Product overview-
- VHF products
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- UHF products
Possible transceivers and transmitters
These are the transceivers found to use in small satellites for VHF and UHF communications.
| Lithium-1 | BBUHF | VUTRX | NanoCom AX100 | NanoCom SDR | TRXUV1 | TRXUV2 | UHF Digital Radio SatCOM UHF | TRX-U Satellite UHF Transceiver |
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More information can be found in the following table:
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These are the antennas found to use in small satellites for VHF/UHF communications.
| NanoCom ANT430 | UHF BLADE P/N 6300 | Deployable Antenna System for CubeSats | UHF antenna | UHF antenna |
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More information can be found in the following table:
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| Company | Cost (€) | Frequency (MHz) | Size (mm3) | Weight (g) | Gain (dBi) | Polarisation | Half power beamwidth (º) | Source | |
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| NanoCom ANT430 | GOMSpace ApS | - | 400-480 | 98 x 98 (for 1U) | 30 | 1.6 to -1 | LHCP, RHCP | ~omni | https://gomspace.com/UserFiles/Subsystems/datasheet/gs-ds-nanocom-ant430-32.pdf |
| UHF BLADE P/N 6300 | Haigh-Farr, Inc. | - | 400 – 450 | 147 x 46 | 165 | 2.1* | Linear Vertical | - | http://www.haigh-farr.com/datasheets/TSB6300_UHF_Blade_RevA.pdf |
| Deployable Antenna System for CubeSats | ISIS B.V. | 4,750-5,000€ | VHF, UHF | 98 x 98 x 7 | 100 | 0 | Linear polarization | - | https://www.isispace.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/ISIS-Antenna-systems-Brochure-v1.pdf |
| UHF antenna | Nanoavionics | 2,500 € | 400-500 | 70 x 70 x 14 | 16.5 | 4.2? | - | ~omni | https://n-avionics.com/cubesat-components/communication-systems/cubesat-uhf-antenna/ |
| UHF antenna | EnduroSat | 3,000 € | 435-438 | 98 x 98 x 12.5 | 85 | 1 | LHCP, RHCP | ~80 | https://endurosat-mxa7y13fkfokttd.netdna-ssl.com/modules-datasheets/UHF_Antenna_User_Manual_Rev1.3.pdf |
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