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Today's Topics:
1. Hams and Emergency Comms... (Elan Portnoy)
2. SO-67 Back Next week? (John Meeks)
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Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 08:17:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Elan Portnoy <elanportnoy@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hams and Emergency Comms...
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I lived in NYC close to the World Trade Center during September of 2001.
For me, the matter was settled during the 9/11 attack. I was on the
communications team supporting the Red Cross in response to the aftermath
where I witnessed firsthand, the necessity for hams to be a part of the
communications system.
When the Twin Towers collapsed, the local cell phone infrastructure went
with them. Mobile phones were useless for quite a while and landlines were
overloaded--making calls in or out of the area nearly impossible. ALL of our
public services (PD, Fire, EMS, etc.) were completely overwhelmed and
focused on ground zero where firemen, cops, civilians., etc. where dying by
the scores; jumping out windows to escape the inferno inside the building
and crushed under fallen debris....chaos on the public service freqencies
and those outside the city couldn't communicate with family members and
friends scrambling from what had already happened...and what might happen
next.
Ham radio was critical in the coordination of rescue and relief efforts.
Operators halled car batteries on luggage carts, antennas stuck to anything
metal (tables, chairs, bookcases, file cabinets) stationed at high school
gyms, makeshift shelters, on ambulances, at ground zero, etc. We kept our
cool, remained organized and efficiently assisted in any way we could--it
worked flawlessly.
Something like that fatefull day on a warm, clear day in September will
probably happen again. I'm ready and willing--even if I have just a wet
noodle, my trusty Clegg HT with one crystal and a bag full of D cell
batteries.
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 07 May 2010 13:57:04 -0400
From: John Meeks <jmeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 Back Next week?
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From Jan-Albert Koekemoer via sumbandila.googlegroups.com :
"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."
From SARLNEWS:
"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 <http://www.amsatsa.org.za>.
We will not be using googlegroups."
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