Yes, there is the medium freqency band. The only thing that I can think of that lands in there is the 160 meter HAM band. but yeah MF runs from like 300khz? to 3 Mhz(sure about this end), and the 160 meter band is somewhere at 1.6MHz????
ehh whatever
Yennek
One other thing to consider is that it's not impossible to hack in or take control of satalites. The radio equipment itself is readily avalible and most satalites operate on security by obscurity. Amsat.org has artcles on ham radio satalites and the equipment amatures use to communicate with them is compatable with the comercial ones. I'd be afraid of a smart guy with a grudge against dish network might decide to get rid of everyone's satalite TV!, Or more frightening, Military Sats.
Well this satalite has been planned to come down around the 31st of january since it was launched, according to this link about the project. It doesnt state if they intentionally left the menuvering devices off, or as happens on alot of satalites, somehow malfunctioned during it's life.
To those who are commenting about a self destruct sequence, think about what kind of trouble we would be in if someone hacked all the communication satalites up there... or the military sats. satalite communication equipment is quite easily obtained or built, and current sats employ security by obscurity.
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Yes, there is the medium freqency band. The only thing that I can think of that lands in there is the 160 meter HAM band. but yeah MF runs from like 300khz? to 3 Mhz(sure about this end), and the 160 meter band is somewhere at 1.6MHz????
ehh whatever
Yennek
One other thing to consider is that it's not impossible to hack in or take control of satalites. The radio equipment itself is readily avalible and most satalites operate on security by obscurity. Amsat.org has artcles on ham radio satalites and the equipment amatures use to communicate with them is compatable with the comercial ones. I'd be afraid of a smart guy with a grudge against dish network might decide to get rid of everyone's satalite TV!, Or more frightening, Military Sats.
Well this satalite has been planned to come down around the 31st of january since it was launched, according to this link about the project. It doesnt state if they intentionally left the menuvering devices off, or as happens on alot of satalites, somehow malfunctioned during it's life.
To those who are commenting about a self destruct sequence, think about what kind of trouble we would be in if someone hacked all the communication satalites up there... or the military sats. satalite communication equipment is quite easily obtained or built, and current sats employ security by obscurity.