Eric...the "instant" things start "being reserved" for a group of amateurs...for any reason other then by regulatory action...we have started down a very slippery slope that has no real end.
The FCC can and does "set aside" frequencies in serious emergencies for special communications and then they end it...the frequencies belong to The Republic. To be blunt..the way AMSAT has mishandled the amateur satellite acquisition system since the ramp up to AO40 would in fact tell me that they shouldnt be trusted with just about anything much less who gets on the bird.
Robert WB5MZO amsat life member
From: eric.fort@gmail.com Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:10:21 -0700 To: mspencer12345@yahoo.ca CC: tom@bloomington.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FLTSATCOM Hacked
One of the primary justifications (for someone to subsidize the launch cost) I have heard floated for a amateur radio geo stationary satellite has been public service and emergency communications. How would those on the list here feel about such a satellite should it come to exist being able to be configured such that only authorized users could use it and others lacking the channel keys would have no access, nor could they interfere. I'm thinking for certain circumstances a jam resistant controlled access mode on such a resource could be useful. What do you think?
Eric AF6EP
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Mark Spencer mspencer12345@yahoo.cawrote:
Yeah... I believe this has been going on for a number of years. (I recall reading about this on another board.)
I believe the satellites in question use FM and geo stationary orbits and have up links and down links in the miltary UHF band (225 thru 400 mhz.)
Kind of makes you wonder what would happen if there was a geo stationary amateur satlleite that was easy to use. If pirates will hack military satellites then I doubt they would have any qualms about using an amateur satellite.
----- Original Message ---- From: "tom@bloomington.com" tom@bloomington.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 1:30:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] FLTSATCOM Hacked
Tom WB8WOR thought you'd like to see this on wired.com
It sort of puts to lie the argument that transponders are hard to use. I suppose it helps that they are in geosynchronous orbits.
I especially found this part interesting:
"I saw it more than once in truck repair shops," says amateur radio operator Adinei Brochi (PY2ADN) "Nearly illiterate men rigged a radio in less than one minute, rolling wire on a coil."
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