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From: lauren%RAND-UNIX@vortex.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: ham use of "lost" satellites
Message-ID: <16563@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Feb-84 06:50:18 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  9 06:50:18 1984
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Actually, some of us have talked about this, and the poor things really
won't be useful.  First of all, hams aren't licensed for 4/6 GHz.
operations.  Secondly, the antennas on those birds are too directional
to be useful from such low orbits -- they were designed for use from
22K miles out ... not 150.

--Lauren--