[amsat-bb] Re: S-Band Not 2.4 but 2.3

[John B. Stephensen]

Unfortunately, there is no country that allows the use of 2.3 GHz for
amateur satellites and only one country in the footprint of the satellite
would have to object.

73,

John
KD6OZH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt" <vk2dag at bigpond.com>
To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 04:21 UTC
Subject: [amsat-bb] S-Band Not 2.4 but 2.3


> Ok granted 2.40 GHz to 2.45 GHz has a high noise floor and will get
> worse.  So this will be a good band for uplinking.
>
> I know it's not a satellite allocation but what about a downlink
> around 2310 ~ 2390?  Or maybe 2300 ~ 2302? I also know that some
> countries have lost access to 2.302 GHz  to 2.4 GHz (VK is one) but
> as a downlink no one is stopping us from listening there.
>
> Or must a satellite transmitters be compliant with all international
> allocations?  Or maybe 2300 ~ 2302 would upset to many other users?
>
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