Question about the EIRP required for SSB QSOs on the QO-100

    Hello All


    I'll be travelling by train all the way into NW China for the first half of next year to start a journey and also to test my QO-100 equipment in preparation for a (possible) fixed station setup at NN16/NN33 later on, and I'd like to know how much EIRP I'll need to make some successful FT8(SSB) QSOs on the QO-100 at an altitude angle of about 3 degrees.


    The equipment I currently have access to is roughly as follows.

    A 10 watt output 2.4GHz PA with PlutoSDR,

    and an LNB with LO=9GHz and input frequencies from 10GHz to 10.7GHz;

    Antennas are 1.5m/1.8m diameter dish;

    I'm not sure if this is enough, so I came to ask



    TNX 73/88!

    DE BG5CZD,Liu

    Hi Liu,


    Nice to hear that you will be active on QO-100 next year and perhaps before that date as well. I suggest that you contact Feng BG0AUB in NN33SV who is active on QO-100 as well. I did have one or two SSB QSO's with Feng some years ago with good signals so he surely can get you on the right track with your equipment details!


    73 Ed PA1EW

    Hi,


    this is a BG0AUB Video:

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    73

    This was a one of the first tx in DATV by Zao:


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