New Transponder Bandplan for QO-100

GB2RS News Team | October 14, 2022

At the 2022 AMSAT-UK Colloquium on Saturday 8 October 2022, a new narrowband transponder bandplan for the QO-100 geostationary amateur satellite was announced.

Among other changes, AMSAT has allocated a new ‘broadcast’ spot frequency which is intended for the news services of amateur radio organisations.

The RSGB’s news service GB2RS has been transmitted via QO-100 for some time and has already clocked-up 70 broadcasts.

It is very popular, with an audience within the footprint of the satellite which covers almost half of the world’s surface.

Following this announcement, GB2RS will be moving to the new broadcast frequency of 10489.855MHz with immediate effect.

The transmission is at 0800UTC every Sunday.

Perhaps in the future, the news services of other amateur radio organisations will follow the RSGB’s lead and make use of this special allocation to reach a diverse international audience.

Category: Front Page News, GB2RS Headlines

New Transponder Bandplan for QO-100

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