Ok, Smartphone, Me Bad, I thought this was just another group using a cellphone on a balloon flight. Upon further reading I see they did take the data out of the "Phone" and downlink it via "Ham Radio" Who's call I wonder?
But i guess i jumped the Gun Sorry, Joe WB9SBD The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/9/2011 10:46 AM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: > Where does it say there's a cellphone? > > On 09-Jun-11 14:24, Joe wrote: >> 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 mikesaf...@gmail.com >>> 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 AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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 AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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 AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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
