A Brief Chronology of Amateur Satellites
Posted by k8ji on May 25th, 2006
Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio (OSCAR) is a series of small satellites initiated for radio amateurs to experience satellite tracking and participate in radio propagation experiments. The World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) allocated frequencies for the Amateur Satellite Service, including 29 MHz (10m), 145 MHz (2m), 435 MHz (70cm), 1270 MHz (24cm) and 2400 MHz (13cm). Transmitting low-powered signals, initially battery operated and offering short lives, the satellites have become increasingly sophisticated. More recently, they have served school science groups, provided emergency communications for disaster relief, acted as technology demonstrators, and transmitted Earth imagery. More Info about the history of the OSCAR satellites.
Everyone should visit the AMSAT website to see that they have been doing.
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