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Re: Re: LEILA Questions





Brian Wruble wrote:

>  Can someone explain what "bent pipe" mode is?  I am not familiar with the
> term.  Tnx.  73 de Brian W3BW



"Bent Pipe" means that the downlink comes down exactly like the uplink (although sometimes the frequency is mirrored so LSB becomes USB).  This compares to our FM sats and the digital sats where the uplink signal is demodulated, then remodulated and sent on the downlink.

-Joe KM1P

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