RE: [amsat-bb] Multi channel FM birds

[Tony Langdon <tlangdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I guess I dont get your point..  Its only a single 5 KHz step 
> to tune for
> doppler on the 2m FM downlink.  And since the mission we are 
> targeting is
> for use in school classrooms and demos and HT's and Mobiles, we assume
> there is a real live HAM at the 5 KHz knob ready and able to 
> switch the
> knob down 5 KHz in the middle of the pass.

We were talking in context of the uplink requirements if the uplink used 15k
spacing.  However, you've already cleared that one up, so it's a moot point.

> Thats my point.  Thats why I said it amazes me why someone a 
> lot smarter
> than I hasn't  written the two-bit parallel port control into 
> a windows
> program so that newbee's dont have to buy $500 rotator 
> systems to do what
> an $64 rotator from radio shack can do...

Agreed, this would be a nice feature to have in any tracking software.

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