Yes. You need to have a amateur radio license for the bands you wish to work, specifically the "uplinks". For example if you wanted to work some of the LEO satellites like AO-51, SO-50, etc. you need at least a "technician" class license. Take a look at ARRL's information as to what bands you can operate with which license (see: http://www.arrl.org/FandES/field/regulations/bands.html).
Information about the amateur satellites in operation can be found at www.amsat.org.
Next question? :-)
Jeremy KB9QIC
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of truckwiz Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 8:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] new to amsat
Hi,
This will be the first of probably 1000 questions. Do I need licenses to work with amsat satellites?
Thanks, Brian
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