An example of this would be WB4APR, who uses Amateur Radio to teach satellites to the midshipmen at Annapolis.
73 de W0HV, Jim in Raymore, MO
Light travels faster than sound... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
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Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:14:12 -0000 From: "John B. Stephensen" kd6ozh@comcast.net Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Officer Assistance To: "Timothy J. Salo" salo@saloits.com, amsat-bb@amsat.org Message-ID: 652DBC3397E9492187A9C0CF5AE0E27C@your6bvpxyztoq Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original
97.113 (5) (c) A control operator may accept compensation as an incident of a teaching position during periods of time when an amateur station is used by that teacher as part of classroom instruction at an educational insitution.
73,
John KD6OZH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy J. Salo" salo@saloits.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 17:42 UTC Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Officer Assistance
Related to Q2 & Q5 (compensation):
- As university staff, can I transmit to the CubeSat, or is my
salary considered compensation?
- Is the refurbishment of a club ground station (man hours,
equipment repair/purchase) considered compensation?
These are very important questions. I think it is also important that we have a shared understanding of the answers, rather than private opinions.
I suggest that the researcher also approach the ARRL for an opinion. My suspicion is that AMSAT and the ARRL will provide conservative (and unofficial) answers to these questions. It is much safer to say "no, that's prohibited" than "yes".
In my view, this may be a question that we want to approach the FCC with. I suspect that, if the question is properly framed, the FCC might be more inclined to find this acceptable than either AMSAT or the ARRL.
-tjs
Clint Bradford wrote:
Can an AMSAT officer please privately reply to me regarding this
inquiry? Many thanks.
A gentleman is considering a CubeSat mission for weather research,
and
needs answers to his inquiry after reading the AMSAT FAQ regarding using ham frequencies ...
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