{"id":4283,"date":"2021-01-26T17:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T15:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/?page_id=4283"},"modified":"2022-02-05T22:36:08","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T20:36:08","slug":"eshail-2-qo-100","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/es1rf.interval.ee\/?page_id=4283","title":{"rendered":"Es’hail 2 \/ QO-100"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the past I did work a lot via satellites. They were AO-7, AO-10, AO-13, AO-27,  AO-40, SO-50, FO-29, VO-52 and many others.  Totally over 4500 QSO. Than I lost interest to satellites, because it was not possible to get anything interesting from the LEO satellites. So, I stopped, dismantled antennas and become to EME.
\n    But  on Thursday, November 15, 2018, the geostationary satellite Es\u2019hail-2, which carrying amateur radio transponders, <\/em><\/a>  was launched from Kennedy Space Center at 20:46 GMT and is now in a geostationary orbit at 25.9\u00b0<\/span> East.
\nGood deal, but I was not sure I like to go back to satellite communications. Anyway, we are HAMs and our hobby makes us, no, requires us to seek and try something new<\/span><\/span>.
\nOK. I thought, let me try.  The goal was to try new bands: 13 and 3 cm. They are for Uplink and Downlink for QO-100:<\/p>\n

Narrowband Linear transponder<\/strong>
\n2400.050 – 2400.300 MHz Uplink
\n10489.550 – 10489.800 MHz Downlink<\/p>\n

So, I ordered all converters, LNB, power amplifier from DXPatrol<\/a> (CT1FFU company) and starting prepare antenna. Than I’ve got all equipment from Tony, I installed all into a water proof boxes and mounted themes close to the dish. Below is a gallery, where shown temporary and final setup.  As a main transceiver, I used my old, but trusty FT-847.<\/p>\n

On the March, 2020 I made my first QSOs via QO-100. It was great to get a pile-up! 36 QSO from the first CQ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t