Re: [amsat-bb] Fiber Optic Information

["Joel B. Black" <jbblack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wow!  I had no idea I'd get something like this started.

Let's get waste of bandwidth in perspective.

What's more wasteful, putting a remote link from a radio control head and
rotator (possibly multiple radios) on your tower, or using it for one PC.
Either way, your talking about 10Mbps.  Yes, I have seen the one PC
scenario.  I have also had a DS-1 installed to use 12 DS0's for a PC and
network printer and a phone all of which is used maybe twice a week.  Any
idea how much a DS-1 cost?

Joel, K2SAT

> > I guess I'm missing the boat here but I can't see any advantage to using
> >  fiber. Fiber and fiber transmitters and receivers are a lot more
expensive
> >  than electronic LNA's, and using a fiber to carry audio or rotator
> >  information seems like a waste of bandwidth capability. Fiber xmtrs and
> >  rcvrs are not noiseless either. Besides being "fun to do" I can't see
the
> >  advantage.
> >
> >  Dave
> >  -K0QE
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