It is very sad to confirm this. In fact I was among the very first to note
the silence of VO52 and I notified Mani a few days ago. A bird meant for a
year and lasting for a decade speaks of ISRO'S brilliance in SAT designs
and launches. I would prefer to laud ISRO for this 10 yr gift rather than
Dear Mani and Suresh,
This is the culmination of an important phase of 'Ham-History' of India.
'HAMSAT VO-52' was a dream fulfilled; an emotional outcome of many
contributors and well-wishers. I would like to join you all in thanking and
expressing heartfelt gratefulness to all those who made it
What a wonderful asset the satellite has been built by good people it
accomplished the goal we should all be part of, of extending the hobby to
others. I'll keep listening on occassions...you never know eventually it
might do an Oscar 7
Congrats to all who built her. Robert G. Oler
We will all miss her, but thanks to all who were involved in the
project. It served us well over the past 9+ years and served as an
excellent gateway to linear satellite operations with it's excellent
downlink signal. I remember fumbling through my first full-duplex
linear satellite QSO just under
Unfortunatty this day arrived, I will keep my records and memories of a lot
of fun doing amazing QSO´s.
Thank you ALL the Team.
Now we need to look forward to the next bird.
RIP VO-52 and thank you for all.
73 Fabiano Moser
CT7ABD
On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 4:07 PM, R Oler orbit...@hotmail.com
