Edward R. Jones wrote:
>
> >> It's probably just a matter of time (a short time) before the only ones on
> >> amprnet are the sysops and other people with an interest in this type of
> >> networking.
> >>
> >> Other comments?
> >
> >Without a significant increase in available speeds over the radio for the
> >same price (9600 is now considered very slow, and on the ham bands it's
> >still the fast transfer) your may be right with your prediction.
> >
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> >I Andrzej K. Brandt I SP5WCA I wbt.vlmvjnad@mail.dy.fi I tsrsr.ilwueyra@tbpenick.com I
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>
> Andrzej, you bring up another good point - radio speeds - or the lack
> thereof. At the university, there are some commercial packet links (for
> remote sensing) running at much higher speeds than our 19.2 kbaud amateur
> links. I've also heard that some folks in Tucson are experimenting with
> spread spectrum links offering much higher speeds. Now I see, in our local
> computer store, someone is selling a small, somewhat portable, satellite
> dish that advertises isdn speeds via satellite.
>
> Are there any kits or plans we might use to build something faster? It
> would be fun to try somethings, even on a small scale. Another opinion, for
> what it's worth, is that I suspect most amprnet people are experimenters.
> Who else would have the patience to tinker with xnos, linux, kiss, etc.,
> ;-)
>
> 73 de Ed (ab5eh)
Just curious... I am by far inexperienced in Amateur Satellite service.
However, would it be correct in saying that you could pass a wide signal
(like 25 KHz or better) thru a sattelite ? Wouldn't this be neat for
38400 packet operations. I saw some kits at this address:
http://www.g8stw.demon.co.uk/data/vfast288.html
Any ideas??
I'm still toying with the 10 Mbps @ 10 GHz (or 24 GHz) idea. Have yet to
find anyone over 2 Mbps.