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Spots per uW band today:
UK spotter or spotted only.

Solar data:
SFI
225
A-Index
41
K-Index
4
Exp.K
0
Sunspots
165
Activity
act
GMF
min
Aurora?
no

My Weather

ArrayDate:09/10/24 Time:08:03
Temp:12.5C
Wind Speed:10mph
Wind Dir:0deg
Pressure:987.01mB
Humidity:118%
Dew Point:16.1C

With the approaching launch (currently Q3 2017) of Eshailsat and the new transponder i have been thinking a little about how to get equipment ready for both Narrowband and Wideband use.


Rx:
80cm Dish and Octagon Dual LNB (PLL type).
One port Vertical for Narrow-band segment and the other Horizontal for the Wide-band segment.
External reference for the LNB at 25.6MHz, this allows the IF to be 1200MHz, ideal for DVB Rx.
Narrowband: Still need to convert for Rx unless using rtl-sdr or similar, Base Transceiver is going to be the Red-Pitaya running HPSDR software, IF at 50MHz probably.

Tx:
3M Dish, 30W Spectrian PA or more - see below
Narrow-band: Red-Pitaya with HPSDR software at 50MHz up-converted to 2400MHz.
Wideband: DATV-Express



Based on the specification for the wideband uplink (8MHz DVB-S2 requires 100W into 2.4m dish) here are some approximate numbers to get you started, the bandwidth and dish sizes are in 3dB steps.
Remember DVB-S2 is a couple of dB better than DVB-S!.
To generate the power required you will need an amplifier capable of about four times that below to get a reasonablly clean Tx spectrum.

Power vs Dish vs Bandwidth




More info to follow as things progress...










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