On 1/28/16 13:46, Eric Kuhnke wrote:
They're still trying to sell it to somebody who wants to use the dish,
but the dish is useless for telecom... Except maybe for radio astronomy.
From a transpacific satellite communications perspective it made total
sense to scrap all of the modem and power amplifier gear. Tx/Rx TDM
equipment that would formerly occupy six 44U racks and consume 12kW of
power can be replaced by a 2U Cisco or Juniper router, a 1U rackmount
satellite modem:
http://www.comtechefdata.com/products/satellite-modems/cdm-760
and a hub mount several hundred watt solid state BUC+SSPA, like:
http://www.advantechwireless.com/products/4-c-band-400w-hubmount-sspasspb-sapphireblu-superwideband-series-ultralinear-gan-technology/
Or a nifty museum and an useful site in one since the new stuff wouldn't
take up any space.
~Seth
