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Re: [amsat-bb] [amsatindia] Good Bye HAMSAT-VO52 - Rest In Peace
by Ved Prakash Sandlas 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Dear Mani and Suresh, This is the culmination of an important phase of 'Ham-History' of India. 'HAMSAT VO-52' was a dream fulfilled; an emotional outcome of many contributors and well-wishers. I would like to join you all in thanking and expressing heartfelt gratefulness to all those who made it possible to realize HAMSAT VO-52. May we all hope and pray for the next phase of 'Ham-India in Space' sooner than later; with higher power and in higher orbit. 73, Ved VU2VP On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 8:33 PM, 'Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]' wmy(a)isac.gov.in [amsatindia] <amsatindia(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > With heavy heart, I sadly convey, that our little angel ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ > would no more be able to offer her services to the ‘Amateur Radio > Fraternity. HAMSAT VO-52 succumbed in Space on 11th July 2014, while she > was on her 49,675th orbit, due to the failure of on-board lithium ion > batteries that have met their end of life. > > Although her desires were to be at work with other systems and sub-systems > working normal as per the latest telemetry received, the on-board computer > recurring to ‘Reset’ mode due to the failure of batteries is preventing her > to do so. Hence, it is decided not to expect any more meaningful and > reliable services from HAMSAT VO-52. > > Since 11th July, every best possible effort has been put in by the > spacecraft controllers here in ISTRAC Bangalore to revive her back to life > and to help her with work load, so she won’t be swamped when she returns, > but with no luck. Though it is hard, the HAMSAT VO-52 designers and > controllers insist that the time has come to let the little angel free in > space to go drifting on her own from their care and custody. > > Thus, today 21st July 2014, ISRO have decommissioned 'HAMSAT-VO52' > officially. > > We all here in ISRO do definitely hope that ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ worked > tirelessly and was a good friend to the ‘Amateur Radio Fraternity’ around > the World. We are sure that HAMSAT was loved by all who worked through her. > Though, we are deeply saddened by the loss of HAMSAT VO-52, but she will > never be forgotten and far from our hearts, minds and memories. > > HAMSAT VO-52 will always be remembered by all of us here in ISRO as one of > the greatest satellites of ours. > > Dear ‘HAMSAT’, looking at the sky, we all say ‘Good Bye’ to you. You’ll be > greatly missed. Rest in Peace. > > Nevertheless, at this point of time, on behalf of the World Amateur Radio > Fraternity, we thank each and everyone who contributed to the great success > of ‘HAMSAT’. > > Particularly, our sincere thanks to the Chairman ISRO, Dr. K. > Radhakrishnan, past chairmen Dr. Kasthurirangan, Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, > Director-ISAC Dr. S.K.Shiva Kumar, past ISAC Directors Dr. P.S. Goel, Dr. > Shankara, Dr. T.K. Alex, Director-ISTRAC Shri. B.S. Chandrasekhar, > scientific secretary Dr. Koteshwar Rao, Project Director-Shri. J.P. Gupta, > Deputy project Directors, Mission Director-Shri. R.Suresh, Operations > Director-Shri. Parimalarangan and each and every person directly or > in-directly contributed. > > At this point of time, we also thank AMSAT-India and in particular, late > Shri. Nagesh Upadhyaya-VU2NUD, Shri. B.S. Gajendra Kumar-VU2BGS, Shri. > Prathap Kumar-VU2POP, Air Commodore. Subramanian-VU2UV, Shri. V.P. > Sandlas-VU2VP, Dr.R. Ramesh-VU2RMS, Shri. Nitin-VU3TYG, Mr. Williams > Leijenaar PE1RAH and each and every member. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Pasted below is the message from Mr. R. Suresh, Mission Director: > > > HAMSAT, the first small satellite by ISRO has been Decommissioned after > nearly a decade of service to the World Ham community. > > > A true masterpiece among small satellites, designed for one year mission > life, but exceeded all expectations by serving for almost 10 years. A truly > autonomous satellite, with “Zero maintenance“ in terms of Mission > operations, it provided a springboard to test many new concepts such as > BMU. LI-ion based power system, automatic Spin rate control and Auto SAOC > for maintaining the Satellite attitude without any ground commanding. > > HAMSAT known as “OSCAR-52” among the Amateur HAM operators has been very > popular because of its high sensitivity receiver and strong transmitter. > Indian Radio Amateurs on many occasions conveyed to us that they have been > greatly honored to share the adulations showered on ISRO and INDIA by the > International Radio Amateur for gifting this wonderful satellite "HAMSAT". > > > I take this opportunity to applaud the HAMSAT teams at ISAC, ISTRAC and > other centre for their efforts and support, which has made ISRO proud > among the HAM users across the globe. > > > R,SURESH > MISSION DIRECTOR > HAMSAT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > 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: wmy(a)isac.gov.in > vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com > isrohams(a)yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > 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. 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CAPE-2 over Brazil #3754
by Roland Zurmely 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Successful commands: 22/07/2014 10:24:26 *forcebeac# Recieved Beacon: +W5UL,CAPE-2,f,GR,201301281930CST,5324mV,01003,f,19C,18C,ulcape.org# 22/07/2014 10:24:54 *dump# Recieved Health Beacon: W5UL,5318,825,5303,3,5298,53,5298,GR,001,19,18,ulcape.org# Satélite CAPE Satélite CAPE Satélite CAPE-2 = LO-75 por PY4ZBZ em 28-11-2013 rev. 22-07-2014 Recepção do primeiro beacon em AX25. Primeira execução de comandos co... View on www.qsl.net Preview by Yahoo 73 de Roland.

