Lots of Twitter activity, #amsat is a good place to start looking for people.
Almost any FM pass will have people on, if you want to skip looking for someone to chase. They would at least help you learn how to receive, which is the first step to making a QSO.
On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:31 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
Welcome! Hope to hear you on the birds soon.
There isn't really a "spotting" network or site for satellite operating like in other niches of ham radio, such as SOTA or EME, for VHF/UHF in general (http://www.n6sjv.org/), or automated like the Reverse Beacon Network. Not sure if anyone's tried to use that N6SJV site for this purpose. There's no obvious indication on that site that they do not consider satellite operating to be in scope.
The closest current resource to what you're seeking is probably Twitter. Many prolific satellite rover ops announce their upcoming grid operations (many from rare grid squares) in publicly accessible tweets. Many will announce the specific passes they plan to operate, or even in real time announce being QRV for a given pass. I think Twitter is the closest thing we have so far to what you're looking for. I didn't use Twitter until I started getting more active on satellites, and only use it in conjunction with satellite operating.
73, Ryan AI6DO (twitter.com/AI6DO)
On Thursday, September 13, 2018, 6:12:30 PM PDT, David J. Schmocker <kj9idave@charter.net> wrote:
Everyone: This newbie (not yet QRV, hope to be QRV within six months) is looking to find out which stations are active so that I can determine if possible to work certain stations.
On 6m moon-bounce, we coordinate ³who¹s on and which frequencies² using the internet ON4KST chat (EME page) [and then of course any QSO attempts move solely to the RF path off of the internet]. Is there a similar internet-based chat page (for purpose of coordinating and finding out who¹s QRV real-time) for satellite CW, SSB, and FM work please?
Thank you in advance.
Kind regards, looking forward to my 1st satellite QSO and many more.
Very 73,
David J. Schmocker, KJ9I
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