Qatar OSCAR-100 Narrowband WebSDR Online now

icom · 2019-03-03 14:00:39

Link : https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/?fbclid=IwAR3jdhdmHElg0sGbH2gBAvEdF54GIGisyS2uTPHXgxCc5S3v4tNrm2jGoYE Very good overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgsnyETnjAs More info: On November 15, 2018, Es’hail-2/P4A was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex…

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Link : https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/?fbclid=IwAR3jdhdmHElg0sGbH2gBAvEdF54GIGisyS2uTPHXgxCc5S3v4tNrm2jGoYE

Very good overview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgsnyETnjAs

More info:
On November 15, 2018, Es’hail-2/P4A was launched on a Falcon 9 launch vehicle from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida. Es’hail-2/P4A was developed jointly by QARS (Qatar Amateur Radio Society) and Es’hailSat (the Qatar Satellite Company), with AMSAT-DL as the technical lead, and is the first geostationary amateur radio payload. The satellite has reached its final position at 25.9 °E, and the narrow and wideband transponders were successfully tested on December 23rd. The transponders are expected to be opened for general use in February 2019.

At the request of AMSAT Deutschland e.V., QARS, and Es’hailSat, AMSAT hereby designates Es’hail-2/P4A as Qatar-OSCAR 100 (QO-100). May the
100th OSCAR satellite be the guide star to future amateur radio satellites and payloads to geostationary orbit and beyond.

73,

Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations / OSCAR Number Administrator

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#2 11-03-2019 07:54PM

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Fascinating thanks for sharing.

Have to admit I'm not much clued in when it comes to Amateur communication via satellite.

Can you explain a bit more about it ? I presume the youtube video explains more but I can't watch it right now.

I presume you receive via normal satellite dish and from there and then transmitting ?

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#3 11-03-2019 09:26PM

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Short thread on the Foreign Satellite forum. It is at 26° East which needs a big dish for TV reception. The frequency it uses 10495 Gigs cannot be received on the type of LNB used for TV reception from the Badr 4 satellite at the same position (I tried).

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057934602

Big thread on the Satellite UK forum. Some dedicated hobbyists there.

https://www.satellites.co.uk/forums/threads/es%E2%80%99hail-2-25-5e.173892/page-5

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