While waiting for SO-50 I started hearing tones and a strong carrier. I quickly looked up what birds use 436.795 and found AO-27 does (did?), so I quickly looked for where AO-27 should be and SatPC32 showed it was nearly right over me. Is AO-27 alive again?
Fraser, W3UTD
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Not for end-users, yet. They are still reloading the software after uploading a new BIOS and OS recently.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fraser Bonnett" FraserBonnett@verizon.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 1:16 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27?
While waiting for SO-50 I started hearing tones and a strong carrier. I quickly looked up what birds use 436.795 and found AO-27 does (did?), so I quickly looked for where AO-27 should be and SatPC32 showed it was nearly right over me. Is AO-27 alive again?
Fraser, W3UTD
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From the official AO-27 website http://www2.umbrasi.com/
*June 28, 2015* AO-27 Turned on today. Seems good on the bootloader If anyone has contacts into CelesTrak to get AO-27 back into the amateur.txt file it would help some of the control operators stations. Our e-mails have gone unanswered. - Michael, N3UC - Dan, KM4HZJ - James, N3UCC
Dave Webb, KB1PVH, sent a tweet earlier this month to @TSKelso at CelesTrak and AO-27 is back in the list. Control operators can now track AO-27 and attempt to load high level code.
It is very important amateur radio operators DO NOT USE AO-27, the satellite is in MAINTENANCE MODE ONLY. Attempting to use the satellite or randomly transmitting on the uplink frequencies as the satellite passes nearby does interfere with control operators attempting to upload commands and software.
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Bryan Herbert -
Fraser Bonnett -
George Henry