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A ground station for the amateur satellite service

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dc.contributor.authorGreene, Stephan A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairBlanchard, Benjamin S. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberJakubowski, Antoni K.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPratt, Timothy J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:29:49Zen
dc.date.adate2010-02-16en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:29:49Zen
dc.date.issued1992-04-15en
dc.date.rdate2010-02-16en
dc.date.sdate2010-02-16en
dc.description.abstractThis report presents the design of a ground station for performing satellite communications using amateur radio satellites. The resulting design integrates commercially available hardware and software to provide effective communications using all current amateur satellite analog and digital operating modes. The station is capable of growth to support message forwarding, gateway, and satellite monitoring and control functions. The acquisition plan spreads the station's acquisition over several years to keep costs within an individual's budget, and maintains flexibility to adapt to changes in satellites and communications modes available over the station's life. The station's major design drivers are sufficient link budget for reliable communications, the station's life cycle cost, ensuring radio frequency energy fields are at safe levels, placement of antennas and supports to comply with local architectural restrictions, and selection of a 435 MHz transceiver for the station. This project illustrates the ability of individuals or small groups to economically acquire effective satellite communications capability by integrating largely off-the-shelf hardware and software. In conjunction with small, relatively low-cost satellites, this ability places space communications and related research within reach of groups otherwise excluded from participating in satellite programs.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxi, 122 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-02162010-020212en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02162010-020212/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41164en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1992.G733.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 26190482en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1992.G733en
dc.subject.lcshAmateur radio stationsen
dc.subject.lcshSatellite earth stations industryen
dc.titleA ground station for the amateur satellite serviceen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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