HAMSAT launch is now scheduled for 5 May 2005 appx time is 10.22 IST.



Members of Amsat India will be at ISTRAC mission centre to experience the pre
launch checks , countdown, Tlm and oribital commands etc. As it will help hams to experience and gain knowledge of such activities
specially of their own Hamsat programme.
ISTRAC is the Indian Sat Tracking Centre at Bangalore.



Doordharsan TV known as DD ( Govt run TV Ch ) have taken video shots for an
exclusive news story ab [...]

To- The Hon. John Howard MP, Prime Minister of Australia, Parliament House, CANBERRA, ACT, Australia, 2600.

26 April 2005. Regarding- The unsuccessful Australian Communication Authority (ACA) proposal to remove all amateur radio license fees and the imminent introduction of the new beginner amateur radio license.



Dear Prime Minister,



Before outlining the purpose of this letter I would like to take the opportunity to again thank you for the certificate of grat [...]

May 5, 2005

In its ninth flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota, today (May 05, 2005), ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C6, successfully launched the 1560 kg Indian Remote Sensing satellite, CARTOSAT-1, and the 42.5 kg HAMSAT into a 632 x 621 km high polar orbit. This is the highest payload weight that PSLV has launched so far.

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“If only one radio amateur is affected by BPL then the cost to the community is small” says Australian Productivity Commission report.


Delivery of Internet services to homes using HF Short Wave on (BPL) Broadband over Power Lines, Power Line Telecommunications (PLT) or (PLC) Power Line Communications).



ACA say that submissions received may be used to determine its decisions.



Will ACA receive a few or many good submissions from short wave users?< [...]