During a training event, the club station XU7AMO at the Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia was active for the first time in training mode via the geostationary amateur radio satellite QO-100 / Es’hail-2.

Cambodia (XU) active for the first time via QO-100

From March 13 to 17, 2025, Mikio JA3GEP and Paulo F5VMJ will conduct radio communication training via amateur radio satellites at the Telecommunications Department of the Electronics Faculty of the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia (NPIC) in Phnom Penh. In order to enable practical training, the Cambodian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) kindly granted the amateur radio club station XU7AMO an exemption to use higher frequencies and operate via amateur radio satellites for the first time. This is the first time that Cambodia will be activated with the prefix “XU” on the QO-100 satellite.