Helping a totally blind ham get started working the birds?
Hello all: subject line pretty much says it all. I am in Chattanooga TN & want to get started working the satellites. Anyone interested in helping me. Please reach on out. Thanks N4SPK
Sean Paul informs y'all from my iPhone
Hi Sean Paul. Do you currently have a radio? --- Ciao baby, catch you on the flip side 73 de W3AB/GEO
You can say "over", you can say "out", you just can't say "over and out".
On Saturday, August 15, 2020, 08:05:00 AM PDT, Sean Paul via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hello all: subject line pretty much says it all. I am in Chattanooga TN & want to get started working the satellites. Anyone interested in helping me. Please reach on out. Thanks N4SPK
Sean Paul informs y'all from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
I have a few suggestions that might help you get started, but it would be helpful to have a little more info about yourself. What kind of station do you have or plan to use? HT? Base station? Do you have a rotor already?
As for the minimum level needed to get into satellites, it does not take much at all. I have made successful contacts over multiple FM birds using just my 5W handheld Yaesu radio with a $15 quarter-wave whip antenna attached and no other hardware. All that was needed was the knowledge of when to go out and what uplink/downlink frequencies to tune my radio to.
-Loren K7IW
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On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 8:03 AM Sean Paul via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:
Hello all: subject line pretty much says it all. I am in Chattanooga TN & want to get started working the satellites. Anyone interested in helping me. Please reach on out. Thanks N4SPK
Sean Paul informs y'all from my iPhone _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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GEO Badger -
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Sean Paul