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AO-27 Is Back!

Posted: 03 Jun 2020 06:08 AM PDT
https://stationproject.blog/2020/06/03/ao-27/

AO-27 Satellite

The AO-27 FM satellite is back on the air! AO-27 is an FM V/U Mode
satellite that was launched back in 1993. The satellites Amateur Radio
payload became inoperative about 7 years ago due to an internal
communications failure. Thanks to some great work by Micheal, N3UC who was
one of AO-27s original designers, 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. Im looking forward to making more contacts
using this satellite in the near future. Here are the current frequencies
for the uplink and downlink (no PL tone is required):

Uplink 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink 436.7975 MHz FM


Its great to have yet another FM satellite that we can all use. I hope that
other satellite operators will give AO-27 a try.

Fred, AB1OC