I use an Olympus IEC JIS LR03 Which is also used to record classroom sessions. Its about the size of a small candy bar and holds about 22 hrs. in mp3 format. It has a built-in USB connector to get the files into a PC and a MIC micro phone jack along built in microphone. Any electronic recorder should work fine with these minimum features.
I use Audacity to edit and change formats to get a file that can be emailed or placed on a file service such a Google or dropbox (there are several others if you record daily and need the space.)
WD9EWK among several others record most passes on FM birds that are in range. He is only 25 miles away from me so hears the same passes as I do. Look for someone near you if you want to check what other stations hear. With receiver de-sense, you may not hear exactly what others do.
There are resources to help on line if you do a little searching. There is no one place to check but Amsat is a good starting point as is this message service. I'm only 2+ months on the FM birds and I have a ways to go to have a good signal/operating practice but I'm much farther along due to on line info. Keep asking questions when you need help.
Rusty. WA8ZID
Good to know, but there isn't likely anyone close to me recording. I have a lot of quiet personal time with the birds :-) as their footprints move north far from the crowds. Its a great training opportunity if we had new amateurs getting started on satellites as no one else would hear them once the footprint is totally north of everyone else.
I'm checking the availability, features, and cost of course of these recorders. Old cellphones I figure would have very good audio, but not the other features (stereo, write to media maybe) that dedicated recorders would have.
Ron VE8RT
On Thu, 09 Apr 2020 15:44:55 -0700 Russ Kinner via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
I use an Olympus IEC JIS LR03 Which is also used to record classroom sessions. Its about the size of a small candy bar and holds about 22 hrs. in mp3 format. It has a built-in USB connector to get the files into a PC and a MIC micro phone jack along built in microphone. Any electronic recorder should work fine with these minimum features.
I use Audacity to edit and change formats to get a file that can be emailed or placed on a file service such a Google or dropbox (there are several others if you record daily and need the space.)
WD9EWK among several others record most passes on FM birds that are in range. He is only 25 miles away from me so hears the same passes as I do. Look for someone near you if you want to check what other stations hear. With receiver de-sense, you may not hear exactly what others do.
There are resources to help on line if you do a little searching. There is no one place to check but Amsat is a good starting point as is this message service. I'm only 2+ months on the FM birds and I have a ways to go to have a good signal/operating practice but I'm much farther along due to on line info. Keep asking questions when you need help.
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On 04/09/20 17:44, Russ Kinner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
There are resources to help on line if you do a little searching.
Remember that SatNOGS stations are recording passes, so they might also have a recording of the pass:
--- Zach N0ZGO
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