[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Not A Satellite WAS: Satellites and the LoTW

Eric Christensen wrote:

Roger, I believe there is a misconception here. Whatever your opinion about the ISS, I believe the AMSAT Board has felt made a distinction.

When talking to the astronauts on the ISS you aren't making a satellite contact. It is a LOS (line of sight) contact. When you make a contact with someone else on the ground VIA the ISS then it is a satellite contact.

I am trying to get the ARRL to recognize the ISS as a satellite when contacts are made VIA their gear not when you make a contact with the ISS.

ARRL should recognize the ISS as a country. That would stir up the pot. If Scarborough reef is a country, then why can't the ISS be a country?