Peter, Welcome to the birds. As you'll learn each bird has it's quirks but the easiest to work is probably AO-51. Listen to a few passes first before keying up. This will hive you dome idea of how thing flow on the birds. You'll also get some practice in pointing the antenna & tuning for doppler.
When you're ready to transmit, pick a pass earlier in the day, AO-51 tends to get crowded. I enjoy working sats because it's challenging enough to be fun, but not so much so as to get frustrating. Trust me, your first QSO will be very satisfying. Good luck & hope to work you soon. Sent from my iPod Rick Tejera Editor, SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org K7TEJ On Nov 21, 2010, at 16:50, Peter Moscatt <[email protected]> wrote: > Good morning to all, > > I have recently entered the relms of Saterlite communications and need > a breif list of Sats to initially target that are pretty easy to get > into that will allow me to cut my teeth on. > I have a FT847 and use 2M 70CM antennas (vertical), so I am pretty > right to go as far as hardware is concerned. > > I am using Orbatron as the selected tracking software. > > Cheers > Pete VK4CCV > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
