[amsat-bb] Potential 23cm FM transmitter

Paul Stoetzer n8hm at arrl.net
Wed Jan 31 02:44:31 UTC 2018


Remember that Fox-1Cliff will also have an L-band uplink. And FUNcube on
ESEO’s only uplink will be on L band, so any investment on 23 cm is
actually for three satellites, not just one.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 21:03 Mac A. Cody <maccody at att.net> wrote:

> Looks like an interesting project, although the price of the kit is a
> bit more than I'd like to pay for what I'd be using it for: talking to
> AO-92 on L-band.
>
> I've been looking into something like a varactor-tuned frequency
> tripler, as shown a bit over half-way down this web page:
> http://www.sydneystormcity.com/microwave.htm
> The schematic is here: http://www.sydneystormcity.com/1296%20Tripler.gif
> It may not be an ideal solution but considering how often the L-band
> experiment will be active on AO-92, I'm looking at a cost-effective
> solution.
>
> 73,
>
> Mac Cody / AE5PH
>
> On 01/30/2018 02:40 PM, Brad Brooks wrote:
> > Good day to all. Related to my previous post, please check this link for
> an interesting NBFM transceiver board for L-band uplinks:
> >
> > http://www.pe1jpd.nl/index.php/23cm_nbfm/
> >
> > Now I just need to find time!
> >
> > 73 Brad WF7T
> > EM66
> >
> > On Jan 26, 2018, 1:43 PM -0600, Brad Brooks <brad.wf7t at gmail.com>,
> wrote:
> >> For those who receive the DKARS magazine, there is a very interesting
> article. The transceiver described is for ATV, but it looks like like it
> will tune to the AO-92 uplink frequency. Seems to put out 400mw FM out. I
> am not able to take time now to review deeper (stealing away from work) but
> I look forward to parsing through the schematic/links this weekend. I am
> forwarding this notice for anyone who will be able to get there sooner. I
> think there is some potential here, and I would like to know other’
> opinions.
> >>
> >> Www.dkars.nl
> >>
> >> 73 Brad WF7T
> >> Nashville TN EM66
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