Mike (KA5CVH) Urich wrote:
> Now I do have a serious question. During FD, astronaut Ed Lu, KC5WKJ, was
> operating from ISS using the call sign NA1SS, NA1SS is the call asssigned
> to the ISSARC with Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, being the club call trustee. Frank
> is a Advanced class and 2X2 call signs like NA1SS are reserved for Advanced
> and Extra class operators. Ed is a technician class operator _WAS_ this a
> violation of the FCC rules? And no try as we may we were not able to work
> him. We just didn't have enough horsepower to get over the pile up.
As long as Ed was operating within the limits of his Technician class
license (frequency, power, etc) there is not a problem. This would also
apply here in the good old USA. There may even be a special exemption
for operations aboard the Shuttle and ISS to allow operation anywhere
within any amateur frequency, but I'm not sure and don't have my FCC
rule book handy.
73,
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Tad Danley, K3TD
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