The AO-27 FM satellite is back on the air! It is an FM V/U Mode satellite that was launched back in 1993. The satellite’s Amateur Radio payload became inoperative about 7 years ago due to …
Source: AO-27 Is Back!
The AO-27 FM satellite is back on the air! This satellite is an FM V/U Mode satellite that was launched back in 1993. The satellite is back on the air on a limited-time basis (4 minutes, twice per orbit over the mid-latitudes).
I was able to make my first contact through AO-27 this morning. The contact was with AI9IN in Indiana, USA. I’m looking forward to making more contacts using this satellite in the near future.
You can learn more about this satellite and how to make contacts using it via the link above. I hope to contact you on it sometime soon.
Fred, AB1OC
Quite an amazing feat getting this working. Apparently there are some memory errors and N3UC and others have spent years re-writing code to avoid them. And then even more time getting the code uploaded. I’m sure there is more to the story too!
I love software heros!