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 peter.moscatt@gmail.com 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 vk4ccv@wia.org.au _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. 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