[amsat-bb] Elections HEO QO-100' Linear NB + Digital WB

Joe Leikhim rhyolite at leikhim.com
Sun Jul 19 19:31:10 UTC 2020


K4SAT here.

I am intrigued about QO-100 and have monitored it here in Florida by 
remote WEB SDR access. I have not been active in the years since AO-40 
failed and have been eager to see some HEO operations like I enjoyed 
from AO-10 and AO-13. Listening to QO-100 has rekindled that interest.

Last month on AMSAT-BB I posed the question about getting a GEO ride 
share with a commercial satellite, something that was considered 12 
years ago with Intelsat. Having a QO-100 type transponder here CONUS 
would grow the hobby and get folks like me active again (and 
contributing sums as I did for AO-40). However, the "old guard" shot my 
idea down for the usual reasons. (See my threads last month).

Having a QO-100 type transponder with a hybrid of narrow band linear 
side and wide band digital side would open up a lot of opportunities for 
operations, public service and experimentation.   I hope the new "slate" 
of BOD will consider this type of project as a priority.

Personally, I think GOLF has not achieved results fast enough to getting 
us a larger footprint. I am not advocating scrapping of that effort, but 
sometimes you have to jump ahead of the project and grab what is needed.

73 Joe



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