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1999
News, Events and Activities
The following contains a brief summary of PEACESAT and TIP-G News, Events, and
Activities. The information is not complete and dependent in part on information
provided by PEACESAT Sites.
Last
Updated May 22, 1999
May
19, 1999 -- UNIVERSITY OF GUAM PEACESAT HUB SITE -- The
UOG received a grant from the Public Telecommunications Facilities
Program of the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1996 for a PEACESAT
Hub Site. Upon receipt of the grant, the UOG PEACESAT quickly
took action to build the Hub Site. Unfortunately, just as testing
between Guam and Hawaii was to commence, super Typhoon Paka destroyed
the earth station. In May, Norman Okamura visited the UOG PEACESAT
and found that the earth station was restored; but, that testing
revealed that the HPAs were not working well. The signal level
was very low. The receive gain was excellent.
PEACESAT
UH plans to dispatch a team in June with a 100w HPA to ensure
that the system is operating.
May
1999 -- PACIFIC TELEHEALTH -- Norman Okamura, Principal
Investigator of PEACESAT traveled with Thomas M. Driskill,
the President of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, and
Mr. Arnold Baptiste, President of the Hawaii Management Alliance
Association (HMAA). The purpose of the trip to Palau, Guam,
Saipan, Chuuk and Pohnpei was to discuss opportunities for
telehealth and telemedicine, the successes of the Third Party
Administration program of the HMAA with the Republic of the
Marshall Islands and American Samoa, and the nature of the
medical care provider system of the HHSC.
May
1999 -- ADAP PROGRAM -- Jim Hollyer, Director of the Agricultural
Development for the American Pacific, College of Tropical Agriculture
and Human Resources, University of Hawaii, implemented a video
teleconferencing connection to the State of Hawaii Telehealth
Access Network.
May
13, 1999 -- COLLEGE OF MARSHALL ISLANDS -- Mr. Ernest Shima
(UH TIPG and PEACESAT), Dr. Andrew Kuniyuki, Mr. Ed Tomasu
(UH PEACESAT) tested a 128 Kbps link using the 3m antenna at
the College of the Marshall Islands with the UH 10m link. PEACESAT
plans to demonstrate video teleconferencing in the Marshall
Islands in June 1999.
February
26, 1999 -- AMERICAN SAMOA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION - The
DOE received an award of $3.5 million from the Schools and
Libraries Program (SLP), established by the Federal Communications
Commission in accordance with the Telecommunications Act of
1996. The TIPG and PEACESAT helped with the initial preparation
of system specifications in 1998.
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