Hi Drew,
As Art has stated, the authority having jurisdiction, is the National one - in this case the FCC. As your link shows, they have decided to licence this spacecraft on 145.825MHz but to operate in the "Experimental" service not , our, "Amateur Satellite Service". Of course we have a "primary" ITU allocation on this frequency but this is not an "exclusive" one.
best 73
Graham G3VZV
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 1:47 AM To: AMSAT Advisors Cc: AMSAT BoD ; Amsat BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Experimental COMMERCIAL spacecraft on 2meters
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.
73, Drew KO4MA
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