Hello
Given that the SA-AMSAT payload on SO-67 is shared with the satellite back-up TT&C transponder, there is unfortunately not a way to keep the payload switched on permanently, or even semi-permanently. For the lifetime of the satellite we will therefore have to do with active scheduling.
In an effort to make this as painless as possible, I would like to request comments on the possible use of regional coordinators, which I believe worked quite well for SO-35. Such coordinators would then be responsible for setting up schedules in advance for their specific regions, taking into account obviously the pool of possible satellite passes, as well as local events / fairs etc. We would then simply load the schedules on a weekly basis.
Up 'till now I have mainly focused on Europe, RSA, South America, North America / Canada, Japan and Australia / NZ. I would like to invite suggestions for use of the payload over other regions as well. This adds to the previous point.
Regarding possible activation at night: this is entirely possible, but would have to be planned / managed more actively, given the power limitations in eclipse. We have yet to experiment with this and see what the available capacity would be.
Please mail responses to this bulletin board, or if you prefer, to my work address: jak "at" sunspace "dot" co "dot" za
Best regards Jan-Albert (ZR1JAK)
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