[amsat-bb] Australian CubeSat to use 76 GHz

[Mike Seguin]

I have gear to receive the 76 GHz band. I've sent a note to the Cuava 
team to ask about TX power, EiRP, antenna etc to get a sense of what it 
might take to at least detect the downlink.

Mike

On 4/13/2019 2:53 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> On 04/13/19 12:26, W3AB/GEO wrote:
>> 4) Communication Protocols Modulation techniques that will be 
>> investigated for the high-speed communications experiment include 
>> QPSK, 16-QAM and CPFM. If successful, this technology for wavelengths 
>> below 10 cm will increase the data transfer rates by at least 4 orders 
>> of magnitude while also decreasing the sizes of antennas and the 
>> associated spacecraft.
> 
> Yup, saw that, but it is non-specific as to the interconnect between 
> uplink/downlink and the modes that we'll be able to run through it.
> 
> I'm looking up how to get 76 GHz going. :-)
> 
> --- Zach
> N0ZGO
> 
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73,
Mike, N1JEZ
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