parts and not so much soldering) such as the Elecrafts for
HF — but for a small SSB rig suitable for full-duplex satellite use on VHF
and UHF. It still amazes me that the IC-W32A is the only recent crossband HT
like that.

So get to designing! Maybe if you reached out to the Elecraft folk they'd
give you some ideas.

Bryan Green KL7CN
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