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LO78
by PY5LF 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Hi Heard the transponder of Lutianicasat-1 a few minutes ago , good signal .Only me calling . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF

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Thanks for sprout QSL card
by andy thomas 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Thanks to you and the Sprout team for the QSL card, issuance No. 5, for receiving and reporting telemetry from Sprout. 73 de andy G0SFJ

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Orlando maker faire
by Lizeth Norman 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Hi all! I'm planning on attending the Orlando Maker Faire on Sept 13,14 2014 to showcase amateur satellites. Anyone else planning on attending? I've got all the necessary gear for a fun filled day. Norm n3ykf

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Re: [amsat-bb] [amsatindia] Good Bye HAMSAT-VO52 - Rest In Peace
by RAMESH RAMSUBBU 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

It is very sad to confirm this. In fact I was among the very first to note the silence of VO52 and I notified Mani a few days ago. A bird meant for a year and lasting for a decade speaks of ISRO'S brilliance in SAT designs and launches. I would prefer to laud ISRO for this 10 yr gift rather than get sad about this inevitable loss. Once again I thank ISRO for having given me endless joys of going Digital with it and which I could not with other birds. VU2RMS/Ramesh On 21 Jul 2014 20:35, "'Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]' wmy(a)isac.gov.in [amsatindia]" <amsatindia(a)yahoogroups.com> wrote: > > > Dear Friends, > > With heavy heart, I sadly convey, that our little angel ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ > would no more be able to offer her services to the ‘Amateur Radio > Fraternity. HAMSAT VO-52 succumbed in Space on 11th July 2014, while she > was on her 49,675th orbit, due to the failure of on-board lithium ion > batteries that have met their end of life. > > Although her desires were to be at work with other systems and sub-systems > working normal as per the latest telemetry received, the on-board computer > recurring to ‘Reset’ mode due to the failure of batteries is preventing her > to do so. Hence, it is decided not to expect any more meaningful and > reliable services from HAMSAT VO-52. > > Since 11th July, every best possible effort has been put in by the > spacecraft controllers here in ISTRAC Bangalore to revive her back to life > and to help her with work load, so she won’t be swamped when she returns, > but with no luck. Though it is hard, the HAMSAT VO-52 designers and > controllers insist that the time has come to let the little angel free in > space to go drifting on her own from their care and custody. > > Thus, today 21st July 2014, ISRO have decommissioned 'HAMSAT-VO52' > officially. > > We all here in ISRO do definitely hope that ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ worked > tirelessly and was a good friend to the ‘Amateur Radio Fraternity’ around > the World. We are sure that HAMSAT was loved by all who worked through her. > Though, we are deeply saddened by the loss of HAMSAT VO-52, but she will > never be forgotten and far from our hearts, minds and memories. > > HAMSAT VO-52 will always be remembered by all of us here in ISRO as one of > the greatest satellites of ours. > > Dear ‘HAMSAT’, looking at the sky, we all say ‘Good Bye’ to you. You’ll be > greatly missed. Rest in Peace. > > Nevertheless, at this point of time, on behalf of the World Amateur Radio > Fraternity, we thank each and everyone who contributed to the great success > of ‘HAMSAT’. > > Particularly, our sincere thanks to the Chairman ISRO, Dr. K. > Radhakrishnan, past chairmen Dr. Kasthurirangan, Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, > Director-ISAC Dr. S.K.Shiva Kumar, past ISAC Directors Dr. P.S. Goel, Dr. > Shankara, Dr. T.K. Alex, Director-ISTRAC Shri. B.S. Chandrasekhar, > scientific secretary Dr. Koteshwar Rao, Project Director-Shri. J.P. Gupta, > Deputy project Directors, Mission Director-Shri. R.Suresh, Operations > Director-Shri. Parimalarangan and each and every person directly or > in-directly contributed. > > At this point of time, we also thank AMSAT-India and in particular, late > Shri. Nagesh Upadhyaya-VU2NUD, Shri. B.S. Gajendra Kumar-VU2BGS, Shri. > Prathap Kumar-VU2POP, Air Commodore. Subramanian-VU2UV, Shri. V.P. > Sandlas-VU2VP, Dr.R. Ramesh-VU2RMS, Shri. Nitin-VU3TYG, Mr. Williams > Leijenaar PE1RAH and each and every member. