At 09:34 AM 9/26/2009, James Craig wrote: >Good point. Not everybody is interested in monitoring the one way >downlinks on the majority of these more recent birds. Why is it that >there is no problem getting large numbers of these types of satellites >into orbit, yet good old fashioned two way linear and FM transponder >birds are relatively far and few between?
I for one was never a SWL, so I tend not to follow the one way satellites, unless there's a compelling reason (e.g. for test signals, or telemetry decoding - had fun decoding telemetry on AO-40 when it was first launched). 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
