Perhaps not in the abstract, but on-orbit power is severely limited, and you can't get more RF watts out of a transmitter than you put in as DC.
Can you imagine the uproar if every GPS bird had a 10 KW transmitter on board, powered bu a nuclear reactor? The low received power is a direct consequence of engineering of satellites. -John ================ > On the other hand, what can be said about the wisdom of engineers that > designed a product that cannot withstand any interference from adjoining > spectrum holders? It has been known for at least the last 6 years that > LightSquared's predecessor was going to occupy that spectrum with a land > based system. > > Does the GPS world really have much to say about the interference if > LightSquared keeps their transmitters clean and out of the GPS spectrum? > > -Chuck Harris _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
