HB9BZA on QO-100 satellite

 

Operating

I made my first contact via QO-100 on 24 September 2022.

DXCC entities worked outside Europe via QO-100 :
3B6, 3B8, 3B9, 3DA, 3X, 3Y/B, 4L, 4X, 5B, 5H, 5N, 5R, 5V, 5X, 5Z, 7P, 7X, 8Q, 9J, 9L, 9M2, 9V, 9X, A4, A6, A7, A9, AP, BY, C9, CE9 (Ant.), CN, CT3, CX, D2, D4, D6, EA8, EK, EL, EP, EX, FH, FT5W, FY, HS, J5, LU, OD, OX, PY, PY0F, PZ, S0, S2, S7, S9, TJ, TL, TN, TR, TT, TU, TY, UA9, UN, VE, VK9C, VK9X, VU, VU4, XT, XW, YB, YI, Z2, ZD7, ZD8, ZD9, ZP, ZS.

Currently 212 DXCC entities worked and 204 confirmed via satellites
(many of them long time ago using AO-10 and AO-13).

Grid squares confirmed via LoTW for the Satellite VUCC : 768.

Awards : DXCC satellite #124 issued on 25 March 1993;
QO-100 Dx Club's DXCC Bronze Award #308 issued on 26 January 2023;
QO-100 Dx Club's DXCC Silver Award #154 issued on 21 April 2023;
QO-100 Dx Club's DXCC Gold Award #86 issued on 16 November 2025.

 

Equipment

Transceiver

Yaesu FT-847 (full duplex) used on :

  • 144 MHz for TX with a 50 W / 10 dB attenuator
  • 433 MHz for RX

Down-converter (10.5 GHz --> 433 MHz)

KUHNE electronic MKU LNC 10 QO-100 with :

  • KU BT 10 REF, Bias Tee for remote power injection
  • LNC Mount for 25 mm Feed (suitable for BaMaTech Duoband feed)

Up-converter (144 MHz --> 2.4 GHz) and PA

KUHNE electronic MKU UP 2424B (max. 20 W output)

Parabolic dish

Triax TDS 80 (diameter: 71 * 79 cm) on my balcony

Feed (currently no more available)

BaMaTech Duoband-Feed for Es'€™hail-2/P4-A V2.0 with :

  • Reduction ring 40/23 mm

10 MHz GPS reference

Leo Bodnar Electronics Precision GPS reference Clock with :