[amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1

[George Henry]

Did you not read the rtl-sdr.com article you posted the link to?
Broadcasting to a "general audience" is EXACTLY what they are talking about.

George, KA3HSW


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From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Brier
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Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2020 11:07 PM
To: JoAnne K9JKM
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New FM repeater satellite planned: MEMESat-1

People regularly mix up "broadcasting" with "transmitting" when
discussing ham radio. I'm sure it was just a mistake and not their
intent to suggest this was going to be some sort of broadcast system
intended for a general audience.

On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 12:02 AM JoAnne K9JKM via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>
>  > Guess you all missed the key word, "broadcasting"...
>
> Call it beacon. Perhaps a beacon more "useful" to amateur radio
> operators than some university bird beaconing a 9K6 GMSK stream of
> unknown format in the ham bands.
>
> --
>
> 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> joanne.k9jkm at gmail.com
>
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