Right, sorry. The question was mode L but my brain read mode S...
Greg KO6TH
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-----Original Message----- From: "i8cvs" domenico.i8cvs@tin.it To: "Greg D" ko6th.greg@gmail.com; APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG Cc: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: 11/21/12 6:23 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Allocations in L-band
Hi Greg, KO6TH
For the history no OSCAR satellite carried on a Mode-L Beacon.
OSCAR-7 carried on a Mode-S beacon on 2304.1 MHz built by the San Bernardino Microwave Society but it was never officially turned on because of international treaty constraints (bandplan) so that it was not receiving the autorization by the FCC
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i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D" ko6th.greg@gmail.com To: APBIDDLE@MAILAPS.ORG Cc: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 5:31 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Allocations in L-band
I believe it was Oscar-7.
Greg KO6TH
Alan wrote:
Someone years ago told me that one of the early amateur satellites had a mode-L beacon, but because the rules changed, it was never turned on. I haven't been able to verify or disprove this story.
Alan WA4SCA
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Trevor . Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 4:10 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Allocations in L-band
--- On Mon, 19/11/12, Richard Ferrymang4bbh@btinternet.com wrote:
Just curious - Can someone enlighten me as to why there is no
allocation
for satellite downlinks in L-band (at least in the bandplans I have
seen).
There are uplinks around 1267 to 1269 MHz. Is it due to possibility of interference with commercial/military/aeronautical systems?
I believe it dates back to a WARC conference in about 1971. Prior to
that
the Amateur Service had I believe been able to use any Amateur
Frequencies
just as they can still do for that other form of Space Communication -
Moon
Bounce (EME).
Wayne Green W2NSD does make references to the loss of satellite
frequencies
a few times in his column in 73 Magazine from that era, see 73 Mag
archive