May all our birds be so successful! Congratulations and thanks to AMSAT-Inda, as well as to PE1RAH for the Dutch transponder.
73, Burns W2BFJ On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear Friends, > > It gives us great pleasure to inform that 'HAMSAT - VO-52' is successfully > completing 9 years of fruitful services on 4th May 2014 and entering into > her 10th year of services on 5th May. HAMSAT was launched as a piggy back > aboard PSLV-C6 on 5th May 2005 (5-5-5). We do hope that the contribution of > 'HAMSAT' by India/ISRO to the 'Global Amateur Radio Fraternity' has served > its purpose. It gives us great pleasure and satisfaction to note that > 'HAMSAT VO-52' has remained as one of the most sought after and favorite > 'Linear Birds' among the radio amateurs for her sensitivity, strong down > link signals, stability and the ease to work. > > Though expected to work for two years (mainly, considering the battery), > HAMSAT VO-52 has really out lived and still doing strong. Latest telemetry > indicates all the parameters and systems to be normal and satisfactory. We > do hope that 'HAMSAT' would continue to provide her good services to > 'Amateur Radio fraternity' for many more years. > > On this happy occasion, we place on records our sincere thanks and > appreciations to, Chairman ISRO, Scientific Secretary ISRO, Director ISRO > Satellite, Mission Director, Operations Director, 'HAMSAT' project team at > various ISRO centres, AMSAT-India and Williams Leijenaar PE1RAH for their > contribution in achieving this this milestone. > > 73 de > > > Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] > Secretary & Station-In-Charge > Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC > ISRO Satellite Centre > HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. > Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 > Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 > E-mail ID: [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
