I can see this being popular for ham radio operators. A few years ago, the US Naval Academy launched a LEO satellite called PCSAT, used by ham radio operators for beaconing GPS positions through. It was a rather small box, and used metal measuring tape for antenna elements. Certainly a satellite on the cheap, but it shows what can be done. :)
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MikeV @ Dec 19th 2005 1:37AM
I can see this being popular for ham radio operators. A few years ago, the US Naval Academy launched a LEO satellite called PCSAT, used by ham radio operators for beaconing GPS positions through. It was a rather small box, and used metal measuring tape for antenna elements. Certainly a satellite on the cheap, but it shows what can be done. :)
http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html