[amsat-bb] Re: Experimental COMMERCIAL spacecraft on 2meters

On 04/10/12 01:47, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:

https://apps.fcc.gov/oetcf/els/reports/STA_Print.cfm?mode=current&applic...

Am I reading this right? A commercial s/c operating on 145.825???? This is the camels nose under the tent, using our own packet network for automated telemetry?

I can understand the uni cubesats on UHF, butthis is OUR primary allocation. We really need to protest this vehemently if they were approved.

The other way to look at this is, they have the wherewithal to get something launched and we don't. If they play nice, we'll play nice. It's no extra hassle to receive and pass on the downlink telemetry from this sat, and hey maybe if they fly a bent pipe for us on the next one we'll help them out even more!