a report on tvtechnology.com by doug lung highlights that the fcc has issued a licence to national geographic permitting them to use tv and some amateur radio frequencies for wildlife sensing.
national geographic has been issued licence we2xmb and can use the 54–72, 76–88, 174–216, 420–432, 433.92, 470–608, 614–806 and 902–928 mhz bands.
read the full article at
http://www.tvtechnology.com/pages/s.0115/t.12757.htmlthe same article mentions that the fcc have granted a licence we2xms to the colorado space grant consortium at the university of colorado in boulder permitting them to use 144-146 mhz and 435-440 mhz for testing the amateur radio cubesat atmospheric neutral density explorer.
iaru amateur radio frequency co-ordination - hermes cubesat
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finishe...asp?serial=104colorado space grant consortium
http://spacegrant.colorado.edu/the latest list of fcc experimental license grants, covering the period from jan. 1, 2008, to feb. 1, 2008 can be seen at
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...c-281372a1.pdf
