Swatch had to cancel the mission after international protest and violating amateur radio rules.
Stefan On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 7:34 PM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > i seem to remember a satellite with a swatch message of some sort. could i > donate $10,000 and get about 30 minutes of air time... pretty inexpensive > advertising compared to radio and tv time. > > 73...bruce > > > On 6/20/2012 6:05 PM, Lee Maisel wrote: > >> Interesting. But if they word it properly, and the $1 donation is >> strictly to support the mission, then only donors can "tweet" or whatever. >> Since it's not for-profit venture anyway..... >> >> Lee >> W5LMM >> >> >> Trevor . wrote: >> >>> The funding concept of this CubeSat is $1 will sponsor 10 seconds of the >>> mission and what you get for that 10 seconds is the ability to broadcast a >>> message from space, “effectively tweet from space”. >>> >>> It uses a balloon de-orbit mechanism. >>> >>> See video at >>> http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=**8435<http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8435> >>> Stikes me that a $1 donation for a message might be pushing FCC regs a >>> bit should it be using 437 MHz. >>> >>> 73 Trevor M5AKA >>> ---- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> 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<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<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb> >> > > > -- > > Bruce Paige, KK5DO > AMSAT Director Contests and Awards > ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE > Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* > Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com > Podcast at > http://www.amsatnet.com/**podcast.xml<http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml>or > iTunes > Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News > http://www.arrl.org > > AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > 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<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
