At 11:04 PM 1/3/2011 +0000, [email protected] wrote: >On Mon, 2011-01-03 at 14:26 -0700, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote: > > > You know what's really interesting to me about this. With a WX type > > enclosure you could put the receiver right at the feedpoint of the antenna. > > > > Well, maybe not, I don't know what the maximum USb cable length can be. > > > >I thought about doing it with a Softrock 6.2 Lite right at the >feedpoint, and fed with phantom power over the audio cable... > >Gordon MM0YEQ
I was just thinking. Placing the SDR at the antenna makes the setup only usable for reception. You couldn't use the antenna for uplinking unless you added relays to switch the SDR in & out, but if you wanted a dedicated receive setup and had a separate setup for uplinking it would be interesting to compare mast mounted SDR with the in the shack receiving. KB7ADL _______________________________________________ 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
