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| record. The beacon will be on 14.325 MHz (+ or - 2kHz)and will be
| transmitting AA4UT/B every 15 seconds, with the full telemetry data
| given every 4 minutes (stuff like altitude, latitude and longitude,
| temperature, battery voltage, etc.)"
....
| why did they choose that band how would they ever know wether the
| report came from hearing some loca or world wide skip. seem silly to
| me if they want data of any value to use that band and mode

If the beacon is broadcasting it's current coordinates, then it really
doesn't matter where the recevier is, does it? Only that he's able to
pick up the signal and relay the coordinates as received.

In that case, a 14 MHz signal ought to be receivable by more people
than a 2 meter or 70 cm signal, right? So using a HF band ought to
allow more reports to come in ...

(Or am I missing something here?)

--
Doug McLaren,
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.