{"id":696617,"date":"2021-07-20T17:43:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=696617"},"modified":"2021-07-20T17:43:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T21:43:25","slug":"ao-109-transponder-available-for-use-by-efficient-modes-like-ft4-cw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=696617","title":{"rendered":"AO-109 transponder available for use by efficient modes like FT4\/CW"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AMSAT<\/a>AMSAT has announced the transponder on the amateur satellite AO-109 (Fox-1E) is available for use by efficient modes such as FT4 or CW.<\/p>\n

A statement on the AMSAT website<\/a><\/strong> says:<\/p>\n

The AMSAT Engineering and Operations Teams are pleased to announce that AO-109 (RadFxSat-2\/AMSAT Fox-1E) is now open for amateur use. Users are advised to use efficient modes such as CW or FT4 for making contacts, since issues with the satellite make SSB voice contacts challenging at best.<\/p>\n

Please see the May\/June 2021 issue (Vol. 44, No. 3) of The AMSAT Journal for an article by Burns Fisher, WB1FJ, and Mark Hammond, N8MH, detailing the various attempts to characterize AO-109 and its apparent problems.<\/p>\n

On behalf of the Engineering and Operations Teams\u2013<\/p>\n

73,
\nJerry, N0JY and Drew, KO4MA<\/p>\n

AO-109 Frequencies
\nInverting Linear Transponder
\nUplink 145.860 MHz \u2013 145.890 MHz
\nDownlink 435.760 MHz \u2013 435.790 MHz
\n1k2 BPSK Telemetry 435.750 MHz (non-operational)<\/p>\n

Source AMSAT https:\/\/www.amsat.org\/ao-109-radfxsat-2-amsat-fox-1e-open-for-amateur-use\/<\/a><\/p>\n

AMSAT Bulletin Board http:\/\/www.amsat.org\/mailman\/listinfo\/amsat-bb<\/a><\/p>\n


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