Thursday, 2 May 2024

First steps in satellite communications

The Satrover QO100 transverter enables you to use the geostationary OQ100 (Es’Hail-2) satellite. I was able to explore this equipment with Gerard PA2G. With the use of an IC-705 and the satellite dish aimed at the OQ100 satellite (elevation 27 degrees, azimuth 153 degrees in the Rotterdam area) we were able to receive satellite SSB/CW/FT8 signals at appr. 10 GHz (converted to 144 MHz by the transverter).



Making an uplink at 2.4 GHz will be the next step.



SATROVER transverter and LNA/Helix antenna
 




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