[Amps] Participate in NASA experiment

[James McKellips]

I think this question is kind of mute now with the government shut down.

73,
Jim, W4NFT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Manfred Mornhinweg" <manfred at ludens.cl>
To: <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 9:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Participate in NASA experiment


> Hi guys,
> 
> as I understand it, NASA wants as many hams as possible to send out 
> series of half minute long carriers, for several hours, on many specific 
> frequencies decided by NASA and covering all the most used segment of 10 
> meters!
> 
> To me that looks like incitation to create massive QRM!
> 
> Yes, NASA asks participants to comply with the laws. That would mean 
> listening first, not using a frequency if it is in use, and asking if it 
> is in use, plus IDing basically after each of the "dits" of that HI 
> message. But will all participants do that, or will they just put their 
> carriers atop other stations? I fear that some fellow hams, in the fever 
> of the action, and finding "their assigned frequency" in use by some 
> stations they only hear weakly, might choose to simply ignore them!
> 
> Let's hope that this will not happen.
> 
> Manfred
> 
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