Vince asked: > Which of these candidates would support adding a Mode A linear transponder > to FOX, or any type of linear transponder for that matter. FOX will > already have a 2m receiver all you'd need to add is a 10m downlink > transmitter. Use a tape measure tape for the antennas. Not very practical ides -- sorry.
FOX is a 1U Cubesat, 10cm=4" on a side. Kinda hard to fit 10M dipole (which would be ~16 ft long, fed in the middle). You can't do it with a monopole because the 4" box doesn't have enough size to feed a monopole against. And with a 4" cube (even with deployable panels) we can only expect a total of a few watts (orbit average) of power. The laws of physics and engineering are rather unforgiving! 73, Tom _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
