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QO-100 Geosynchronous

Details on the Es'hail-2 / QO-100 satellite station, uplink/downlink hardware, dish antennas, and live operational logs.

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QO-100 Build

Step-by-step station build notes, hardware configuration, SDR setups, and microwave bench testing progress.

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GB7FCI is the Blackpool packet node and BBS. It runs 1200bd AFSK AX.25 on 144.925MHz, 9600bd GFSK/IL2Pc on 439.950Mhz and 300bd BPSK/IL2Pc on 7.0516MHz, plus radio amateur internet based connections to other part of the UK. Connecting to GB7FCI-1 gives access to the node and BBS. Other facilities such as a WPS server for use with Frames are available through the node. Contact Chris, G6FCI for more details.

Posted on 16 October 2026