{"id":3405,"date":"2024-05-05T12:18:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T16:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/newfoundland-on-qo-100\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T12:18:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T16:18:41","slug":"newfoundland-on-qo-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necoram.com\/09132025septtangovictor98\/newfoundland-on-qo-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland on QO-100 ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Newfoundland on QO-100 ?<\/h2>\n<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/11\/01\/making-qo-100-contacts-from-north-america-a-new-challenge\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1257,869\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta='{\"aperture\":\"0\",\"credit\":\"\",\"camera\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"created_timestamp\":\"0\",\"copyright\":\"\",\"focal_length\":\"0\",\"iso\":\"0\",\"shutter_speed\":\"0\",\"title\":\"\",\"orientation\":\"0\"}' data-image-title=\"QO-100 North America Certfificate\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;QO-100 North America Certfificate&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg?w=593\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-35237\" src=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg?w=300&amp;h=207\" alt=\"QO-100 North America Certfificate\" width=\"300\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/ukamsat.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/11\/qo-100-north-america-certfificate.jpg?w=150 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"><\/a>During May there are plans for two separate attempts to make contacts from Newfoundland using the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.amsat-dl.org\/index.php?board\/3-qo-100-es-hail-2-p4-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QO-100<\/a><\/strong> geostationary satellite amateur transponders.<\/p>\n<p>Newfoundland is just outside the coverage area of QO-100, the elevation at Signal Hill at St. Johns is -0.9\u00b0, however, contacts have been made from Indonesia at an elevation as low as -1.3\u00b0 so there is a chance of success.<\/p>\n<p>Gopan VO1\/M0XUU (VU3HPF) will be in Newfoundland from May 8-15 and will attempt to make QO-100 contacts.<\/p>\n<p>David VO1\/G0MRF and Graham VO1\/G3VZV will be in Newfoundland May 15-19 and plan to be active on QO-100 using SSB \/ CW \/ FT8 \/ FT4 \/ DATV.<\/p>\n<p>You can follow posts on X at:<\/p>\n<p>Gopan M0XUU \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vu3hpf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/X.com\/vu3hpf<\/a><br \/>\nDavid G0MRF \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/g0mrf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/X.com\/g0mrf<\/a><br \/>\nGraham G3VZV \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/G3VZV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/X.com\/G3VZV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video of the presentation \u2018Making QO-100 contacts from North America \u2013 A new challenge\u2019, given by David G0MRF at the 2022 AMSAT-UK Colloquium<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/11\/01\/making-qo-100-contacts-from-north-america-a-new-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2022\/11\/01\/making-qo-100-contacts-from-north-america-a-new-challenge\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information on QO-100 is at <a href=\"https:\/\/forum.amsat-dl.org\/index.php?board\/3-qo-100-es-hail-2-p4-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/forum.amsat-dl.org\/index.php?board\/3-qo-100-es-hail-2-p4-a\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amsat-uk.org\/2024\/05\/05\/newfoundland-on-qo-100\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get The Details&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Editor  <\/p>\n<p>AMSAT-UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During May there are plans for two separate attempts to make contacts from Newfoundland using the QO-100 geostationary satellite amateur transponders. 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