I'm not a fan of a cell service either but, thought like some might be interested.
It'a another crowd fund deal and the company will probably be scooped up by a major carrier just to bury it.
JD
NASA/sounding rockets must have a tracker to allow recovery (especially things like shuttle SRB)... I would imagine whatever they use must require a ham license at the very minimum.
So what can we do to allow tracking and telemetry at greater range (like hundreds of miles)?
The US government and virtually all other nations have signed international treaties because they share the EM spectrum with over 200 other nations and all have agreed to a common spectra allocation map so that anyone's use of the EM spectra doesn't interfere with others users. In the US the Federal Communications Commission manages the state/local government, commercial and civilian use of the EM spectrum, and the National Telecommunications & Information Agency manages the Federal government's use of EM spectrum, ensuring that America's domestic and international spectrum needs are met while making efficient use of a limited resource. FCC makes the use rules and frequency allocations for all non-Federal telecommunications in the US, and the NTIA makes the use rules and frequency allocations for all Federal users.Being the government, they can use any frequency they need and at whatever power levels are needed. A 50 watt transmitter on a military channel with little or no interference will get you a signal a long ways, especially when it's high in the air. Then again the Navy has some incredible tracking and targeting radars. They tracked, targeted and shot down that satellite with a ship launched missile a few year ago. They may not need any transmitters on the SRB with that kind of technology available. Then again, you can buy a transmitter to go on your life vest for sea going vessels that is tracked by satellite so the Coast Guard can find you. I don't think the hobbyist is ever going to have that kind of tracking available.
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