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  <title type="text">Sumbandila satellite Google Group</title>
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  To exchange knowledge and experiences of using / interacting with the satellite (built by SunSpace and owned by the Department of Science and Technology, South Africa), especially (but not restricted to) with regards to the SA-AMSAT payload.
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  <updated>2010-01-26T11:52:00Z</updated>
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  <author>
  <email>woz...@gmail.com</email>
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  <updated>2010-01-26T11:52:00Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/9d24e97c3e31bb15?show_docid=9d24e97c3e31bb15</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/9d24e97c3e31bb15?show_docid=9d24e97c3e31bb15"/>
  <title type="text">Re: [Sumbandila: 290] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service</title>
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  Jan-Albert &lt;br&gt; I did not receive the earlier message &lt;br&gt; Hans &lt;br&gt; ----- Original Message ----- &lt;br&gt; From: Jan-Albert Koekemoer &lt;br&gt; To: sumbandila@googlegroups.com &lt;br&gt; Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:45 PM &lt;br&gt; Subject: RE: [Sumbandila: 290] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service &lt;br&gt; Please read my email carefully: the scheduled SA-AMSAT payload operations are indeed suspended in totality, until we have completed the commissioning of the satellite (expected to be end-March / beginning Apr).
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  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Jan-Albert Koekemoer</name>
  <email>jan.koekem...@sunspace.co.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-26T11:45:16Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/61722852b47e9494?show_docid=61722852b47e9494</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/61722852b47e9494?show_docid=61722852b47e9494"/>
  <title type="text">RE: [Sumbandila: 289] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service</title>
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  Please read my email carefully: the scheduled SA-AMSAT payload operations &lt;br&gt; are indeed suspended in totality, until we have completed the commissioning &lt;br&gt; of the satellite (expected to be end-March / beginning Apr). &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Behalf Of woz...@gmail.com &lt;br&gt; Sent: 25 January 2010 09:04 PM &lt;br&gt; To: sumbandila@googlegroups.com
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  <entry>
  <author>
  <email>woz...@gmail.com</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-25T19:04:13Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/6438bed4b12483f3?show_docid=6438bed4b12483f3</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/6438bed4b12483f3?show_docid=6438bed4b12483f3"/>
  <title type="text">Re: [Sumbandila: 287] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service</title>
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  Hi &lt;br&gt; SO67 operations are not suspended. The satellite is still undergoing its commissioning phase so amateur operation is made available when there is a gap in the commissioning programme &lt;br&gt; Hans &lt;br&gt; ----- Original Message ----- &lt;br&gt; From: Madhukar KR &lt;br&gt; To: sumbandila@googlegroups.com &lt;br&gt; Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 1:32 PM
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Mothibi Ramusi</name>
  <email>moth...@doc.gov.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-25T11:41:18Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/6f03527e53c40bae?show_docid=6f03527e53c40bae</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/6f03527e53c40bae?show_docid=6f03527e53c40bae"/>
  <title type="text">RE: [Sumbandila: 286] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service</title>
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  Hello Jan, &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Has there been any test on the telecommunication payload? &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Regards, &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;On Behalf Of Jan-Albert Koekemoer &lt;br&gt; Sent: 25 January 2010 01:01 PM &lt;br&gt; To: amsat...@amsat.org &lt;br&gt; Cc: sumbandila@googlegroups.com &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Hello &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;There is little more than 6 weeks left in which to complete the &lt;br&gt; outstanding commissioning activities on Sumbandila before operations are
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Madhukar KR</name>
  <email>vu2...@gmail.com</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-25T11:32:59Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/15b6f52e69b11ac8?show_docid=15b6f52e69b11ac8</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/15b6f52e69b11ac8?show_docid=15b6f52e69b11ac8"/>
  <title type="text">Re: [Sumbandila: 286] Temporary suspension of SO-67 service</title>
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  Dear Sumbandial Team &lt;br&gt; We here in India had a couple of good days of activities on the limited &lt;br&gt; passes over India. We understand the necessity of suspending activities so &lt;br&gt; that the other commissioning activies can be completed. &lt;br&gt; We wish the team all success and thanks for providing us with a satellite &lt;br&gt; with gud signals and coverage. We eagerly await the full activation at the
