Re: Not LF: Opera via QO-100

["mal hamilton" <g3kevmal@talktalk.net>]

Hi Markus

Could you send me the cct diagram of your 2.4 Ghz TX. I also have been listening on ao100. I have two dishes 1.2 and 1.8 metre available from previous projects. I just need a simple TX for cw etc.

de mal/g3kev

 

 

From: Markus Vester

Sent: Sunday, March 03, 2019 1:44 PM

To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org

Cc: pa1sdb@amsat.org

Subject: Not LF: Opera via QO-100

 

Listening to the below-mentioned Goonhilly web-sdr, I noticed an interrupted carrier on 10489.605 MHz, which turned out to be 10 mW Opera-2 and Opera-05 transmissions from PA1SDB. Peter has been well known in the LF group for running a VLF-Grabber in Appingedam.

During the last week, I had managed to built a rudimentary but stable 2.4 GHz CW transmitter, allowing me to add in another Opera signal on Es'hail-2. Anyone else to join in?

Best 73,
Markus (DF6NM)

-----Ursprüngliche Mitteilung-----
Von: VIGILANT Luis Fernández <luis@vigilant.es>
An: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Verschickt: So, 17. Feb. 2019 22:21
Betreff: LF: MF/LF chat over QA-100 Geostationary Satellite ?

Hi All

 

May be someone has the equipment and is in the footprint of Es'Hail-2, formely AMSAT QA-100 satellite?

Nice place for chats working as an HF band permanently open and with outstanding sensibility

 

Anybody (appart from David, G0MRF) interested in joining an MF/LF/VLF chat ?

 

You need just an SSB rig at 144 or 432, an upconverter to 2.4GHz and a WiFi PA and antenna and you are in

For Rx you can even use the WebSDR at Goonhilly

https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/

Unfortunately the footprint of the satellite do not cover America (only the extreme East of Brazil)

nor Australia (reaching up to thailand). But sites like Reunion are in the footprint

73 de Luis

EA5DOM