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Please see news posted by Sumbandila :- ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: Digest Recipients [email protected] Sent: Fri 07/05/10 19:39 Subject: Fwd: [Sumbandila: 250] Digest for [email protected] - 3 Messages in 1 Topic Today's Topic Summary

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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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm [6] 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 [email protected] 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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