Arriving at the club on the evening of 9th July, we were greeted with an impressive sight!

Next to the entrance was a tripod carrying a dish with very unusual feed assembly, cabled to a diecast box, cover off, showing a beautifully constructed transverter for QO-100!

Tim (left) and Las (right) described various kits and options for getting on-air with QO-100, helped by the availability of many affordable kits and parts.

As you see in the map, QO-100 serves an enormous area, allowing you to contact amateurs at any time, day or night, with almost guaranteed signal paths to over 100 DXCC countries!

Europe, Africa, the Middle East, India, eastern Brazil, and Thailand are all workable with as little as 10 Watts and an antenna less than 2m in diameter!

Our grateful thanks to Tim and Las for all the work they put in to set up an operational ground station, present an extremely interesting talk and for all the useful advice they offered with enthusiasm and clarity!