Hi All Been reading all your views on Hamsat. Mission management board informs us that Hamsat is in very good health and its one the sats that has drawn least attention with regard to house keeping. We have received many mails asking if FM can be used on Hamsat, though I am regular on SSB and CW mainly working some DX , while I do hear the qrm from FM sigs nearby. Only a couple of us have the SSB CW gear here and I agree that in most parts of the world SSB gear is scarce while FM radios are popular worldover. As in this region we want to promote Sat operation we have not discouraged some the beginners who want to try the satellite operation with their simple vhf / uhf handys. We have not enforced a strict NO to FM here as we want get them into the Sat working and slowly encourage them to move on to SSB / CW. We have recieved numerous mails from all over the world expressing their satisfaction and excitement of working the Hamsat as it is now one of the most easily workable LEO.
We have been having regular meetings with MMB and the Hamsat is in good health completing 2 years in a few days. News proposals have been planned for the Hamsat 2 and we welcome proposals from other sat operators , designers, amsat.orgs., etc sent to [email protected]
Thank you all for the support to Hamsat. Best 73 Pop VU2POP Secy Amsat India regd