Re: [amsat-bb] re: multichannel satellites?

["Don Woodward" <dbwoodw@xxxxxxxxxx>]

If they mix each of the multiple receiver's audio together then all
stations will be heard at the same time - I doubt that's the desired
effect.

Multiple FM receivers would be useful for multiplexing digital voice/data
and/or even analog voice/data into a single digital DataStream - then it
could be sent down on the TX as digital to be decoded by the intended
recipient(s).

73's

Don Woodward
KD4APP
AMSAT 33535
kd4app@amsat.org
http://kd4app.webhop.org


----- Original Message -----
From: "William Leijenaar" <pe1rah@hotmail.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 18:53
Subject: [amsat-bb] re: multichannel satellites?


>
>
> Hi AMSATs,
>
> Why multichannel FM transponders ???
> A multi frequency FM uplink on a satellite will only increase the
problems
> of blocking the satellite by more stations.
> e.g what will happen when some amateur blocks one input with a high
uplink
> power ??? You can have 10 other uplink channels, but the downlink will be
> blocked !!
>

<snip>

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