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From: paj@mrcu (Paul Johnson)
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Subject: Re: Request for Feedback on Proposed Lunar Analog Robotics Contest
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Date: 8 Feb 91 14:46:42 GMT
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In article <778@sousa.enet.dec.com> smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) writes:
>>Hmmm  If there was SOME standardization in the format used, the sponsor of
>>the event could also provide an error generator that could inject errors into
>>the communication system [...]
>> 
>>This might even up the competition a little bit as well.
>
>Not really, as the AX.25 data that runs over ham radio packet links is 
>error corrected [...]

What about a bandwidth limit instead?  I should think comms to the
moon have two problems: latency (mentioned in the orignal post) and
bandwidth due to power limitations at the remote end.  Anyone got any
figures on watts/kHz of bandwidth for a lunar-terra link?

Just my $0.02 worth.

Paul.


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