Re: [amsat-bb] Saudisat status

[Jon Ogden <na9d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

on 9/28/00 7:56 AM, Robert McGwier at rwmcgwier@home.com wrote:

> Both of these things taken together will allow a MUCH less capable
> station (hardware wise:  antenna, preamps, etc.) to receive the
> data from a GMSK transmission from a satellite at the same bit
> error rate as the G3RUH demod.

The other advantage to GMSK modulation is that it creates a constant RF
envelope (or nearly so) thereby allowing us to use other than linear
amplifiers for greater power.

73,

Jon
NA9D

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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)

Member:  ARRL, AMSAT, DXCC, NRA

http://www.qsl.net/ke9na

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