[amsat-bb] Re: Technical discussions on AMSAT-BB......"an endangered species" ?

[Gordon JC Pearce]

On Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:33:10 -0400
"Bob Bruninga" <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:


> Please someone do this.  It is TRIVIAL to do.  Just combhine a 28.120 PSK-31
> receiver and a VHF or UHF FM transmitter.  Done.
> 
> Bob, Wb4APR

I guess that receiver could just about be a direct-conversion one, with good enough filtering.

I have a crate of old VHF and UHF PMR handies at work, with various "cosmetic" faults - broken channel selects, broken volume controls, or more seriously poor TX or poor RX.  No-one takes me seriously when I suggest we match 'em up in pairs, stick a solar panel on it, put half a dozen in a rucksack and get them flown to the ISS.  When one dies, get them to roll down the window and toss another over the side ;-)

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Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ <gordonjcp at gjcp.net>