QO-100 satellite ground station

[@dereklinford7344]

Hi David, nice video. All useful stuff 👍 At the moment, I'm putting the BATC portadown together using a pluto for the Q0 100 satellite for atv . Derek G1INC

[@abdennourbouras6243]

Hey David great informative video about your nice setup , @15mW and 28V what output SG-Lab PA has delivered ?

[@dave68cat]

Thank you 😊 at 28V and a 15mW input I was getting about 8W out of the PA which is capable of 20W. You can only output as much power as the satellite will handle. If you drive your signal higher than its beacons it (the satellite) will give you an audible warning on the downlink

[@johnsonstechworld]

Nice video. Just getting interested in upgrading from a LEO operator to a GEO operator! 73 de Jon, VU2JO

[@SQ5DBF]

Nice video.

[@zsradioham]

Thanks David, We would have like to know two things. Do you also mount the amplifier on some heatsink and cooling? And if you mount this nice station in a box outside do you run a long USB cable to your PC? We have not found this info in the video.

[@RandomMusingsUK]

In the video he says the Pluto uses the Ethernet for data transfer not USB

[@mrtechie6810]

Pluto+ owners: have you seen tx skips? Even with the computer and the Pluto+ directly connected with a network cable, the issue persists.

[@juozasnarvoisas7516]

Pluto's religion

[@mrtechie6810]

Which coaxes are you using?

[@dave68cat]

Hi there, as the ground station is literally next to the dish I am simply using two very short runs of RG6 just because I had it in the shack. It's quite lossy so if you need a longer run I suggest a better cable

[@g7oed]

After watching you excellent videos I have ordered all of the bits so now just waiting for the slow boats from China. Is the pluto in old pluto mode or pluto+ mode ?. I have been looking at something similar to this but would never attempt the mod to the original pluto this model makes qo-100 possible for the wife and me now. I have seen other methods of accessing qo-100 but required full duplex to stay within the usage guidelines without having to rely on someone elses websdr. regards Richard G7OED and xyl Dorothy M0LMR

[@dave68cat]

Hi Richard, that's great very pleased you liked my selection of videos on the QO-100 access. The pluto is in pluto+ mode which provides the ethenet port. The two main reasons I went for the pluto+ were the integrated ethenet and the much improved oscillator performance. Hope everything goes to plan - Dave G7IYK