Poor's man QO-100 setup (by LY5VP)

Hi !
It is very simple setup obtained from aliexpress :
HackRF One - only for receive from LNB. (waitinging for TCXO)
Unmodified PLL LNB from local SAT store for 7euros works fine for CW and SSB when no direct sunlight.
Passive mixer - H213
2x preamplifiers SPF5189 or BGA6589
2300-2500mhz microstrip bandpass filter, without it i got power loses.
4w WFi booster board (little modified by short-circuit 2 input comparator pins) do not waste money for "8w" version - it is the same 4w,only is written total used power - 8-10w. Measured.
Wfi grid antenna, horizontal/vertical polarization (lost 3db, but sufficient to work in cw and ssb)
As LO for mixer now i use Ettus B210 clocked with external 10Mhz OCXO. In near future i will use ADF4350 or Si5350.
And TRX - Yaesu FT-817 at 2w and 15db attenuator (do not try to use FT-857 - it has full power peaks then set it to 5w !)
S400 cable, I think 5-6m is too long for this setup, but is possible to make contacts.

[@egisegis5316]

Update : programmed Atmega328 (Arduino) with ADF4350, works very well with internal crystal. So now i have no need to use Ettus B210 TX channel as LO oscilator. Now Ettus works with gqrx software only as good sensitive receiver. Next improvement - using external OCXO with Ettus, gqrx did not uses it "out of the box". Without it sounds not very good, HackRF one sounds better, but is less sensitive.

[@MKhanfar-MWK]

Any recommended group to join?

[@MKhanfar-MWK]

Whats the equipments?

[@egisegis5316]

Equipment very simple - FT-817 as transmitter on 2m, mixer from aliexpress and ettus b210 as IF oscilator (not very simple :) ), but later i make sythesized one with ADF4350, arduino and Wifi 4w power amplifier board. Works very good, but 4w is too low for my wifi antenna.

[@TheVinkske]

@@MKhanfar-MWK Sir whats your setup , i have also pluto SDR? rgds Kurt