 fireflierCoffee. . .Need CoffeePremium
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Limbo | reply to MZR
Re: Why not for the US? Well, that and HIGHLY directional antennas. . . |
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 NOCManMacChatterPremium
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Colorado Springs, CO | Only 1W? How high up are those satellites? I've ran setups to 23,000miles and we'd have to push a few dozen watts just to get through heavy clouds and a lot more if it was raining really bad.
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Yes, but antennas are hardware. Wi-Fi gear uses a half-dipole with a tiny 2.16 dBi gain and this article claims using existing Wi-Fi gear. Also consider the carrier frequency, noise figure and lack of line-of-sight (multiple reflections).
Allow me to remain a skeptic... |
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I agree with you, but remember,in a sat terminal you are amplifying a wide spectrum(multiple channels). A direcway, any other residential sat setup only needs to amp a small carrier.
It is just like many Wireless ISPs that use 5 and 10MHz channel widths to increase range instead of the standard 20MHz Wi-Fi channels.
I was a direcway customer about 5 years ago and used to lose sync every time a dark cloud got in the way.
BTW, I still have the equipment, If anyone wants it. |
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 maartenaElmoPremium
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Orange, CA
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QUESTION:
What's the power for Cassini's transmitter?
ANSWER from FAQ on June 3, 1999:
It's 20 watts. Received at the DSN antennas, the signal power is 10 to
the -16th (0.0000000000000001) watts. From Saturn, the signal takes
about 1 hour and 20 minutes to reach Earth.
Conclusion: You don't need a whole lot of power to send a signal.... and to receive a signal, you need even less. 
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