[amsat-bb] Qatar OSCAR 100

[Peter Guelzow]

AMSAT-DL and QARS asks the users of the new geostationary QO-100
satellite for radio discipline. During the last weeks some stations have
been transmitting with much too much power and sometimes outside of the
official band limits. Also permanent carriers are sent without
indication of callsign. This was also critically observed in the control
center of Es'hailSat in Qatar.

Please do not send louder than the CW beacon.

Stick to the band plan: No operation is allowed below the CW beacon and
above the PSK beacon.

The satellite is not a measuring device: To test your power amplifier in
continuous operation, please use a dummy load and a suitable measuring
device.

Check regularly the bandwidth of your transmissions, maximum bandwidth
2.7 kHz, no FM.

Qatar has made a great gift to the amateur radio community with the
Qatar OSCAR 100 satellite. We should act accordingly.
Please kindly point this out to other stations on the transponder.
If there are still violations, in the worst case a temporary shutdown
could be expected.