AO-27 was up as of yesterday... see http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html for recordings of 2 passes.
The website has been down for about 2 months, but the satellite itself is still operational.
George, KA3HSW
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From: Richard Grabotin hans_2@yahoo.com To: David Palmer KB5WIA kb5wia@amsat.org Cc: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Mon, October 24, 2011 11:14:20 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27/SO-50
Thank you everyone for your help. I had my first successful contact on SO-50.
AO-27 appears to be on hiatus, since the website is also down.
My next endeavor is learning the linear transponder birds. I have been trying to receive AO-7. I never heard a beacon on either mode A or B. (Daytime pass) I tuned around the downlink and I might have heard some very faint stations. I guess I need bigger antennas? Perhaps some phasing cables will help. (it's in the mail)
Thank you KB5WIA for the contact this evening.
Richard K7LWV