[amsat-bb] Satellite pirates.

[Mike Diehl]

The article you linked to was quite lengthy so I skimmed over it. From what I can tell it’s all about receiving pay television programming. Cant figure out how this applies to an amateur radio satellite. 

73, 
Mike Diehl
W8LID/VE6LID 

> On Aug 3, 2019, at 07:28, KC9SGV via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> Just getting into this aspect of GEO satellite security...
> I found this very informative, though old article about satellite pirates and their hacking techniques in the old days of satellite TV (ca. 1993)
> 
> Since any new ham GEO satellite might be an emolation of these earlier TV satellites, it is imperative that some sort of security for the system might be prudent.
> 
> http://www.nmia.com/~roberts/sat.pirates
> 
> Bernard,
> KC9SGV
> 
> 
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