<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">QO-100 S2S in SOTA</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">Andrew Holland G4VFL</strong> and <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Nick Gregory G0HIK</strong> successfully achieved a SOTA &quot;S2S&quot; (Summit-to-summit) QSO via the QO-100 Oscar 100 satellite.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Andrew was on Holme Fell G/LD-051, while Nick was on Kirkby Moor G/LD-049.  The short distance between them, in the Lake District, obviously meant that they had excellent talkback support via 2m FM.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Both stations comprised similar gear, including  FT-817, SG-Labs, Patch Ant, 50cm dish, Octagon LNB and G0MRF converter.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">While QSOs via terrestrial repeaters are not valid for SOTA, contacts via satellite actually are.</p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><tbody style="box-sizing:border-box"><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td width="49%" style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td width="2%" style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td width="49%" style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/106173435_3259519874071509_2048180080643493822_o.jpg?_nc_cat=109&amp;_nc_sid=e007fa&amp;_nc_eui2=AeG_PLJ3EhpnzuIf1IxAvB7bgjH5RYJ1Mo-CMflFgnUyj7r4q8Yjr63Xd1hzVO1b-gP5Dh5abCkkvB7hN2DRt5-Z&amp;_nc_oc=AQlKNu7fXvp9u9S-14VfmdNOoJcmXnrIvyHcT7kNEapRsTO_iixV00BuORD-1jq2YaY&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&amp;_nc_tp=6&amp;oh=ec4a94c18dc0401068625a02d472f19f&amp;oe=5F1F3806" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/106368218_3259520020738161_8285437783485622156_o.jpg?_nc_cat=106&amp;_nc_sid=e007fa&amp;_nc_eui2=AeEF29ubIchfa1tAtYm1x0wAZdlCOA31j1pl2UI4DfWPWpPLMHOeHFvrOneWhLNmXs1F6j0hfIhxNNo1TFOiuTt2&amp;_nc_oc=AQmn7buDOGeld03HEFwofBQ8etw2HcGId7cXvmmil_tKPT78I-Y2v6kb-H7dmr-Y8BU&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&amp;_nc_tp=6&amp;oh=6d0b0c0af5745814f8c08ff176328a94&amp;oe=5F1E1287" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div align="center" style="box-sizing:border-box">Andrew G4VFL and his set up on Holme Fell</div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://scontent-lht6-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/83707105_3259519790738184_4141575075767124371_o.jpg?_nc_cat=108&amp;_nc_sid=e007fa&amp;_nc_eui2=AeH9E3vTSpZQ8C1j6JHuvk-syTGZp64NKQTJMZmnrg0pBDVS8gN-qihQvr1QQa1tZgCroNQ2gawpx7mY_KppzMVd&amp;_nc_oc=AQlo0TsJb-uF5G_iGvU8xNJ4CRdtjmGDdws9lM004GmkBfppCOW-VN9__OjGKUqyvjk&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lht6-1.xx&amp;_nc_tp=6&amp;oh=59bee242f9c555d87b1bc157f5ac19f4&amp;oe=5F1E05F6" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"><img src="https://scontent-lhr8-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/p720x720/106074186_3259520264071470_7190373657677637736_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&amp;_nc_sid=e007fa&amp;_nc_eui2=AeH1NncHkeEeQLRE5bUV7_Mja6uguaX2UMVrq6C5pfZQxb-hsSw6UtsHNyORD-ldIobRBSlmZzEICFxykYtRiWze&amp;_nc_oc=AQmy0Jv8Gt-lDh3Sypkc6MBes8CYeaw-k_azPejlFjn8vEZYQfyStEZjH4wr1rDyB78&amp;_nc_ht=scontent-lhr8-1.xx&amp;_nc_tp=6&amp;oh=e4c238f874b1f597f61c279e515fd459&amp;oe=5F1D1DB8" width="100%" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td colspan="3" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div align="center" style="box-sizing:border-box">Nick&#39;s working conditions on Kirkby Moor</div></td></tr><tr style="box-sizing:border-box"><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td><td style="box-sizing:border-box"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">For more information about the SOTA - Summits on the Air programme, please visit <a href="http://www.sota.org.uk/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-dec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