SA AMSAT asks for help for Amateur Radio payload on ZASAT

South Africa AMSAT is building the amateur payload to be incorporated into ZASAT, South Africa’s new satellite.

This will include an FM mode J Transponder and a digitalker. The uplink will be on 2 meters with the downlink on 70 cm.

The Digitalker will announce the satellite ID and offer opportunities to upload 30 seconds of audio and repeating it
back to earth. The digitalker operating on 2 meters will be an ideal promotion tool for taking amateur radio into schools.

Hans, ZS6AKV asked for assistance to locate needed components to complete the project in time for a December 2006 launch. What is needed includes a source to purchase two CMX808A-P4 ICs in dual-inline packages for the prototype and two CMX808A-E3 in SMD packages for the flight model.

Contact SA AMSAT at saamsat@intekom.co.za if you can help.

Hans, ZS6AKV
South Africa AMSAT

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