April 4, 2021
Contests on QO-100 allowed
Effective immediately, we are opening the QO-100 NB transponder to general contest operation in the upper mixed-mode range. Updated band…
April 4, 2021
Contests on QO-100 allowed
Effective immediately, we are opening the QO-100 NB transponder to general contest operation in the upper mixed-mode range. Updated band plan valid: from 4 April 2021 Contest Zone (CW and SSB) Uplink area 2400.370 - 2400.490 MHz Downlink area 10489.870...
February 28, 2021
QO-100 WB Transponder Bandplan and Operating Guidelines
Version 3 February 2021 - The following updated DATV (DVB-S2) bandplan and guidelines are designed to enable the most efficient use of the QO-100 wideband transponder (WB) for all amateur radio satellite users. Please make sure that you understand the...
February 9, 2021
EMM/Hope live from Mars at 20m Antenna Bochum-Observatory
Tune in into our live stream and listen to the Emirates Mars Mission (EMM) Hope Probe when it arrives at Mars. We will track EMM with our 20-Meter Antenna at the Bochum Observatory about 2 hours before orbital insertion. Fingers...
February 7, 2021
Norbert Notthoff, DF5DP – Silent Key
On 28 January 2021 Dipl.-Phys. Norbert Notthoff, DF5DP, died after a short serious illness at the age of 71. He completed his studies at the Ruhr University Bochum as a graduate physicist. Afterwards he worked there as a scientific assistant....
January 17, 2021
DP0POL/mm arrives Non-Stopp in Antarctica
2021-01-17: we will be reaching the edge of the ice shelf some time tonight. The QO-100 station is safely packed back into its boxes. It is again quite stormy, so we might not be able to start unloading the ship...
