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HAM RADIO IN SPACE: HAMSAT VO-52 RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL
Some good news about the HAMSAT VO-52 ham radio satellite.
A report received from the ISRO Satellite Centre in
Bangalore, India on March 14 says HAMSAT is back on the air
and operating properly.
According to VU2WMY commands to reactivate Dutch-built
PE1RAH orbital transponder on HAMSAT were sent during an
ascending pass over India. The commands were acknowledged
and confirmed by return telemetry. At the same time the
beacon signal was heard loud and strong in Bangalore.
Stations in Europe and North America reported good signals
from VO-52 immediately after the transponder was activated.
Two-way contacts were soon completed through the HAMSAT VO-
52 transponder. (VU2WMY)
BT
HAM RADIO IN SPACE: NEW HAM-SAT GROUP FORMED IN CUBA
Hector Martinez, CO6CBF reports that the Cuban Amateur Radio
Federation has created its first official Satellite Group.
CO6CBF says that he along with CM2ESP and CO7WT worked to
form the group and made the formal recognition request to
the Federation headquarters that was approved on March 3rd.
The official name of the organization is the Grupo de
Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales. Its
principal mission is to promote amateur radio by satellites
in Cuba and motivate Cuban hams to operate on the
satellites. Its first meeting is being planned for Havana
in the not to distant future.
(CO6CBF)
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