During the first morning pass of Sun 18 Oct we have activated the voice beacon (435.350 MHz) at 07:48 UTC and switched on the bent-pipe transponder (uplink 145.880 MHz, downlink 435.350 MHz) during the first evening pass at 19:13 UTC, with several Radio Amateurs then operating through the satellite transponder.
You can listen to a recording made during the evening pass here.
Below is a graphic depicting the location of the six Radio Amateurs that partook in the first test.
Feedback from some of the Hams that participated in the first test:
Feedback from some of the Hams that participated in the first test:
- Congratulations to all part of the success of the first Sumbandilasat comms. Well done! (Eddie Leighton, ZS6BNE)
- When I was on freq the Sat's audio was clear with a S7 signal which sounds just like a local repeater. Congrats to the TEAM ! (Andre van Deventer, ZS2BK)
- The down link was pretty strong - It's at least 10dB stronger than AO51/SO50 given the same setup. Good news indeed. Suggest operation from Quadrifilar Omni with a low noise preamp on 70cm might be quite achievable (Allan Saul, ZS1LS)
5 comments:
Congratulations!
Rich, N8UX
what is the tone being used to use the onboard repeater? I havent seen any listing on that yet. I know they are testing right now and dont think the system is open to use yet but just wondering if they have a assigned tone yet.
Congratulations! Can you please publish the CTCSS Tones
Congratulations.
Can You more details on the work of a satellite?
Hello! Congratulations! Please inform CTCSS tone for transponder, and inform if Sumbandila, pass active above Brazil. My name is Luciano, callsign PY2BBS and interested to test this new satellite.
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