Before casting blame it's worth remembering that these satellites fully conformed to the then IARU Region 3 band plan.
When the problem with the IARU Region 3 band plan came to light the Chinese Radio Sports Association (CRSA) / Chinese Radio Amateur Club (CRAC) proposed an Action on the IARU Administrative Council in 2015 to make accurate band plan information available, see https://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/21/iaru-region-3-conference/
IARU Region 3 have subsequently revised their band plan to specify the IARU agreed 145.800-146.000 MHz satellite allocation, although I can't see the 144.000-144.025 MHz IARU satellite allocation on IARU R-3's latest band plan issued September 2019, see http://www.iaru-r3.org/newsite/wp-content/files/R3-004%20IARU%20Region%203%2... The two satellite allocations are better shown on the IARU Region 2 band plan at https://www.iaru-r2.org/documents/explorer/files/Plan%20de%20bandas%20%7C%20...
73 Trevor M5AKA
On Thursday, 7 November 2019, 16:23:19 GMT, Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Thank to all for the good info. Pity the Chinese did not follow best practice. Appreciate the info very much! 73, N0AN
Hasan
On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 10:07 AM Dave Webb KB1PVH [email protected] wrote:
145.67 is in the Miscellaneous and experimental section not the satellite sub band. You can thank the Chinese for not using the satellite sub band.
See here http://www.arrl.org/band-plan
145.50-145.80 Miscellaneous and experimental modes 145.80-146.00 OSCAR subband Dave-KB1PVH
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On Thu, Nov 7, 2019, 11:00 AM Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB < [email protected]> wrote:
There is a repeater on 145.670 (D-Star) in the Dallas area https://w5fc.org/tag/fsq/
It makes using XW-2A nearly impossible as it is right in the passband.
Who in the world thought it was a good idea to put a D-STAR repeater (simplex) in the middle of a satellite downlink passband?
Does this comply with any existing ARRL Band Plan, on other words is this a shared resource with D-Star? If so, I guess it's just tough luck and live with it. If not, perhaps someone from AMSAT can have a word with the Trustee?
73, N0AN
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