One of the recent 3u DOD sponsored cubes has a S dish for tracking wifi type tags on containers. I'm not sure how much lick they had with that.
73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Feb 21, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Lee Maisel <mai...@lobo.net> wrote: > James French wrote: >> What are the possibilities of building a satellite that uses a Linksys >> WRT54GL router with a modified DD-wrt or HSMM-Mesh software as a store >> and forward BBS, to route a received request from one station to another >> station, or even to connect to a on board networked camera to receive >> images? >> >> What kind of uplink power would be needed from the home station? >> >> How fast could the speed(s) get theoretically? >> >> How big would the antenna have to be on the craft and for the ground >> station to even be able to do this adequately? >> >> Would the doppler be too much to even consider this? >> >> Would the space environment be too harsh for something like this? >> >> This is just something I was thinking about this morning and thought I >> would toss it out. >> >> James W8ISS >> >> _______________________________________________ > THAT is an AWESOME Idea! > > I don't see why it wouldn't work, I don't know if doppler is an issue though, > it may not be if the modulation is FM. > The antenna would not have to be big, it's 2.4Ghz > > > Why don't you post this on the HSMM-MESH.org web forums and get ideas? > > 73 > Lee > W5LMM > > > -- > > > ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