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Jan-Albert Koekemoer</name>
  <email>jan.koekem...@sunspace.co.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-25T11:00:56Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/c638132d6c97cbf2?show_docid=c638132d6c97cbf2</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ff7e7e06d9c292a6/c638132d6c97cbf2?show_docid=c638132d6c97cbf2"/>
  <title type="text">Temporary suspension of SO-67 service</title>
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  Hello &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;There is little more than 6 weeks left in which to complete the outstanding &lt;br&gt; commissioning activities on Sumbandila before operations are planned to be &lt;br&gt; handed over in middle-March to the Satellite Application Center, who will &lt;br&gt; then continue to operate the satellite on behalf of the Department of Science
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>IT9CHU</name>
  <email>it9...@tin.it</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-23T08:50:43Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/40bfa965962fd54a/41e7bcbf6d2d5dd6?show_docid=41e7bcbf6d2d5dd6</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/40bfa965962fd54a/41e7bcbf6d2d5dd6?show_docid=41e7bcbf6d2d5dd6"/>
  <title type="text">TOO MUCH POWER in UPLINK</title>
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  I don&#39;t understand because many stations calling on satellite have to &lt;br&gt; use hight power in uplink...this morning there was a station from &lt;br&gt; Switzerland calling with 2X13 and 20 Watts...have you an idea what is &lt;br&gt; the power budget reaching the RX on-board ? &lt;br&gt; In this way the satellite is monopolized by only one station for pass
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>John</name>
  <email>j...@papays.com</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-19T17:25:21Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/a0c5bfc5081b2701/0e3acfbae82cdec2?show_docid=0e3acfbae82cdec2</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/a0c5bfc5081b2701/0e3acfbae82cdec2?show_docid=0e3acfbae82cdec2"/>
  <title type="text">SO-67 Schedule North America</title>
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  There was a posting on the amsat-bb regarding the SO-67 schedule. &lt;br&gt; There was a pass for North America on 1/19 at 1612z. SO-67 was not &lt;br&gt; heard during that pass. Did anyone else hear it?
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Mothibi Ramusi</name>
  <email>moth...@doc.gov.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T14:11:52Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/d7620b076c987fa2?show_docid=d7620b076c987fa2</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/d7620b076c987fa2?show_docid=d7620b076c987fa2"/>
  <title type="text">RE: [Sumbandila: 281] Spam</title>
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  Hello Jan, &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;You are the best. &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;This will eliminate all those nonsense messages. &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Let us now focus on Sumbandila&#39; health and deliverables and make sure &lt;br&gt; that we achieve the MISSION as a collective. &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;Regards, &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;On Behalf Of Jan-Albert Koekemoer &lt;br&gt; Sent: 13 January 2010 10:12 AM &lt;br&gt; To: sumbandila@googlegroups.com
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Mothibi Ramusi</name>
  <email>moth...@doc.gov.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T14:08:14Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/2774c8165225e709?show_docid=2774c8165225e709</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/2774c8165225e709?show_docid=2774c8165225e709"/>
  <title type="text">RE: [Sumbandila: 279] Re: Spam</title>
  <summary type="html" xml:space="preserve">
  Thank you &lt;br&gt; I hope will find closure on this one. &lt;br&gt; Regards, &lt;br&gt; -----Original Message----- &lt;br&gt; On Behalf Of woz...@gmail.com &lt;br&gt; Sent: 13 January 2010 08:31 AM &lt;br&gt; To: sumbandila@googlegroups.com &lt;br&gt; Mothibi &lt;br&gt; Talk to Jan-Albert. He ha to change how people can subscribe to the &lt;br&gt; Google &lt;br&gt; group. &lt;br&gt; We don&#39;t have the problem on the SA AMSAT website
  </summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Jan-Albert Koekemoer</name>
  <email>jan.koekem...@sunspace.co.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T08:11:34Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/784666e148053f30?show_docid=784666e148053f30</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/784666e148053f30?show_docid=784666e148053f30"/>
  <title type="text">Spam</title>
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  Dear Group members &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;I&#39;ve changed the group settings as follows to curb the spam issue: &lt;br&gt; * Only members can post messages &lt;br&gt; * People can request an invitation to join as member of the group &lt;br&gt; * Messages from new members are moderated (initially) &lt;br&gt; &lt;p&gt;My appologies for not attending to this earlier.
