[amsat-bb] No 10m - 6m satellite allocations!

[Mike Gilchrist <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Bob,

At 10:29 AM 8/18/00 -0400, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>Searching for this optimum SSB mode while weighing all factors is what has
>caused me to come up with the 10m SSB UP <=> 2m DOWN idea.  I cant find my
>Satellite Handbook, but is this mode already defined?  If not, for eas of
>discussion, maybe we can call it "MODE V" which is an upside down "MODE A"?

I believe the reason there is no mode "V"  :-)  is because there is no 
allocation for satellite uplinks on 10m.  The ARRL bandplan designates 
29.300-29.510 for Satellite Downlinks.

The same bandplan designates these 2m frequencies:
144.30-144.50 New OSCAR subband
145.80-146.00 OSCAR subband

It is recommended that any person wanting to design a satellite utilizing 
amateur frequencies first read:

INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF SATELLITES UTILIZING 
FREQUENCIES ALLOCATED TO THE AMATEUR-SATELLITE SERVICE,  which is available 
from: http://www.iaru.org/satellite/prospective.html

This document was originally created by AMSAT NA, and kept on the AMSAT web 
site, but has been superceded by this document.

-- On another related subject, and to answer those asking about a 6m 
allocation, I remembered this being discussed at the IARU Satellite Forum 
held in San Diego, October 8, 1999.

This is excerpted from:    http://www.iaru.org/satellite/forum99.html

SIX METRE SATELLITE ALLOCATION

At this stage there is no six metre allocation for the amateur-satellite 
service in the ITU Table of Frequency Allocations. AMSAT-NA will work with 
ARRL to lobby for a future allocation to the amateur-satellite service 
around 50MHz.

73, Mike

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