Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Every few weeks I take a peak at the activity of the narrowband transponder of this satellite. The last time was on a Friday early evening i...

As you know I try to take a very unscientific peek at narrowband activity on this geosynchronous satellite. My last peek was about 0950z tod...

The last time I looked was mid evening in Europe on a Thursday evening. Although activity was better than I feared, there was still plenty o...

In a word - pathetic. Every few weeks I take peek at activity of this geosynchronous satellite. It is very very low. I cannot say how disapp...

Every few weeks (if I remember!) I try to give an update on activity through the narrowband transponder of this geosynchronous satellite.  I...

To say I am disappointed is an understatement.  It certainly has encouraged some to assemble a ground station, but general activity is way b...

Every few weeks I like to give an update on the narrow-band transponder of this geosynchronous satellite. It has been in orbit now for sever...

Every few weeks I try to assess the activity on the narrowband transponder of this satellite. The last time I looked was about 1845z on Frid...

 In a word?   Dire. Every few weeks I try to give a very unscientific appraisal of activity through the narrowband transponder on this geosy...

Usually I give an update on this satellite by looking at activity levels on the narrowband transponder using the web SDR at Goonhilly in Cor...

The trouble with getting active on the geosynchronous satellite Oscar 100 is that it requires building your own gear. Sometimes this require...

In my view, Oscar 100 (QO-100) has suffered from the lack of ready built solutions.  On the face of it, it offers DX over a good proportion ...

It seems ages since I gave an update on Oscar 100, which is the Qatari geosynchronous satellite. When I looked mid afternoon UK time there w...

Every few weeks I take a peek at activity levels on the geosynchronous satellite. I do this by looking at the webSDR at Goonhilly Down. My i...

Every few weeks I take a look at the online SDR at Goonhilly Downs in Cornwall , UK monitoring the narrowband transponder on this geosynchr...

Every few weeks I take a look at activity levels on Oscar 100, which is a geosynchronous amateur satellite.  Personally, I was expecting act...

Every few weeks I try to give an update on activity levels on the narrowband transponder on this satellite. There is also a wideband transpo...

In my view Oscar 100 has been a failure with usage far below expectations.  My theory is that many have become zombie "black box"...

Every few weeks I try to give an update on activity levels on Oscar 100 geosynchronous satellite. The last time I looked was on European bre...

My last peek was late afternoon in Europe on a weekday.  To my surprise there was more activity than I expected. At this stage, I would hav...