The S9Z São Tomé & Príncipe Dxpedition 2024

Supporting Youth & New Generations
on Amateur Radio 

OQ-100 Satellite

The geostationary satellite OQ-100 also know as Es’hail-2 carrying amateur radio transponders launched from Kennedy Space Center at 20:46 GMT on Thursday, November 15, 2018 and is now in a geostationary orbit at 25.9° East. These are the first amateur radio transponders to be put into geostationary orbit and they are expected to link radio amateurs from Brazil to Thailand.

Es’hail-2 carries two “Phase 4” amateur radio transponders operating in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 250 kHz bandwidth linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur television.

Thanks to the support of QO-100 Dx Club

S9Z Dxpetition with the support of the QO-100 Dx Club that initiated the a project as an  original idea of F. Costa CT1EAT with technical contribution of H. Silva CT7AOV who have the goal to promote informed and responsible Dx activity on QO-100 satellite Narrow Band transponder.

The have receive the joined support of the Qatar Satellite Company (Es’HailSat), the Qatar Amateur Radio Society (QARS) and AMSAT Deutschland (AMSAT-DL) to create Qatar Oscar 100

We have been provided with the Kit to be QRV from Sao Tome & Pricipe for all the satellite fans  

The satellite footprint

S9Z Operation Plan

Thanks to the QO-100 DX Club, we have been provided with a complete Kit to be QRV from Sao Tome & Principe

SSB mode – Freq.:  10,489,880 Mhz in (Split Up).

Also on digital FT8/FT4 Freq.:  10,289,544/580 Mhz with WSJTX normal mode.

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