[amsat-florida] [Fwd: [Sumbandila: 160] SO-67 activation schedule: 13-15 Nov 2009]

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Gentlemen,

This is a new satellite from South Africa. It has a VERY strong 
downlink, easily copyable on an unsquelched HT. Take a listen at the UTC 
times listed for USA (East) below, starting at about 435.355, and tuning 
down through 435.335 by the end of the pass. I'd recommend listening to 
a pass to get the hang of things before trying to transmit, and use 
narrow FM or speak softly on the uplink. I'll be happy to field 
questions about satellite related stuff, and invite everyone interested 
in AMSAT to join us on the NI4CE system Thursday nights at 730PM for the 
Florida AMSAT net.

73, Drew KO4MA

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[Sumbandila: 160] SO-67 activation schedule: 13-15 Nov 2009
Date: 	Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:36:38 +0200
From: 	Jan-Albert Koekemoer <jan.koekemoer at sunspace.co.za>
Reply-To: 	sumbandila at googlegroups.com
To: 	<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
CC: 	<sumbandila at googlegroups.com>



Hello
 
It will be a busy weekend on SO-67 as we intend to schedule the FM V/U 
cross-band repeater on Sumbandila as listed below (all times in UTC; all 
activations 15 minutes duration).  We appreciate all feedback, which 
you're welcome to post on AMSAT-BB, or alternatively on the Sumbandila 
Google Group (http://groups.google.com/group/sumbandila).  For progress 
made during commissioning of the satellite, please see 
http://sumbandilamission.blogspot.com .

Fri 13 Nov 2009
21:16 - RSA
22:17 - Australia (East)
23:35 - Japan
23:49 - Australia (Central)

Sat 14 Nov 2009
01:25 - Australia (West)
06:11 - RSA
07:30 - Europe (East)
07:46 - RSA
09:02 - Europe (West)
12:22 - Brazil
13:50 - USA (East)
15:21 - USA (Central)
16:56 - USA (West)
17:49 - RSA
18:30 - Alaska
19:20 - RSA
20:26 - New Zealand
20:54 - RSA
21:57 - Australia (East)
23:16 - Japan
23:28 - Australia (Central)

Sun 15 Nov 2009
01:04 - Australia (West)
05:51 - RSA
07:10 - Europe (East)
07:25 - RSA
08:41 - Europe (Central)
10:17 - Europe (West)
12:03 - Brazil
13:28 - USA (East)
15:01 - USA (mid-East)
16:35 - USA (mid-West)
18:12 - USA (West)

The CTCSS tone for the transponder is 233.6 Hz.

Uplink:  145.875MHz
Downlink:  435.345MHz

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

Satellite characteristics:
All antennas are linear vertically polarized (1/4 wavelength)
Sat Tx power = 5W
Sat Rx sensitivity = -116.5dBm for 12dB SINAD
Max antenna gain = 4dBi

Note that the satellite is currently in a controlled sun tracking mode 
with antennas Nadir pointing.

Apologies again for the late notification, but we're still in the 
commissioning phase and can therefore not guarantee the SA-AMSAT payload 
service far ahead in time.

Regards
Jan-Albert Koekemoer (ZR1JAK)
Sumbandila Ground Control Team

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