Really nice video James... Well covered and answers some of the questions I had before heading down the rabbit hole of this bird! Thanks man, genuinely this has my mind spinning on getting onto this!
Hi Dave. Glad it gave you a few ideas. I believe Fraser now has his QO-100 setup running, so get your setup sorted & we'll have a "RUclipsrs QO-100 Session"
I live in an apartment with no balcony but I can access QO-100 by aiming a portable 80cm dish through the window in my living room, which just happens to open in just the right direction. Also using the DX Patrol II with the Knoll ice cream cone. Works great portable too running off a 7AH lead acid battery. I usually listen on the QO-100 WebSDR to check how I am sounding.
The ground station is currently selling on the DX Patrol website for 1k euros (not sure how that converts to UK pounds). If my memory serves me right, I think it was supplied with an LNB but no 2.4ghz antenna for the uplink, so add around another £100 for that. Then of course you need a satellite dish (these can be found fairly cheap) and coax. You need some really decent low load coax for the 2.4ghz uplink because losses are significant at ghz frequencies. You also need 75 ohm coax for the LNB. This is used for satellite TV & also by some cable internet suppliers and is cheap to buy. Getting a QO-100 system up & running isn't cheap! There are absolutely cheaper ways of doing it than this, but as I said in the video, I consider this to be the easiest "out of the box" solution.
Interesting, essentially a 2 meter except much higher hz. repeater up there in the sky somewhere. Too bad here in the States its well below the horizon thus not in our toy box. Have fun.....
Yep, when all is said & done it's basically a cross-band repeater. Anything going in on 2.4ghz gets spat back out on 10ghz. Would be nice to see another one launched to cover USA and/or Australia. I don't know how likely that is to happen but we live in hope!
There are most definitely cheaper ways of doing it. This is (in my opinion) the quickest, easiest, most "plug and play" way of doing it for people who don't want to do too much faffing around. I ordered online and it arrived within a few days. I haven't had to use their after sales support, so I can't comment on that!
@@AmateurRadioUK I ordered the dx-patrol helix antenna. The same one you have in your video. And there was a problem with the sending. So he decided to send me two times the same antenna. After receiving both the antennas I phoned him to tell him that I received not one but two antennas and could make a very nice deal with him. Don't know about after sales, but my contact was very positive. BTW I have a 3d printer and have made an STL-file for the cone of the antenna and can make a better one that is not so flimsy I hope to be active on qo100 soon, I have also the DX-patrol two andhave ordered a 9700 so hope to work you soon. (PA5MC)
Really nice video James... Well covered and answers some of the questions I had before heading down the rabbit hole of this bird!
Thanks man, genuinely this has my mind spinning on getting onto this!
Hi Dave. Glad it gave you a few ideas.
I believe Fraser now has his QO-100 setup running, so get your setup sorted & we'll have a "RUclipsrs QO-100 Session"
@@AmateurRadioUK yes definitely cool!
I live in an apartment with no balcony but I can access QO-100 by aiming a portable 80cm dish through the window in my living room, which just happens to open in just the right direction. Also using the DX Patrol II with the Knoll ice cream cone. Works great portable too running off a 7AH lead acid battery. I usually listen on the QO-100 WebSDR to check how I am sounding.
Great stuff. I've always thought QO-100 could be a good for people with limited antenna options.
Hi James, How much doe's all the parts rush you then in total to do it your way ? MIKE M1KEY
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The ground station is currently selling on the DX Patrol website for 1k euros (not sure how that converts to UK pounds).
If my memory serves me right, I think it was supplied with an LNB but no 2.4ghz antenna for the uplink, so add around another £100 for that.
Then of course you need a satellite dish (these can be found fairly cheap) and coax. You need some really decent low load coax for the 2.4ghz uplink because losses are significant at ghz frequencies. You also need 75 ohm coax for the LNB. This is used for satellite TV & also by some cable internet suppliers and is cheap to buy.
Getting a QO-100 system up & running isn't cheap! There are absolutely cheaper ways of doing it than this, but as I said in the video, I consider this to be the easiest "out of the box" solution.
Mind blown 🤯 💥 way to advanced for me, next you will be building a space ship to fly to the moon . Great video mate. 73
Thanks Motters.
It seems a lot at first but once you get your head around what's actually happening it's not too bad.
brilliant video
Thanks
Thanks .. great vidoe
Interesting, essentially a 2 meter except much higher hz. repeater up there in the sky somewhere.
Too bad here in the States its well below the horizon thus not in our toy box.
Have fun.....
Yep, when all is said & done it's basically a cross-band repeater. Anything going in on 2.4ghz gets spat back out on 10ghz.
Would be nice to see another one launched to cover USA and/or Australia.
I don't know how likely that is to happen but we live in hope!
Ground station not worth the money. And bad after sales.
There are most definitely cheaper ways of doing it. This is (in my opinion) the quickest, easiest, most "plug and play" way of doing it for people who don't want to do too much faffing around.
I ordered online and it arrived within a few days. I haven't had to use their after sales support, so I can't comment on that!
@@AmateurRadioUK I ordered the dx-patrol helix antenna. The same one you have in your video. And there was a problem with the sending. So he decided to send me two times the same antenna. After receiving both the antennas I phoned him to tell him that I received not one but two antennas and could make a very nice deal with him.
Don't know about after sales, but my contact was very positive.
BTW I have a 3d printer and have made an STL-file for the cone of the antenna and can make a better one that is not so flimsy
I hope to be active on qo100 soon, I have also the DX-patrol two andhave ordered a 9700 so hope to work you soon. (PA5MC)