You're behind the times, Glenn. This was worked to death last week.
Glenn AA5PK wrote: > "On the night of March 8, cruising 22,000 miles above the Earth, U.S. Navy > communications satellite FLTSAT-8 suddenly erupted with illicit activity. > Jubilant voices and anthems crowded the channel on a junkyard's worth of > homemade gear from across vast and silent stretches of the Amazon: Ronaldo, > a Brazilian soccer idol, had just scored his first goal with the > Corinthians." > > "To use the satellite, pirates typically take an ordinary ham radio > transmitter, which operates in the 144- to 148-MHZ range, and add a > frequency doubler cobbled from coils and a varactor diode. That lets the > radio stretch into the lower end of FLTSATCOM's 292- to 317-MHz uplink > range. All the gear can be bought near any truck stop for less than $500. > Ads on specialized websites offer to perform the conversion for less than > $100. Taught the ropes, even rough electricians can make Bolinha-ware." > > <http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom?currentPage=1> > > Glenn AA5PK > AMSAT #6694 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.287 / Virus Database: 270.12.3/2076 - Release Date: 04/23/09 > 06:30:00 > -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail [email protected] www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN _______________________________________________ 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
