[amsat-bb] Recordings of FO29 Field Day passband...?

[Joe]

Better yet Bob,,

If they can do it on HF there is absolutely no reason why it could not 
be done for the transponders passband.

Use a SDR type of radio.

If they can actually record like CQWW actually record every band for the 
full 48 hours. And they can then forever actually look up an exact QSO 
say station violated the rules at 13:45 zulu in 20 meters at 10.027.776 
they can actually que up that exact time in the contest and listen in 
live just like it is really happening.

I know a local VHF/UHF station that uses SDR now, and like during the 
recent June VHF/UHF contest, it isn'ty like the old days where you have 
to tune the whole bands looking for signals.  He has on his monitor(s) 
All the bands 6, 2 220, 440, 902, 1296.. laid out in a spectrum monitor 
mode and all he has to do is keep an eye open for a pip of a signal on 
the passbands and click on it and work them.

So he can see all the band on every band, so there is no reason why what 
they do on HF can't be done on the birds passband. sEE THE WHOLE THING 
AND RECORD IT LIVE TO BE ABLE TO BE PLAYED JUST LIKE IT'S HAPPENING LIVE 
FOREVER MORE.

OOps caplock sorry wasn't yelling..

Joe WB9SBD
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On 6/25/2014 10:25 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>> I have been asked by ICOM to webcast field day this year.
> Unrelated, but it would be great if someone with a good satcom station
> recorded the passband of FO29.  Not so much to get individual QSO's but to
> grasp what a full wideband transponder can carry.
>
> IE, tune the passband from one end to the other at a constant rate.
>
> Then again, and again, and again at the same rate.  Maybe separate files
> for each scan so we can tell when a complete scan begins and ends.
>
> This would give those who are unfamiliar with wideband linear transponder
> operation what the capability really is under FD loading...
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Bob, Wb4APR
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