I have a few suggestions that might help you get started, but it would be helpful to have a little more info about yourself. What kind of station do you have or plan to use? HT? Base station? Do you have a rotor already?
As for the minimum level needed to get into satellites, it does not take much at all. I have made successful contacts over multiple FM birds using just my 5W handheld Yaesu radio with a $15 quarter-wave whip antenna attached and no other hardware. All that was needed was the knowledge of when to go out and what uplink/downlink frequencies to tune my radio to.
-Loren K7IW
Also,
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 8:03 AM Sean Paul via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hello all: subject line pretty much says it all. I am in Chattanooga TN & want to get started working the satellites. Anyone interested in helping me. Please reach on out. Thanks N4SPK
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