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02/13/2012 | New Satellites Reach Orbit
Eight new satellites with Amateur Radio capability were launched today
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03/23/2009 | FCC Clarifies What Constitutes an Amateur Radio Repeater
In December 2007, Gary Mitchell, WB6YRU, President of the Northern California Packet Association (NCPA), filed a Petition with the FCC, asking for the Commission to clarify the definition of a repeater. According to Part 97, Section 3(a)(39), A repeater i
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11/12/2008 | Satellite Serving as Voice Repeater Expected to Go QRT by End of Year
Launched in January 1990, AMSAT-OSCAR 16 (AO-16) -- a digital satellite -- has been operating as a voice repeater since January 2008, using FM voice on the uplink and transmitting DSB voice on the downlink (best received on SSB). But according to the sate
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