[amsat-bb] Re: Licensing In-Orbit Devices was: Tubesat, a $4, 000 launch opportunity

[David Barber]

You raise the question of licensing 'in-orbit' devices and the potential
legality of such.

I guess, like some others, I'm unclear how licensing for such projects,
Cubesats and the like, comes about?

The recent announcement of the UK's FUNcube project will presumably require
a licence from OFCOM if it is to be truly UK attributed.

This will surely be a first for them (OFCOM) in the amateur field and in an
area of amateur licensing not defined in the current regulations.

David
G8OQW

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-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Trevor .
Sent: 04 August 2009 18:01
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Tubesat, a $4,000 launch opportunity


--- On Tue, 4/8/09, Lee McLamb <ku4os at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> > The blurb says the transceiver is in the 902-928MHz or 2.4-2.4835.GHz
>
> This growing notion of flying unlicensed devices in orbit
> is on very questionable legal ground in my personal opinion.

And of course outside of North America 902-915 MHz is used for Cell Phones
and satellite signals don't respect national boundaries. 

73 Trevor M5AKA
 



      

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