A lot of information can be found on the internet about the geostationary satellite QO100. I am not copying all this info in this website, but only give links where important, to understand things. I only give my personal experiences, supported by photographs and comments.

You can always comment on this website by sending mail to veeger.loek@gmail.com.

 

General info:

https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/   for the QO100 websdr in England

http://websdr.is0grb.it:8901/ for the websdr in Italy

https://www.deschotelshop.nl/wavefield-schotel-smalle-arm-met-diameter-van-65-80-85-of-100-cm for the dish

https://amsat-uk.org/satellites/geo/eshail-2/ Home of the QO100 satellite

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87UdJzy_QA0 getting the POTY antenna together

http://www.hybridpretender.nl/poty.html one of many places to order the parts of the antenna

http://www.stoff.pl/ site where you can find satellite tracking system

http://www.hybridpretender.nl/patch.pdf The design of the POTY antenna

https://www.dxpatrol.pt/index.php/kits One of many places where you can buy modules of the transceiver

 

Content:

 

- Receive antenna

- Satellite dish

- Coax cable for receiving signal

- Bias-T

- Power supply (DC)

- Attenuator

- Receiver

- Calibrating the frequency of the transceiver

- Laptop

- Tuning the dish to the Satellite procedure

- Operating experience during reception of the QO100

- Websdr for the receiving signal for fun

- Transmit antenna

          * POTY antenna

          * Helical antenna

- End up with one antenna for TX and RX

- Coax cable for transmission

- Power Amplifier for TX

- Mixer for TX

- Transceiver to drive the mixer

- GPS calibrated reference frequency

- Building a box,....

- Operating experience with transmitting

 

- Making QSO's

 

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