Recent content by Tony Smith

Hi Yes very interesting, like the folks who bounce radio signals off comet tails, they receive a second or so of signal and store this, untill the next time they bounce a signal off another comet tail, then store this and so on, it takes a long time to make a message this way but thats the fun...

Hi No very little, it's mostly all IP connections, All Ku for Europe, 10.7 Ghz to 12.75Ghz

Hi Thanks for your reply, yes we are the otherside of the pond

Hi Not sure but Lockheed Martin did a digital channeliser, which payload they put them is a unknown to me. It was an modification to the bent pipe,was said to be much more tolerant to radiation in orbit, could be updated with software easy, anybody know any more on this subject, as this could...

Hi Folks anybody noticed any problems with Astra 1L at19.2 east Vert K band downlink, seen what looks like downlinks coming and going very fast, within seconds of being up and gone, and back again, it's seems to be on the Ka 10 transponder, 18.500 to 18.550 Ghz. It is a A2100 Lockheed Martin...