[amsat-bb] FM birds

Gus gus at 8p6sm.net
Sun Jul 27 18:12:11 UTC 2014


On 07/27/2014 12:57 PM, Jim Sanford wrote:
> The other thing that is exciting about going digital, is the idea of 
> CAT-5 (or fiber) to the box at the antenna, not coax.

Yep.  Rig at the mast-head, fiber (RF noise-immune) to the shack, and a 
control head at the operators position.  Or a software-only control 
head, (but I like twiddling real knobbies and flipping real switches).  
Crunch numbers up the pole, at the desk, or both.

Will I live long enough?

-- 
Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle



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