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Pasted below is the message from Mr. R. Suresh, Mission Director: > > > HAMSAT, the first small satellite by ISRO has been Decommissioned after > nearly a decade of service to the World Ham community. > > > A true masterpiece among small satellites, designed for one year mission > life, but exceeded all expectations by serving for almost 10 years. A truly > autonomous satellite, with “Zero maintenance“ in terms of Mission > operations, it provided a springboard to test many new concepts such as > BMU. LI-ion based power system, automatic Spin rate control and Auto SAOC > for maintaining the Satellite attitude without any ground commanding. > > HAMSAT known as “OSCAR-52” among the Amateur HAM operators has been very > popular because of its high sensitivity receiver and strong transmitter. > Indian Radio Amateurs on many occasions conveyed to us that they have been > greatly honored to share the adulations showered on ISRO and INDIA by the > International Radio Amateur for gifting this wonderful satellite "HAMSAT". > > > I take this opportunity to applaud the HAMSAT teams at ISAC, ISTRAC and > other centre for their efforts and support, which has made ISRO proud > among the HAM users across the globe. > > > R,SURESH > MISSION DIRECTOR > HAMSAT > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > 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: wmy(a)isac.gov.in > vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com > isrohams(a)yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > 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. > ------------------------------ > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]" <wmy(a)isac.gov.in> > ------------------------------ > Reply via web post > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amsatindia/conversations/messages/2423;…> > • Reply to sender > <wmy@isac.gov.in?subject=Re%3A%20Good%20Bye%20HAMSAT-VO52%20%20-%20Rest%20In%20Peace> > • Reply to group > <amsatindia@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20Good%20Bye%20HAMSAT-VO52%20%20-%20Rest%20In%20Peace> > • Start a New Topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amsatindia/conversations/newtopic;_ylc=…> > • Messages in this topic > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amsatindia/conversations/topics/2423;_y…> > (1) > ------------------------------ > New Polling Options - Get Out the Vote! > > <http://yahoogroups.tumblr.com/post/89143255831/add-your-own-voting-options-…> > You can now add a new option in an existing poll and vote directly from > email > > <http://yahoogroups.tumblr.com/post/89143255831/add-your-own-voting-options-…> > ------------------------------ > Yahoo Groups > Control your view and sort preferences per Yahoo Group > <http://yahoogroups.tumblr.com/> > You can now control your default Sort & View Preferences for > Conversations, Photos and Files in the membership settings page. > ------------------------------ > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/amsatindia/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcmZ0NzBoBF…> > > > [image: Yahoo! 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432 10-13 -Element Antenna?
by Les Rayburn 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

I'm limited to indoor antennas for all my amateur operations, including satellite operation. Right now, I'm running a 6 element 2 Meter yagi, along with the 7 element 432 beam (part of an arrow antenna). I have room to rotate a larger, and longer 432 antenna, and I'd love to have more gain. Most of the commercial antennas seem to be either small and portable, like the Arrow or much longer intended for weak signal operations. Is anyone aware of something in between, such as a 10 to 13 element antenna available commercially. No time or interest in homebrewing one right now. Even better, does anyone have one that is surplus to their needs that they'd like to sell? -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
by Nitin Muttin 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

Does anyone know if there will there we a webcast of the Colloquium on July 25th -27th 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]

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N8RO/P Grid FN51
by Ronald Oldham 22 Jul '14

