Hi Andy, > ... wondering if the AO-40 LNBs connected to a Funcube dongle > (and a bias tee for power) would receive the carrier (is there > one on DATV) from the ham TV test transmissions?
Gaston's announcement is posted on the AMSAT-NA web under the title, "Update on HamTV on ISS". For a direct link to the article see: http://ww2.amsat.org/?p=2177 ... within the posting there is a link which may help with receiving HAMTV. Bill Ress, N6GHZ has provided an excellent article, Low Cost DVB-S Receivers Suitable For HAMTV Reception, in the November/December issue of the AMSAT Journal. There is a link on the web page (above) where you may find a copy of this article. Bill discusses the DVB-S boxes he tested. He includes a short description of the RF front-end you'll need. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [email protected] Editor, AMSAT Journal -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of andy thomas Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:19 To: amsat Subject: [amsat-bb] Using AO-40 in Rx for Ham TV? I was just If so, that should be a project that could show AOS/LOS , power levels etc, even if it's a black screen being sent: after all, it's RF. maybe this has been thought about before? But I could use my converted blue lnb... 73 de andy g0sfj _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
