On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Mark VandeWettering <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> At a SmallSat conference I attended on behalf of AMSAT this summer, I was >> amused at the casual assumption by a researcher that 50, Five Oh, cubesats >> could be launched as part of an upper atmosphere project using ham >> frequencies for the downlinks. (They would have a lifetime of only 3-4 >> months.) Jan King, W3GEY/VK4GEY, who does coordination of satellite >> frequencies, gently but firmly brought them down to earth a bit. >> >> On the one hand, we get new hams with interests in space communications from >> these projects, but on the other we need to prevent the de facto >> appropriation of needed frequencies. A fine line to walk. >> >> Alan >> WA4SCA
Tell them they can put up 500, as long as the downlink is on S-band :-) 73, Bruce VE9QRP _______________________________________________ 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
