Test Schedule is suspended

The Sumbandila Satellite Operations at SunSpace in South Africa said this week that Amateur Radio Operations via SO-67 must be suspended temporarily due to system commissioning requirements of the main payload.

The message said after handover of operations of the commissioned payloads the Satellite Applications Center plans return SO-67 back to scheduled Amateur Radio operation in the middle-March to early-April, 2010 timeframe.

TNX AMSAT.ORG

The CTCSS tone for the transponder is 233.6 Hz.
Uplink:  145.875MHz
Downlink:  435.345MHz 

Additional recommendations:
Use only narrow band FM
Switch off compression
Speak softly (mic gain down)

 Latest Keps:

SO-67
1 35870U 09049F   10059.02894760  .00000904  00000-0  41427-4 0  4862
2 35870  97.3478 110.8321 0012916  81.1064   8.8274 15.22910841 24859

Reports to saamsat@intekom.co.za

The Sumbandila Satellite Operations at SunSpace in South Africa said this week that Amateur Radio Operations via SO-67 must be suspended temporarily due to system commissioning requirements of the main payload.

The message said after handover of operations of the commissioned payloads the Satellite Applications Center plans return SO-67 back to scheduled Amateur Radio operation in the middle-March to early-April, 2010 timeframe.

TNX AMSAT.ORG