[amsat-dc] Re: Impacts? Missed Discussions?

[kb8rtz@comcast.net]

You haven't missed anything in the VHF+ arena. The QRP folks sure went ballistic.

Patrick...kb8rtz...

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From: Pat Kilroy <Patrick.L.Kilroy at nasa.gov> 

> HAVE I MISSED ANY DISCUSSIONS or posts on the 
> "other" AMSAT mail list(s) regarding the impacts 
> to AMSAT (good or bad, imagined or real) with 
> respect to all the recent changes by the FCC to 
> the Part 97 rules and regs? 
> 
> At first thought, the expansion of the 80m phone 
> band and dropping Element 1 (Morse Code) of the ham 
> license testing requirements, for example, don't 
> appear to affect AMSAT and the amateur satellite 
> service a single bit. But how about after a second 
> thought? 
> 
> Might there be any indirect impacts lurking? 
> 
> Thanks for your thoughts. 
> 
> 73 de Pat N8PK 
> 
> 
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