I thought per FCC rulings that cell phone use in these balloon flights is not legal?
Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/9/2011 8:27 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote: > APRS Balloon launch today from California Bay area! > >> On Thursday 9 June we will be doing a high-altitude balloon >> launch of our prototype Phonesat spacecraft.... It will have >> a separate APRS VHF beacon, but what we're really interested >> is collecting the data from the satellite's UHF beacon. >> It would be great if people can ...send us back any data >> to to [email protected] > PhoneSat Details: > - Frequency: 437.092MHz AX.25 AFSK > - PhoneSat Callsign(s): KJ6KKZ (primary), K5RDY (temporarily during a > reboot) > - Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/NASA_Phonesat, follow us for live updates! > > Balloon/APRS Details: > - Launch Time: 10-10:30AM (PDT?) (follow twitter for updates) > - Launch Location: Valverde Park (outside of Manteca) > - APRS tracking: Callsign KF7ODR-1 > > Predicted Path: > http://habhub.org/predict/#!/uuid=e4826f7ae71c69c1abac515a20d8e821b20f78bf > > Also, here is an article on their previous flight: > http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/11/cell-phones-space-smartphone-nasa/ > > 73, > The PhoneSat team > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
