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You could start by reading Work the FM Ham Satellites
Check out his 4 page pdf on working the sats. If you plan on just working the FM sats, AO-51, A0-27(ascending passes only between 30 and 60N latitude) and SO-50 are the only ones currently active over North America. SO-67 is active over NA about every 4 weeks and I am unsure of HO-68's status and it has been down for a few months now.

Being able to hear yourself on the downlink of the sat is a big help when starting on the sats, so a duplex capable setup is a good idea. I used an arrow antenna(without duplexer) with 2 HT's for quite a while. I had headphones connected to the HT I used for receive so I didn't cause any feedback issues. I now have a duplex capable THD72 with speaker mic and headphones and haven't had much chance to use with the winter weather.

Good Luck on the exam(s)

<blockquote data-quote="Qwazyone" data-source="post: 268244" data-attributes="member: 8819">You could start by reading <a href="http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/Home.html" target="_blank">Work the FM Ham Satellites</a>Check out his 4 page pdf on working the sats.&nbsp; If you plan on just working the FM sats, AO-51, A0-27(ascending passes only between 30 and 60N latitude) and SO-50 are the only ones currently active over North America.&nbsp; SO-67 is active over NA about every 4 weeks and I am unsure of HO-68&#039;s status and it has been down for a few months now. Being able to hear yourself on the downlink of the sat is a big help when starting on the sats, so a duplex capable setup is a good idea. I used an arrow antenna(without duplexer) with 2 HT&#039;s for quite a while.&nbsp; I had headphones connected to the HT I used for receive so I didn&#039;t cause any feedback issues.&nbsp; I now have a duplex capable THD72 with speaker mic and headphones and haven&#039;t had much chance to use with the winter weather.Good Luck on the exam(s)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Qwazyone, post: 268244, member: 8819"] You could start by reading [url=http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/Home.html]Work the FM Ham Satellites[/url] Check out his 4 page pdf on working the sats. If you plan on just working the FM sats, AO-51, A0-27(ascending passes only between 30 and 60N latitude) and SO-50 are the only ones currently active over North America. SO-67 is active over NA about every 4 weeks and I am unsure of HO-68's status and it has been down for a few months now. Being able to hear yourself on the downlink of the sat is a big help when starting on the sats, so a duplex capable setup is a good idea. I used an arrow antenna(without duplexer) with 2 HT's for quite a while. I had headphones connected to the HT I used for receive so I didn't cause any feedback issues. I now have a duplex capable THD72 with speaker mic and headphones and haven't had much chance to use with the winter weather. Good Luck on the exam(s) [/QUOTE]

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