Depends on the type of satellite. LEOs will give a pass time of about
10 minutes per station and the birds coverage would need to overlap both
stations, so QSO time would most likely be 5 minutes or so. Using the
OSCAR 10 types give more time, but add complexity. Besides, I don't
think you can get by with a monoband (10M) radio...uplink and downlinks
are on separate bands. Packet works using the ISS as a digipeater (2M
though)...still short pass times

Scott
N0EDV

Cecil Moore wrote:

Dave Oldridge wrote:

You will not get a consistent path on 10m of 300 miles without some
pretty expensive antenna hardware and high power. Just cannot be done.


How about moon bounce? :-)

You'd actually get off cheaper trying to do it on 2m SSB (which would
probably work OK if you stacked two yagis one over the other and fed
them with a good amp).


Which reminds me of something that nobody seems to
have mentioned. If a QSO is the only goal, satellite
communications should work well if not too crowded.

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Scott
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