Hi Peter, Get your lat/long first: http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html
Then go to the bottom of the AMSAT page look for your satellites of choice. The satellite range will be mostly accurate but change slightly over a period of time depending on when a satellite is at apogee at certain times.
http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4751
Enter your lat/Long and the satellite range. Then create a sheet for each satellite based on your home or portable location. This will tell you what you should be able to work.
http://ns6t.net/azimuth/azimuth.html Good luck! 73, Adrian AA5UK - ZF2AE (in a few weeks)
From: Peter Laws plaws0@gmail.com To: Amsat Bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 3:57 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Optimal QTH? (Re: WAS-SAT 38 Years Later!
On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:02 AM, R.T.Liddy k8bl@ameritech.net wrote:
SAT Operators, I just received my WAS-Satellite Award #341 which ended upcovering 38 years of casual operating!
Congrats!
I am currently awaiting an Arrow from Arrow HQ and hope to start making contacts. Not sure I can wait 38 years, however. :-)
I am in EM15, so shouldn't have much trouble even with LEOs, but has anyone calculated the "optimal" area for WAS QSOs? I would expect it's pretty close to where I am but footprint is a factor, too. Anyone figured it out?