Re: ISS audio retransmissions in Europe?

They SHOULD amend it, why the heck not I say. Maybe due to the fact that
there is probably not that much audio to hear as with a shuttle mission?
That's my guess currently. They should change the wording from "space
shuttle" to "manned space missions". 

Tom


On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:37:45 -0500, Jason Dugas wrote:

> We recently had a discussion about this at the last club meeting of the
> Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club (JSCARC).  We also wanted to
> retransmit ISS audio, but are not able to due to the fact that the law in
> Part 97 specifically mentions "space shuttle" audio and does not include
> ISS.  In order to legally retransmit the ISS audio, the law would have to
> be ammended or rewritten altogether.
> 
> Jason
> KB5URQ
> 
> "Tom Randy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 04:45:11 -0500, Steen Eiler Jørgensen wrote:
>>
>> > Tom Randy wrote:
>> >
>> >> I'm not sure of the wattage but it's 1500 or less. They only transmit
>> >> when a shuttle mission is up. It'll be quite a while until the next
>> >> mission of coarse. I don't know if you'll hear them in Europe,
>> >> depends on propagation.
>> >
>> > So they do *not* regularly transmit ISS-ground-communication? Is that
>> > correct?
>>
>>
>> Correct. They do not.