BACAR 2010 launch postponed

BACAR 2010 (Balloon Carrying Amateur Radio) which was scheduled for launch yesterday morning from the Worcester airport, was postponed due to disagreements between authorities controlling the airspace.

Cape Town Air Traffic Control withheld permission for the launch.

SA AMSAT and the BACAR team apologize to all radio amateurs who were planning to participate on Sunday morning.

A new date will be set as soon as the problems have been resolved.

The payload will be multi-functional and include a 20 and
40m SSB transceiver, a 2m parrot repeater, a 2m Doppler beacon, equipped with a GPS, as well as a camera.

SA AMSAT
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/

SARL