Can an AMSAT officer please privately reply to me regarding this email inquiry? Many thanks.
A gentleman is considering a CubeSat mission for weather research, and needs answers to his inquiry after reading the AMSAT FAQ regarding using ham frequencies ...
Related to Q2 & Q5 (compensation):
- As university staff, can I transmit to the CubeSat, or is my
salary considered compensation?
- Is the refurbishment of a club ground station (man hours,
equipment repair/purchase) considered compensation?
Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666
Related to Q2 & Q5 (compensation):
- As university staff, can I transmit to the CubeSat, or is my
salary considered compensation?
- Is the refurbishment of a club ground station (man hours,
equipment repair/purchase) considered compensation?
These are very important questions. I think it is also important that we have a shared understanding of the answers, rather than private opinions.
I suggest that the researcher also approach the ARRL for an opinion. My suspicion is that AMSAT and the ARRL will provide conservative (and unofficial) answers to these questions. It is much safer to say "no, that's prohibited" than "yes".
In my view, this may be a question that we want to approach the FCC with. I suspect that, if the question is properly framed, the FCC might be more inclined to find this acceptable than either AMSAT or the ARRL.
-tjs
Clint Bradford wrote:
Can an AMSAT officer please privately reply to me regarding this email inquiry? Many thanks.
A gentleman is considering a CubeSat mission for weather research, and needs answers to his inquiry after reading the AMSAT FAQ regarding using ham frequencies ...
In my view, this may be a question that we want to approach the FCC with. I suspect that, if the question is properly framed, the FCC might be more inclined to find this acceptable than either AMSAT or the ARRL.
Sheer lunacy! Never approach the FCC with any question that requires an intelligent, engineered or meaningful answer, or one with our considered best interest at heart. In most cases, there is no substantial engineering or technically competent personnel left at the FCC, it is just a bureaucratic institution that sells off spectrum to the highest bidder! Just read the up front column in this months QST to see how the FCC completely and dishonestly bent to the wishes of the big corporations trying to get BPL launched without regard to any technical merit!
There are probably very few people at the FCC that give a hoot about such nitpicking in the Amateur Service. But I can guarantee you one thing, asking a stupid question to a bureaucratic organization is a sure way to get a stupid answer. Bureaucrats respond to the path of least resistance like most people. Put a queation on their desk, and the easiest answer is always NO.
Never ever ask the FCC or any other bureaucratic organization for an "opinion". Wait till they ASK YOU. Otherwise they could care less. And they are happy to have yet another silly question out of their in basket.
We are self regulating as much as possible. Keep it that way, unless you want to loose everything we have bit, by stupid question, bit...
Bob, Wb4APR
-tjs
Clint Bradford wrote:
Can an AMSAT officer please privately reply to me regarding
this email
inquiry? Many thanks.
A gentleman is considering a CubeSat mission for weather
research, and
needs answers to his inquiry after reading the AMSAT FAQ
regarding
using ham frequencies ...
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97.113 (5) (c) A control operator may accept compensation as an incident of a teaching position during periods of time when an amateur station is used by that teacher as part of classroom instruction at an educational insitution.
73,
John KD6OZH
----- Original Message ----- From: "Timothy J. Salo" salo@saloits.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 17:42 UTC Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Officer Assistance
Related to Q2 & Q5 (compensation):
- As university staff, can I transmit to the CubeSat, or is my
salary considered compensation?
- Is the refurbishment of a club ground station (man hours,
equipment repair/purchase) considered compensation?
These are very important questions. I think it is also important that we have a shared understanding of the answers, rather than private opinions.
I suggest that the researcher also approach the ARRL for an opinion. My suspicion is that AMSAT and the ARRL will provide conservative (and unofficial) answers to these questions. It is much safer to say "no, that's prohibited" than "yes".
In my view, this may be a question that we want to approach the FCC with. I suspect that, if the question is properly framed, the FCC might be more inclined to find this acceptable than either AMSAT or the ARRL.
-tjs
Clint Bradford wrote:
Can an AMSAT officer please privately reply to me regarding this email inquiry? Many thanks.
A gentleman is considering a CubeSat mission for weather research, and needs answers to his inquiry after reading the AMSAT FAQ regarding using ham frequencies ...
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Timothy J. Salo