On 07/21/2014 01:57 AM, Phil Karn wrote:
On 07/20/2014 08:00 PM, Gus wrote:
I'd hazard to guess that the 'average' shack has multi-mode HF
capability, along with VHF/UHF FM. Some lesser number of 'average'
shacks will have multi-mode VHF/UHF, or could readily acquire that
capability without too much expenditure in resources (time, effort, money).
When DirecTV designed their satellite broadcast system, did they worry
about backward compatibility with the multitude (or so it probably
seemed) of existing C-band BUD (Big Ugly Dish) owners? All of whom were
then receiving analog FM, I might add.
If not, then why are they still in business?
Probably because they didn't design a satellite. They designed an
entire system including ground station components as well as flight
hardware. The ground system components were made available such that
their target audience was able to upgrade their BUD installations with
only reasonable expenditures of time, effort and money. But that's just
a guess in my part.
I'd love to chat with you on the new digital hamsat, but if it's going
to require I spend $5k+ on hard-to-source, esoteric components and
cobble them together with duct tape, then it'll be a while before I'm
QRV. So, the first few days after launch those 60 DV channels may be a
little quiet.
--
Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle
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