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[Chris Bloy]

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    *[Sumbandila: 247] Sumbandila amateur radio schedules [2] [3
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  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
 -----Original Message-----
 From: sumbandila at googlegroups.com
[mailto:sumbandila at googlegroups.com] On
 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 
 saamsat at intekom.co.za 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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