[amsat-bb] newbie question: where to find active stations

[Martin A Schuette]

As others have said, Twitter is the best resource for skeds. Most serious satellite grid and dx chasers, at least in North America, use twitter.

A few other resources you may consider include:

Bertrand, FG8OJ's, Sat Grid Hunting site (https://sat.fg8oj.com/satgrid.php) can give you a general idea of how active particular grids are. I highly suggest anyone who has not uploaded their satellite log to Burt's website to do so, it is a great resource for us all.

Some satellite communities use apps like Whatsapp.

There is also the N8FQ Satellite QSO Sked Page. (http://n8fq.org/sked/index.php?board=sat) It is not very active now but would have potential. Also a good resource for skeds on HF.


73,


Marty Schuette, N9EAT

AMSAT LM-2507

ΒΘΠ


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From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> on behalf of Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2018 8:47:22 PM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] newbie question: where to find active stations

Lots of Twitter activity, #amsat is a good place to start looking for
people.

Almost any FM pass will have people on, if you want to skip looking for
someone to chase. They would at least help you learn how to receive, which
is the first step to making a QSO.

On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 9:31 PM Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:

>  Welcome! Hope to hear you on the birds soon.
>
> There isn't really a "spotting" network or site for satellite operating
> like in other niches of ham radio, such as SOTA or EME, for VHF/UHF in
> general (http://www.n6sjv.org/), or automated like the Reverse Beacon
> Network. Not sure if anyone's tried to use that N6SJV site for this
> purpose. There's no obvious indication on that site that they do not
> consider satellite operating to be in scope.
>
> The closest current resource to what you're seeking is probably Twitter.
> Many prolific satellite rover ops announce their upcoming grid operations
> (many from rare grid squares) in publicly accessible tweets. Many will
> announce the specific passes they plan to operate, or even in real time
> announce being QRV for a given pass. I think Twitter is the closest thing
> we have so far to what you're looking for. I didn't use Twitter until I
> started getting more active on satellites, and only use it in conjunction
> with satellite operating.
>
> 73, Ryan AI6DO (twitter.com/AI6DO)
>
>
>
>     On Thursday, September 13, 2018, 6:12:30 PM PDT, David J. Schmocker <
> kj9idave at charter.net> wrote:
>
>  Everyone:
> This newbie (not yet QRV, hope to be QRV within six months) is looking to
> find out which stations are active so that I can determine if possible to
> work certain stations.
>
> On 6m moon-bounce, we coordinate ³who¹s on and which frequencies² using the
> internet ON4KST chat (EME page) [and then of course any QSO attempts move
> solely to the RF path off of the internet].    Is there a similar
> internet-based chat page (for purpose of coordinating and finding out who¹s
> QRV real-time) for satellite CW, SSB, and FM work please?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Kind regards, looking forward to my 1st satellite QSO and many more.
>
> Very 73,
>
> David J. Schmocker, KJ9I
>
>
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73,
Don KB2YSI
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