We do not violate the laws of any country. We do not listen to the content of any communications. It is both legal and advisable to map the locations of emitters for all sorts of reasons, public, private, and government.
Bob
On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 10:28 AM Zach Metzinger zmetzing@pobox.com wrote:
On 06/03/21 06:20, Robert McGwier wrote:
I despise people illegally using amateur radio equipment. Listening in the amateur radio bands to anyone's conversation has no guarantee of privacy.
Hello Bob,
Let me clarify: there is no expectation of privacy in the amateur radio service, and commercial use is prohibited.
My privacy comments were aimed at your satellites tracking cellular phones and other consumer-type radios. However, I'll leave it at that, as this forum is dedicated to amateur radio in space.
Bad guys using our satellites for nefarious purposes, as W2RS mentions in a reply, is definitely something that should concern us.
--- Zach N0ZGO
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