[amsat-bb] Brand new to satellite

[Don KB2YSI]

A few other places to get information, Twitter and there is a newish
community Discord server at https://discord.gg/Yv6sHz5, and an unused IRC
channel on #freenode (sadly I have not been joining since March).

On Thu, Jul 23, 2020, 20:33 Steve Kristoff via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

>
> Hi, Doug. Welcome to the satellites and congratulations on your first
> satellite QSO!
>
> This is the right email group for any questions you have. It's just a
> little weird right now because there is a contested board of directors
> election going on.
>
> So ask those questions!!
>
> If you have already located these sources of info, my apologies for
> telling you stuff you may already know, but I generally check out these
> three webpages for info:
>
> https://www.amsat.org/two-way-satellites/
>
> https://www.amsat.org/status/
>
> https://www.amsat.org/track/index.php
>
>
> Other folks on this list will have their favorite sources of info that
> they will share also. There are lots of folks on this list with much
> greater technical know-how than I and they will be happy to answer your
> questions (I'm happy to answer them, too, if I can!).
>
> Hope to catch you on a bird very soon!
>
> Steve AI9IN
>  Grid EM79ji
> Oldenburg IN
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Doug Daniels via AMSAT-BB (amsat-bb at amsat.org)
> Date: 07/23/20 19:26
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Brand new to satellite
>
> Hello all,
> I am brand new to satellite, and actually made my first QSO this morning on
> AO-91. I found this email group in the AMSAT Getting Started With Amateur
> Satellites 2020 which I purchased on a recommendation.
>
> Is this the informational email group? (I also signed up for the New
> England mailing list, but it looks like there hasn't been any activity
> since 2013) I am of course looking for all the information I can find, but
> this group seems to be more of a political discussion. Please point me in
> the right direction.
>
> Thanks!
>
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>
> --... ...--
> Doug K1RDD
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