> > " As to the question about retaining the data, you can think of it as > meta data similar to what the cellphone carriers collect about cellphone > calls. They don't record and save you conversations but they do record > information about origination, destination,time, duration and type of > call.
They sure do that, as it has value for network utilization, billing etc. I bet (a small bet anyway) my cell phone carrier doesn't save receive frequency data accurate enough to determine what direction I am driving though. Maybe they do though. We are considering similar functionality for the Fox telemetry software, but of course we have a vested interest in knowing where our spacecraft is. -Joe KM1P _______________________________________________ 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