  </summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Jan-Albert Koekemoer</name>
  <email>jan.koekem...@sunspace.co.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T07:47:49Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/f065529d70a43922/b4432cb1df005da3?show_docid=b4432cb1df005da3</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/f065529d70a43922/b4432cb1df005da3?show_docid=b4432cb1df005da3"/>
  <title type="text">RE: [Sumbandila: 274] Re: Spam</title>
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  Noted, thanks. &lt;br&gt; -----Original Message----- &lt;br&gt; Behalf Of Roger ZR3RC &lt;br&gt; Sent: 12 January 2010 07:33 PM &lt;br&gt; To: Sumbandila satellite &lt;br&gt; Well the decision to use Google Groups is mindblowingly bad! &lt;br&gt; It is the absolute worst possible choice of mailing list platforms out &lt;br&gt; of the hundreds that are available. &lt;br&gt; 73 &lt;br&gt; Roger ZR3RC
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  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <email>woz...@gmail.com</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T06:31:06Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/ade5ce5dde19cf61?show_docid=ade5ce5dde19cf61</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/ade5ce5dde19cf61?show_docid=ade5ce5dde19cf61"/>
  <title type="text">Re: [Sumbandila: 278] Re: Spam</title>
  <summary type="html" xml:space="preserve">
  Mothibi &lt;br&gt; Talk to Jan-Albert. He ha to change how people can subscribe to the Google &lt;br&gt; group. &lt;br&gt; We don&#39;t have the problem on the SA AMSAT website &lt;br&gt; Hans &lt;br&gt; ----- Original Message ----- &lt;br&gt; To: &amp;lt;sumbandila@googlegroups.com&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt; Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 8:11 AM &lt;br&gt; Hello &lt;br&gt; I agree as well, could the webmaster please manage the site better.
  </summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Mothibi Ramusi</name>
  <email>moth...@doc.gov.za</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T06:11:53Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/7a6a4d605bf5f8cd?show_docid=7a6a4d605bf5f8cd</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/ad790d435710f8e4/7a6a4d605bf5f8cd?show_docid=7a6a4d605bf5f8cd"/>
  <title type="text">RE: [Sumbandila: 274] Re: Spam</title>
  <summary type="html" xml:space="preserve">
  Hello &lt;br&gt; I agree as well, could the webmaster please manage the site better. &lt;br&gt; Regards, &lt;br&gt; -----Original Message----- &lt;br&gt; Sent: 12 January 2010 07:33 PM &lt;br&gt; To: Sumbandila satellite &lt;br&gt; Well the decision to use Google Groups is mindblowingly bad! &lt;br&gt; It is the absolute worst possible choice of mailing list platforms out &lt;br&gt; of the hundreds that are available.
  </summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
  <author>
  <name>Madhukar KR</name>
  <email>vu2...@gmail.com</email>
  </author>
  <updated>2010-01-13T03:09:28Z</updated>
  <id>http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/805a764762f1a423/91ac44b8e623e68c?show_docid=91ac44b8e623e68c</id>
  <link href="http://groups.google.co.za/group/sumbandila/browse_thread/thread/805a764762f1a423/91ac44b8e623e68c?show_docid=91ac44b8e623e68c"/>
  <title type="text">Re: [Sumbandila: 273] SO-67 schedule</title>
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  Thanks for the activation - Will compile reports and send. &lt;br&gt; Madhu - VU2MUD &lt;br&gt; On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:59 PM, Gladys Magagula
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