From:	Mongoose m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	Decking (request for clarification)
Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:46:46 -0600

: But the point remains that there must be *some* kind of radio
:signal that can carry simsense. How else would decking through
satellites
:work, neh? So if you have a beefy enough radio, you can't crank out
:enough signal to be able to deck over it.

DOH. Of course, there IS one kind of radio capable of matrix
transmission- the satlink! Why not just transmit directly from one
satlink to another, if a ground link is all you want? I suppose you might
need better gain, or differnt frequencies (ones that work outside of LOS),
but the costs can't be all that hard to figure out. For certain purposes,
even a direct los dish to dish link is fine.

As an off the cuff rule of thumb, I'd add the desired flux to the MPCP
when determing the cost of a NON satlink matrix tranciever. Of course,
that would be a rating 1 device- pretty easy to jam. You'd likely want a
rating 6 or higher version... that could get very costly very fast...
which is why, I'm guessing, matrix info is normally only narrow-cast using
satlink dishes, and not broadcast.

Mongoose