Thanks all for the useful comments. Just to close this off (for now) I did
finally succeed in hearing both the the SO-50 and AO-7 satellites today,
2-March. I simply listened with my Icom 706 connected to an X-50 dual-band
vertical that is mounted with it's base about 25 ft up in my attic. The
"secret" was just having the right times for the passes! I hadn't realized
that the iPad app SatExpPro "drifts" WAY off (a half hour, in my case) if
you don't actually CLOSE (not just minimize) it. Simply tapping the "web
update" button apparently does NOT put it in sync with actual orbital data.
Hope to get the yagis elevated and get set up for transmitting sometime in
the next week or so.
73, Barry K6RM
On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 6:01 PM, John Geiger <af5cc@fidmail.com> wrote:
> In terms of the reflector, there is the AMSAT-BB reflector. You can
> subscribe to it on the www.amsat.org page. There is also a link on that
> page to satellite activity reports. Not real time, but lets you know what
> has been active recently.
>
> Good luck with the sats, hoping to get on them again soon, other than AO7
> Mode A which I do have the equipment for currently.
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Pfeil" <barrypfeil@gmail.com>
> To: "VHF Contest Reflector" <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2014 10:57 PM
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] OT? Satellites
>
>
> Is there a Ping-Jockey equivalent for Satellite operations? I'm a newbie
>> at satellites and just started listening. But nothing heard so far, even
>> on overhead passes of SO-50, VO-52, etc. Is there someplace on the
>> internet I can see real-time activity (or lack thereof)?
>>
>> Also, is there an email reflector specifically for satellite ops?
>>
>> Thanks for the bandwidth & 73,
>>
>> Barry K6RM (FM03vx)
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