Also see US Study Group 7 https://www.ussg7.org/ITAC-R%20Documents.aspx
Specifically document 7B017R4 Working document toward a Preliminary Draft New Report on the definitions, characteristics and spectrum requirements of nano- and picosatellites as well as systems composed of such satellites https://www.ussg7.org/members/Approved%20Documents/US7B017R4.docx On a different topic 7C006R3 (1215-1300 MHz) may be of interest. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Thu, 27/9/12, Trevor . <[email protected]> wrote: > There's also a text version of the article at > > http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/Nano-and-Pico-Satellites_39485.html > > Also see > http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/globalreg/ITU-Satellite-Work-Between-the-Radio-Conferences_38770.html > > What struck me as odd from the paper circulated at WRC 2012 > was the concept of creating a new ITU Radio Service based on > the size of the equipment that would house the radio > transmitter. > > There is, however, no denying that the Amateur-satellite > Service requires more spectrum. The key spectrum for us is > at VHF/UHF below 1 GHz but we only have two allocations - > 435-438 MHz on a secondary basis, shared with the Military, > SAR satellites and others, and the 144 MHz band of which > only 200 kHz, 144.8-146 MHz, is available to us. > > You can see that when the QB50 project deploys 50 CubeSats > it's going to put the available spectrum under stress. > > Hopefully US members are periodically reminding ARRL of the > need for additional Amateur-satellite Service spectrum > (Earth-to-Space and Space-to-Earth) in the VHF/UHF 40-1000 > MHz region. Global allocations at 2300 and 3400 MHz are also > needed. > > 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