22 Jul '14

I will be operating portable from the old Marconi radio site on Cape Cod in grid FN51. I will work SO-50 passes on 7/23/2014 at ~17:32 UTC and on 7/24/2014 at ~17:58 UTC. I will not have my usual portable system, but will operate with a HT and a whip antenna. This may make contacts more difficult, but I hope to catch many of you from FN51. 73, Ron - N8RO

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Good Bye HAMSAT-VO52 - Rest In Peace
by Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] 21 Jul '14

21 Jul '14

Dear Friends, With heavy heart, I sadly convey, that our little angel ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ would no more be able to offer her services to the ‘Amateur Radio Fraternity. HAMSAT VO-52 succumbed in Space on 11th July 2014, while she was on her 49,675th orbit, due to the failure of on-board lithium ion batteries that have met their end of life. Although her desires were to be at work with other systems and sub-systems working normal as per the latest telemetry received, the on-board computer recurring to ‘Reset’ mode due to the failure of batteries is preventing her to do so. Hence, it is decided not to expect any more meaningful and reliable services from HAMSAT VO-52. Since 11th July, every best possible effort has been put in by the spacecraft controllers here in ISTRAC Bangalore to revive her back to life and to help her with work load, so she won’t be swamped when she returns, but with no luck. Though it is hard, the HAMSAT VO-52 designers and controllers insist that the time has come to let the little angel free in space to go drifting on her own from their care and custody. Thus, today 21st July 2014, ISRO have decommissioned 'HAMSAT-VO52' officially. We all here in ISRO do definitely hope that ‘HAMSAT VO-52’ worked tirelessly and was a good friend to the ‘Amateur Radio Fraternity’ around the World. We are sure that HAMSAT was loved by all who worked through her. Though, we are deeply saddened by the loss of HAMSAT VO-52, but she will never be forgotten and far from our hearts, minds and memories. HAMSAT VO-52 will always be remembered by all of us here in ISRO as one of the greatest satellites of ours. Dear ‘HAMSAT’, looking at the sky, we all say ‘Good Bye’ to you. You’ll be greatly missed. Rest in Peace. Nevertheless, at this point of time, on behalf of the World Amateur Radio Fraternity, we thank each and everyone who contributed to the great success of ‘HAMSAT’. Particularly, our sincere thanks to the Chairman ISRO, Dr. K. Radhakrishnan, past chairmen Dr. Kasthurirangan, Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Director-ISAC Dr. S.K.Shiva Kumar, past ISAC Directors Dr. P.S. Goel, Dr. Shankara, Dr. T.K. Alex, Director-ISTRAC Shri. B.S. Chandrasekhar, scientific secretary Dr. Koteshwar Rao, Project Director-Shri. J.P. Gupta, Deputy project Directors, Mission Director-Shri. R.Suresh, Operations Director-Shri. Parimalarangan and each and every person directly or in-directly contributed. At this point of time, we also thank AMSAT-India and in particular, late Shri. Nagesh Upadhyaya-VU2NUD, Shri. B.S. Gajendra Kumar-VU2BGS, Shri. Prathap Kumar-VU2POP, Air Commodore. Subramanian-VU2UV, Shri. V.P. Sandlas-VU2VP, Dr.R. Ramesh-VU2RMS, Shri. Nitin-VU3TYG, Mr. Williams Leijenaar PE1RAH and each and every member. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pasted below is the message from Mr. R. Suresh, Mission Director: HAMSAT, the first small satellite by ISRO has been Decommissioned after nearly a decade of service to the World Ham community. A true masterpiece among small satellites, designed for one year mission life, but exceeded all expectations by serving for almost 10 years. A truly autonomous satellite, with “Zero maintenance“ in terms of Mission operations, it provided a springboard to test many new concepts such as BMU. LI-ion based power system, automatic Spin rate control and Auto SAOC for maintaining the Satellite attitude without any ground commanding. HAMSAT known as “OSCAR-52” among the Amateur HAM operators has been very popular because of its high sensitivity receiver and strong transmitter. Indian Radio Amateurs on many occasions conveyed to us that they have been greatly honored to share the adulations showered on ISRO and INDIA by the International Radio Amateur for gifting this wonderful satellite "HAMSAT". I take this opportunity to applaud the HAMSAT teams at ISAC, ISTRAC and other centre for their efforts and support, which has made ISRO proud among the HAM users across the globe. R,SURESH MISSION DIRECTOR HAMSAT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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