1999 plan from #Swatch (the colorful timepiece folks) to have the Russians deploy a #satellite that would transmit messages provided by Swatch fans back to Earth via amateur 2m frequencies.
The messages, gathered via the Swatch Web site, related to the Swatch company’s campaign to establish the “Swatch Beat” as a new “global concept of time.”
Needless to say, this aroused some controversy in the #HamRadio community.Transmissions never took place.