QO-100 (Qatar Oscar) Amsat Phase-4
The satellite is on a geostationary orbit at 25.8 ° east, its transponders will be officially launched 22. His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah will also attend the official ceremony – A71AU, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar and Chairman of the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS).
The signal from the satellite can now be watched online on the WEB SDR receivers. Although the transponder is already switched on, PSE, do not make any attempts to operate until the official release!!!
Narrowband non-inverting transponder (250 kHz)
Uplink 2400.050 – 2400.300 MHz RHCP
Downlink 10489.550 – 10489.800 MHz
Broadband transponder (8 MHz)
Uplink 2401.500 – 2409.500 MHz RHCP
Downlink 10491.000 – 10499.000 Horizontal MHz
Minimum set for SSB communication
For reception – will suffice 60-90 cm SAT-TV parabola, LNB a DVB-T “key ring” + SDR software (more info)
For operation – 3 cm LNA with amateur band transverter, 13cm transmitter 10W PEP to the dish 60-90 cm.
For more information, visit http://www.ok1in.cz/?Traffic / Satellites
