On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:50 PM, Clint Bradford clintbradford@mac.com wrote:
... go to AMSAT's sat status page ...
Personally, I prefer to get folks in the habit of checking the actual control team pages for the various FM birds. That leaves any "middlemen" and third=party Web site editing delays out of the equation.
I mean, what better info is there than that published by those who actually control the satellites?
I too am a beginner and wondered about how to calculate doppler and/or determine a rough estimation based on pass information (elevation/az, etc.). I tend to start about 10 kHz up on any given pass which seems to be a reasonable approximation for most of the birds so far (I started this way because I followed the AO-27 FAQ).
My biggest challenge is finding the signal while adjusting for doppler. Once I get it though, I'm good for the rest of the pass! :-)
-aps