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WG3K > ANS 22.05.24 08:43l 30 Lines 1655 Bytes #60 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: Multiple QO-100 DX-Peditions to VO1
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This week sees three separate groups operating from just outside the
coverage footprint of the QO-100 satellite.
From Newfoundland the geostationary QO-100 satellite is nominally 1 degree
below the horizon. After 5 years in orbit and much speculation, three
groups are in the St. Johnâ€Ös area to try operating QO-100 with its S band
uplink and 10GHz downlink.
First in Newfoundland was Gopan, M0XUU. He was operating with a 0.8m dish
from just north of the harbor entrance and updates could be found on the
QO-100 DX Club web site. https://qo100dx.club/ Despite frequency periods of
no signal or deep QSB, Gopan managed to work stations via FT8, FT4, and CW.
After a week on the air as VO1/M0XUU, Gopan left Newfoundland on May 15.
Arriving Monday 13 May and remaining until to Friday 17, was a Canadian
team with a 1.8m dish and up to 100W. Poor weather hampered their
operations. Details of the operation by Stefan Wagener, VE4SW, and John
Langille, VE1CWJ, can be found at the QRZ.com page for special callsign,
VO100QO at https://www.qrz.com/db/VO100QO
Finally, Graham Shirville, G3VZV, and David Bowman, G0MRF, arrived on
Wednesday, May 15 with two sets of equipment and were active as VO1/G3VZV
and VO1/G0MRF. They will fly back to the UK early Sunday, May 19. Operating
from the old lighthouse keepers bungalow on the southern side of the harbor
entrance, GN37PN85, they attempted working all modes including an attempt
with DATV with a 175W S band amplifier. When not actively on the bands, a
personal beacon was operating on 10489.539 MHz in CW to act as a
propagation indicator.
[ANS thanks David Bowman, G0MRF, for the above information]
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