The satellite is in geostationary orbit at position 25.8° East, its transponders will be officially launched on February 22, 2019. His Excellency Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiyah – A71AU, former Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar and Chairman of the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) will also attend the official ceremony.
The signal from the satellite can now be watched online on the WEB SDR receivers. Although the transponder is already on, do not attempt to operate the PSE until it is officially released!!!
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 MHz horizontal
Minimum setup for SSB communication
For reception – a 60–90 cm SAT-TV dish is sufficient, LNB and DVB-T "key" + SDR software (more here)
For broadcasting – 3 cm LNA with transverter for amateur band, 13 cm transmitter 10 W PEP for parabola 60–90 cm.
More information can be found at http://www.ok1in.cz/?Provoz/Satelity