[amsat-bb] HuskySat

[Zach Metzinger]

On 2019-11-04 15:07, Leffke, Zachary via AMSAT-BB wrote:

> I too am very interested in the K-band system.

We should all be interested in proliferating in the microwave and
mm-wave bands:

> ‘Because it’s such wide bandwidth, you can pretty much eliminate the
> problems that 2.4GHz has,’ says Sanitate. The 2.4 GHz frequency
> spectrum is overwhelmed with a ton of different devices around the
> house, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and ZigBee devices, as well as
> cordless phones, car alarms, and microwave ovens. UWB uses higher
> frequency ranges that aren’t as overwhelmed. ‘There’s really nothing
> in that space,’ Sanitate says. ‘Some Wi-Fi uses 5GHz, but above 5GHz
> there’s really nothing.’

Re-quoted from https://9to5mac.com/2019/10/11/u1-chip/

Use it or lose it.

--- Zach
N0ZGO