[amsat-bb] VO-52 PE1RAH Trxp Switching 'ON'

[Mani VU2WMY]

Dear VO-52 (HAMSAT) users,

On behalf of HAMSAT VO-52 Mission Director, Operations Director and  
the entire HAMSAT Team, I take pleasure to inform the user community  
that;

After the 'In-Orbit Maintenance Operations' the decision to turn 'ON'  
the payload transponder was taken and accordingly;

The Transponder No 2 i.e. The Dutch Transponder made by William  
Leijenaar PE1RAH would be switched 'ON' at 13:51 UT on 08.03.2012  
during orbit # 37006 over India.

A 'Critical Comparative Signal Report' between the Indian and Dutch  
transponder would be of great help for further evaluations and  
necessary actions for the maintenance the transponder in good and  
healthy condition for better services and also, the inputs would be  
very valuable to the respective transponder designers.

We all hope, Williams PE1RAH would be very happy with our decision and  
behalf of every one here in India involved with project, wish Williams  
and his transponder all the very best and good luck.

Thanks to AMSAT-India (Nitin VU3TYG) for the all the help and  
co-ordination provided.



73 de

Mani, VU2WMY
Secretary & Station-In-Charge
Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
ISRO Satellite Centre
HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192
Mobile:  91-80-98803 41456
E-mail ID: wmy at isac.gov.in
            vu2wmy_mani at yahoo.com
            isrohams at yahoo.com





Note:

Below pasted is the 'Official Announcement' received from  Mr.Parimalarangan,
Operations Director VO-52 (HAMSAT).

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ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING SWITCHING ON OF THE PAYLOAD TRANSPONDER-2  
(Dutch) ONBOARD HAMSAT


I	HAMSAT was launched on 5 May 2005. Since then, the Indian Payload  
transponder is in operation, but for a brief period, wherein, Dutch  
Transponder was kept ON

II	Now, it is planned to switch ON the Payload Transponder-2 (Dutch)  
on          8 March 2012 / 13:57 Hrs. UT

III	Details of the Second Payload Transponder:

Uplink frequency		:	435.250 MHz
Downlink frequency		:	145.900 MHz
Beacon				:	CW at 145.859330 MHz (145.86 MHz)
Output level of Beacon Carrier  :	18 dBm

IV	Please send your feedback to tprangan at istrac.org (Mobile: 0-9480 333 563)


T.PARIMALARANGAN
Operations Director (NP), HAMSAT
ISTRAC/ISRO

8 March 2012
04:35 Hrs. UT















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