If you haven't taken a look at this introductory article, you really should. It does so many things well, in my opinion. First, it doesn't assume the reader is (yet!) a ham. Second, it uses very simple tools, like heavens-above.com, to ensure success. Finally, it has that makergeek cred from the homebrew antenna setup. It would have been a great intro for me when I was starting up.

73, Bruce VE9QRP

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Ollie Eismanollie@ollietech.com wrote:

FYI

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/catching_satellites_on_ham_radio.ht...