[HCRA] ISS is a satellite isn't it?

[Eric Richardson]

If you want to be technicial....

from m-w.com

Main Entry: sat·el·lite
Pronunciation: 'sa-t&l-"It
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French, from Latin satellit-, satelles attendant
1 : a hired agent or obsequious follower : MINION, SYCOPHANT
2 a : a celestial body orbiting another of larger size b : a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body
3 : someone or something attendant, subordinate, or dependent; especially : a country politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country
4 : a usually independent urban community situated near but not immediately adjacent to a large city
- satellite adjective


>From m-w it states that it is one, since it's orbiting the earth, and I really don't think that the ISS is bigger than earth. Although the ARRL states that it doesn't count.

> ARRL Contest Branch Manager Dan Henderson, N1ND, notes that ISS
> voice or direct packet contacts with the ISS do not count for bonus
> satellite contact points because the ISS is not an ''Amateur Radio
> satellite'' as event rules specify. Packet contacts relayed via the
> ISS are valid.
>
> ''The ISS contacts do not count for satellite credit, since they are
> point-to-point, whereas the traditional satellite QSO is a relayed
> Earth-satellite-Earth two-way contact,'' he explained. Field Day has
> no specific rules relating to ARISS operation because there's no
> guarantee that the crew will be able to get on the air for the
> annual exercise.

Looks like we will need our 2M station to get it done.

KB1JVI

Eric