Re: [amsat-bb] SSTV on the birds

[jim hertel <stanara@xxxxxxx>]

Joseph Trombino Jr wrote:

> I was listening to the FO-20 downlink yesterday (28 Feb) and was surprised
> to hear SSTV being transmitted in the upper end of the FO-20 passband.
>
> I am probably dating myself, but I thought that heavy duty cycle
> transmission formats such as RTTY, FM and SSTV were not to be used on
> linear transponders.  Was this just an informal agreement back in the old
> days of satellite operation???  Just wondering.
>
>                                         73, Joe W2KJ (North Carolina)
>

this sounds interesting . would like to know if it is ok to do sstv?
and what part of the band would there be sstv on sats.

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I think this is enough...


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