Yeah... I believe this has been going on for a number of years. (I recall reading about this on another board.)
I believe the satellites in question use FM and geo stationary orbits and have up links and down links in the miltary UHF band (225 thru 400 mhz.) Kind of makes you wonder what would happen if there was a geo stationary amateur satlleite that was easy to use. If pirates will hack military satellites then I doubt they would have any qualms about using an amateur satellite. ----- Original Message ---- From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:30:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] FLTSATCOM Hacked Tom WB8WOR thought you'd like to see this on wired.com It sort of puts to lie the argument that transponders are hard to use. I suppose it helps that they are in geosynchronous orbits. I especially found this part interesting: "I saw it more than once in truck repair shops," says amateur radio operator Adinei Brochi (PY2ADN) "Nearly illiterate men rigged a radio in less than one minute, rolling wire on a coil." Click here to see the page on wired.com: http://www.wired.com/services/referral?messageKey=6eb844662798d55ab60eb665b38fbf29 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
