[amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space

[Tony Langdon]

At 05:49 AM 10/11/2011, JoAnne Maenpaa wrote:
>Hi George,
>
> > Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't 900 MHz only allocated
> > for terrestrial use, worldwide?  I know that there's no amateur
> > satellite service allocation at 902 MHz...
>
>The original Cornell Chipsat mission news release that mentioned they were
>using 902 MHz was not an amateur radio mission. Not sure what other radio
>service they qualified for. Cornell hoped that some "suitably equipped"
>amateur earth stations would receive their signals, hence their request.

Still seems a strange choice of frequency, given that GSM phones use 
these frequencies in many parts of the world.

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