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Subj: This Week's News in Brief
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 088.08 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. March 28, 2004
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-088.08
** In what NASA says is a first for aviation an unmanned X-43A hypersoni=
c
research aircraft was dropped from a modified B-52 aircraft before rocket=
ing
away and firing up its revolutionary scramjet engine. The experimental X-=
43
pilotless plane broke the world speed record for an atmospheric engine,
briefly flying at 7,700 kilometers (4,780 miles) per hour -- seven times =
the
speed of sound, NASA said. --SpaceDaily
** aeroTelesis, Inc., recently conducted a live demonstration for a majo=
r
satellite conglomerate where through the use of its proprietary USM
technology achieved success in the data transmission of six Megabits per
second (Mbps) through a single 3 kHz (3 dB Band Width)
channel. --SpaceDaily
** A Chinese restaurant in New Jersey is facing a $10,000 fine from the =
FCC
for operating transmitting equipment on 2 meters without a license. The c=
ase
involves a Westville, NJ restaurant which apparently had been using a
so-called "long-range cordless telephone" to communicate with its deliver=
y
vehicle. The FCC says the telephone in question--said to have been obtai=
ned
outside the US and not FCC certificated--operated within the 2-meter
satellite subband at 145.8376 MHz. --ARRL
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