[amsat-bb] Re: FW: NASA Ames Phonesat Balloon Launch

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Where does it say there's a cellphone?

On 09-Jun-11 14:24, Joe wrote:
> I thought per FCC rulings that cell phone use in these balloon flights
> is not legal?
>
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> On 6/9/2011 8:27 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>> APRS Balloon launch today from California Bay area!
>>
>>> On Thursday 9 June we will be doing a high-altitude balloon
>>> launch of our prototype Phonesat spacecraft.... It will have
>>> a separate APRS VHF beacon, but what we're really interested
>>> is collecting the data from the satellite's UHF beacon.
>>> It would be great if people can ...send us back any data
>>> to to mikesafyan at gmail.com
>> PhoneSat Details:
>> - Frequency: 437.092MHz AX.25 AFSK
>> - PhoneSat Callsign(s): KJ6KKZ (primary), K5RDY (temporarily during a
>> reboot)
>> - Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/NASA_Phonesat, follow us for live updates!
>>
>> Balloon/APRS Details:
>> - Launch Time: 10-10:30AM (PDT?) (follow twitter for updates)
>> - Launch Location: Valverde Park (outside of Manteca)
>> - APRS tracking: Callsign KF7ODR-1
>>
>> Predicted Path:
>> http://habhub.org/predict/#!/uuid=e4826f7ae71c69c1abac515a20d8e821b20f78bf
>>
>> Also, here is an article on their previous flight:
>> http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/11/cell-phones-space-smartphone-nasa/
>>
>> 73,
>> The PhoneSat team
>>
>>
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