Re: [amsat-bb] Kantronics Dataengine and RUDAK

[David Rush <ky0dr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eddie:

I've got a DataEngine, too, that I bought used a long time ago.  Mine does not have the internal modem.  I hadn't thought of using it for 
RUDAK, but I do have a PI-2 board....

It's fundamentally a 70cm radio.  I'd need to use a transverter down to that band on receive, and switch out the transverter on transmit.  
Is RUDAK used half-duplex?  I have no idea.

I expect doppler would be a big problem, though, since these are rock-bound rigs (just two crystalled channels).  I wonder how long, at 
apogee, the doppler would be negligble?

It would be great to figure out a way to make it work, though, since mine's sitting idle!

David, ky0dr

>Just acquired a Kantronics Dataengine with DE9600 internal modem. No
>manuals on the engine or modem. Web search did not find anything. With
>RUDAK tests coming up I wonder if the DE is worthwhile? Any source of
>manuals? Thanks!
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>Eddie Seymour, WB4MLE
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