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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">AMSAT-DL announces IARU coordinated frequencies for P4-A, Es&#39;hail-2</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Es&#39;hail-2<span> </span></strong>is a commercial geostationary broadcasting satellite which will also provide the first amateur radio Phase 4 transponders.<span> </span><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The satellite will be positioned at 26 degrees east.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Es&#39;hail-2 will carry two transponders operating in the 2400 MHz and 10450 MHz bands. A 250kHz bandwidth linear transponder intended for conventional analogue operations and an 8 MHz bandwidth transponder for experimental digital modulation schemes and DVB amateur television.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">The following frequencies have been coordinated:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">for narrowband linear transponder<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• downlink 10489.550 - 10489.800 MHz with 100 Watts output power<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• uplink 2400.050 - 2400.300 MHz</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">for wideband digital transponder<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• downlink 10491.000 - 10499.000 MHz with 100 Watts output power<br style="box-sizing:border-box">• uplink 2401.500 - 2409.500 MHz</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><a href="http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=630" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?<br style="box-sizing:border-box">serialnum=630</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.amsat-dl.org/index.php/es-hail-2-p4a" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">http://www.amsat-dl.org/index.php/es-hail-2-p4a</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><font size="1" style="box-sizing:border-box">AMSAT-DL, ANS</font></p>

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