shf

my first contact with SHF in HAM-radio was after launch of QO100 in 2019

to try this new way of QSO I realize a very cheap solution (investment was less then € 300.- for converter, pa , and antennas)

use a BU500 converter with 5W pa into a solid dish grid antenna for 2.4GHz for uplink

for downlink a 80cm cassegrain-system for 10,5GHz with modified LNB (IF 70cm) was installed

using my vintage FT726R as transceiver – works ok for temporary setup

unfortunately I must work QO100 from the garden cottage (JN47xa)

at home (JN47wd) the mountains are to close to my house and I can’t reach geostationary satellites like QO100

 

by the way: at the moment some OM’s from OE9 engineering a new pro TRX for QO100

further details see in menu „projects“