Ground Sphere Mk 3

h1. Link Budget References

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h2. Background Material

* "Link Budget Calculation":http://www.piscespacific.org/livesite/files/Link_Budget_Calculation.pdf
* "Tutorial on Basic Link Budget Analysis":http://www.sss-mag.com/pdf/an9804.pdf

h2. Example Calculations

* "KickSat Ground Station Link Budget":https://github.com/kicksat/groundstation/blob/master/Link%20Budgets.xlsx (MS Excel)
* "Jan King's AMSAT link budget +extensive+":http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/AMSAT-IARU_Link_Model_Rev2.5.3.xls (MS Excel)

h2. Video Tutorials

These vidoes are proof of concept video tutorials, and will be replaced with a more polished version as time permits.
* "Link Budgets Part 1, Intro to Satellite Link Budgets":https://youtu.be/WLhLYSvHmNY
* "Link Budget part 2, Transmission Segment":https://youtu.be/x8Jsyc0CYLU
* "Link Budget part 3, Trigonometry Refresher":https://youtu.be/pexhLdsp9J0
* "Link Budget part 4, Propagation Loss":https://youtu.be/nFxdoXbmURw
* "Link Budget part 5, Ground Segment":
* "Link Budget part 6, Putting It All Together":
* "Link Budget part 7, Software Solutions":