<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">FreeDV via geostationary satellite ham radio transponder</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Gerhard OE3GBB</strong> is transmitting the digital voice mode <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">FreeDV</strong> through the amateur radio narrowband transponder on the Es&#39;hail-2 / QO-100 geostationary satellite <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Writing of the Freetel-codec2 group Gerhard says <em style="box-sizing:border-box">&quot;I am frequently sending test transmissions and calling CQ at around 10489.650 MHz. Having adjusted my signal to 10 dB over transponder noise I am getting back at SNR 4-5 in mode2020.&quot;</em><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">QO-100 is in geostationary orbit at 26° east and provides radio amateurs with continuous coverage from Brazil across to Thailand. <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">If you are outside the coverage area, or don&#39;t yet have a 10 GHz receiver, you can still hear the FreeDV transmissions by using the AMSAT-UK / BATC Goonhilly WebSDR along with a Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) and the FreeDV App <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://eshail.batc.org.uk/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://eshail.batc.org.uk/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Post by Gerhard OE3GBB<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/freetel/mailman/message/36734483/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://sourceforge.net/p/freetel/mailman/message/36734483/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Join the Freetel-codec2 email group at <br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetel/lists/freetel-codec2" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetel/lists/freetel-codec2</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">FreeDV <a href="https://freedv.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://freedv.org/</a></p></div>