Ouch! I guess I need to check in more often :O) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <[email protected]> To: "Glenn AA5PK" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] A little OT: The Great Brazilian Sat-Hack Crackdown
> 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
