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Hi All,
Please see news posted by Sumbandila :-
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Group: http://groups.google.com/group/sumbandila/topics [1]
*[Sumbandila: 247] Sumbandila amateur radio schedules [2] [3
Updates]
Topic: [Sumbandila: 247] Sumbandila amateur radio schedules [3]
Eddie ZS6BNE May 07 03:49AM -0700 ^ [4]
Hi guys,
What’s happening amateur radio wise on Sumbandilasat lately? It
would
be really great to see some amateur radio activity schedules again!
I’m in the process of writing the “Amateur Radio in Space’
[ARiS]
column for Radio ZS and I’d really like to write of some good
news.
73 Eddie ZS6BNE
"Jan-Albert Koekemoer" May 07 01:34PM +0200 ^ [5]
Hello
We've indeed have a long "radio silence" now. Some good news is that
we're
reprogramming the command transceiver on the satellite used by the
SA-AMSAT
payload (CTR-VU2) tonight. This will hopefully sidestep the issue
we've had
with the cut-off at the PTT tail. The idea is to keep the PTT active
for the
15 minute duration that the SA-AMSAT payload will be active at a
time, i.e.
uncouple the PTT functionality from the rest of the SA-AMSAT payload
functions.
We will then make sure it works as expected (hopefully first half of
next
week) and if all goes well, aim to have the payload fully
operational and in
service again by the end of the week.
With some unexpected hiccups on the satellite, the commissioning
took longer
than expected. We've already completed the initial transfer of
operations to
SAC (March) and will be completing the training of their Mission
Specialists
this coming Mon - Wed. We should then be in a position to have >95%
of
mission operations in place at SAC.
SunSpace will continue to provide expert support for the duration of
the
satellite lifetime.
Thank you for your patience!
Regards
JA
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From: [email protected]
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Behalf Of Eddie ZS6BNE
Sent: 07 May 2010 12:49 PM
To: Sumbandila satellite
Subject: [Sumbandila: 247] Sumbandila amateur radio schedules
Hi guys,
What's happening amateur radio wise on Sumbandilasat lately? It
would
be really great to see some amateur radio activity schedules again!
I'm in the process of writing the "Amateur Radio in Space' [ARiS]
column for Radio ZS and I'd really like to write of some good news.
73 Eddie ZS6BNE
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May 07 01:39PM +0200 ^ [7]
Eddie see SARLNEWS for last Sunday
SUMBANDILASAT SOON BACK IN AMATEUR RADIO MODE
SA AMSAT announced that SumbandilaSat will soon be back in the
Amateur Radio
Mode. Currently Sunspace will re-program CR2 with a fix for the SA
AMSAT
PTT problem . This is expected to be completed by mid May.
Programming of the Amateur Radio Payload will in future be carried
out by
the CSIR Satellite Application Centre at Hartebeeshoek. SA AMSAT
will work
with SAC to coordinate operational requests. More details on how to
request
operation will be announced in the next two weeks and published on
www.amsatsa.org.za.
We will not be using googlegroups.
Eddie
I am in the process of updating www.amsatsa.org.za. the request for
areas
to be included in the schedule, special events etc will have to be
sent to
[email protected] by Mondays . SA AMSAT will coordinate with SAC
and
publish a schedule for the following week during Friday.
Currently Jan-Albert is testing the PTT software change.
Hans.
Hans van de Groenendaal
Features Editor EngineerIT
012 991 4662
082 781 4631
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eddie ZS6BNE"
To: "Sumbandila satellite"
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: [Sumbandila: 247] Sumbandila amateur radio schedules
Hi guys,
What’s happening amateur radio wise on Sumbandilasat lately? It
would
be really great to see some amateur radio activity schedules again!
I’m in the process of writing the “Amateur Radio in Space’
[ARiS]
column for Radio ZS and I’d really like to write of some good
news.
73 Eddie ZS6BNE
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[3] http://groups.google.com/group/sumbandila/t/23e786bb1df9e220
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[5] http://webmail.photofuture.co.uk/#digest_top
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[7] http://webmail.photofuture.co.uk/#digest_top
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