{"id":4438518,"date":"2019-01-17T00:08:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/amsat-p4-a-ground-station-on-its-way-to-qatar\/"},"modified":"2021-01-05T00:08:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:08:43","slug":"amsat-p4-a-ground-station-on-its-way-to-qatar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/amsat-p4-a-ground-station-on-its-way-to-qatar\/","title":{"rendered":"AMSAT P4-A ground station on its way to Qatar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>January 16, 2019<\/em> 5 pallets with a total weight of about 705 kg are on their way to Qatar as of today (January 16, 2019).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4438229\" src=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_3a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_3a.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_3a-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_3a-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_3a-768x622.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_3a-1024x830.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the ground segment for the NB and WB transponders on P4-A \/ Es&#8217;hail-2, which will be built by the AMSAT-DL team and installed at the Satellite Control Center (SCC) and Es&#8217;hailSat teleport, respectively. In addition to LEILA, this also includes receiving and transmitting equipment for DATV (DVB-S2) and SSB. Furthermore, an amateur radio station is to be set up in the new Es&#8217;hailSat office building, which will be serviced by radio amateurs employed there and the QARS.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4438233\" src=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/CargoForEshailSat_1-720x405.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Almost identical equipment will be provided to the QARS for its headquarters in Doha. Among them is a 2.4 meter offset mirror. With this, SSB and DATV operation is also possible, e.g. as backup and for emergency operation. Discussions are also underway with the Institute of Computer Science &amp; Engineering at Qatar University on technical cooperation. It also aims to get students excited about amateur radio.<\/p>\n<h2>Next Planned Steps:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Departure of the AMSAT-DL P4-A team to Doha \/ Qatar.<\/li>\n<li>Installation and commissioning of the P4-A ground station in the SCC of Es&#8217;hailSat.<\/li>\n<li>Sample DATV link with the AMSAT-DL ground station at the Bochum Observatory.<\/li>\n<li>Installation and commissioning of the P4-A backup station at the QARS.<\/li>\n<li>Official ceremony and inauguration of the transponder by the president of the QARS<\/li>\n<li>After that the transponder is released for general operation!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Important Notice:<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Until the official release of the transponders no uplink to the satellite!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 16, 2019 5 pallets with a total weight of about 705 kg are on their way to Qatar as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4438231,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242,1],"tags":[248,249,251,269],"class_list":["post-4438518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-qo-100-p4-a","category-uncategorized","tag-eshail-2-en","tag-p4-a-en","tag-qars-en","tag-scc-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4438518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4438519,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4438518\/revisions\/4438519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4438231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4438518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4438518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amsat-dl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4438518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}