If we want the most "bang for the buck", it would be something that supports
the most QSOs per watt of solar power. Since most hams have computers,
something that supports half a dozen PSK31 sessions would suffice. Given the
new open-source voice codec you could also make something that supports
multiple digital voice QSOs with less power than now required for analog FM
or SSB.
73,
John
KD6OZH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbra...@earthlink.net>
To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org>; <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 00:27 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 Replacement
... launch opportunities are so rare that we ought to
fly the most capable equipment we can on those rare
occasions when we can get a launch ...
Perhaps we should define, "most capable equipment." And
we also need to define "bang for the buck."
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