Concerned amateurs should email elb@fcc.gov with your objections to the issuance of an experimental license in the amateur service for a commercial satellite which would appear to violate 97.3(a)(4), and requesting that the Commission deny the STA to extend said license.
I just did...
George, KA3HSW
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From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com To: nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF nigel@ngunn.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thu, October 4, 2012 9:44:47 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 7, Issue 329
There is a pending STA request to extend the original experimental license.
73, Drew KO4MA
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From: "nigel A. Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" nigel@ngunn.net Sent: Oct 4, 2012 8:33 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org, amsat-bb-request@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 7, Issue 329
The stated callsign, WF9XKA, was a 6 month experimental, now expired.
(2012/02/27-2012/08/27)
It no longer appears to exist in the FCC database.
On October 4, 2012 at 6:15 AM amsat-bb-request@amsat.org wrote:
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.