<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>While AMSAT-DL and QARS revel in the success of their two ham frequency transponders on Es'Hail 2, NA and SA still seek for an answer to the phase 4 quest.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">The following has been mentioned on another forum dedicated to this issue...</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><aside class="messageSidebar member" itemprop="author" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person" style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; position: relative; margin: 0px -10px; padding: 10px; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgba(65, 121, 173, 0);"><div class="messageAuthor" style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; flex: 0 0 auto; min-height: 48px; position: relative;"><div class="messageAuthorContainer" style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin-left: 58px;"><a href="https://forum.amsat-dl.org/cms/index.php?user/98-pe1chl/" class="username userLink" data-user-id="98" itemprop="url" style="box-sizing: inherit; 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min-width: 0px; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">https://www.amsat.org/?s=phase+4b</a> <img src="https://forum.amsat-dl.org/cms/images/smilies/emojione/1f609.png" alt=";)" title="wink" class="smiley" srcset="https://forum.amsat-dl.org/cms/images/smilies/emojione/1f609@2x.png 2x" height="23" style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 1px; max-width: 100%; height: auto !important;"></span></p></div></blockquote><p style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Didn't that project come to a halt for some reason?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I wonder if a new option would be to find some satellite that is now in the specification phase and is to be built by MELCO, and try to re-use the knowledge and experience they already gained when building the transponder aboard Es'hail-2.</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">That could make it easier to convince the operator to do the same thing as well."</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; min-width: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Maybe the above suggestion would be the easier path to success ?</span></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; 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