I’d recommend just saying “call sign, grid square”. Extra words like “this is...”, “my grid square is...”, and “US” is gonna get you lost in the shuffle. “ABC123, EM77”. Short, clean, and less likely to get lost in the shuffle. Very nice video, I’m probably going to get on the birds again soon, I have nothing else to do during lockdown, lol. Hope to chat with you! 73 de WI9EMS

Nice work. Glad to see other young hams putting out KZfaq content.

You did a great job on this video and it was easy to imagine the stress of balancing 20 things at once. Don't be bummed at all, every pitfall you felt is exactly what us other hams is going to need to learn from too. Thanks again. KG5TKF

Wait a second, your girlfriend is in the car waiting for you listening to the radio to help you? Wow, keep her.

Hey. I heard my voice. I was operating K4AMG

Thank you, Juan /K4LCD. PS. This morning I ordered a split boom Arrow II without a duplexer and a Baofeng BF-F8HP. I already have a UV-6R. Yor video was very instructive.

Thank you for a helpful video and checklist for the beginning Operators !

Thanks man. Great video for someone starting up 👍

Best video I have seen on the topic. Great Job.

Portuguese (English) Obrigado! (Thanks!) Seu vídeo foi de grande ajuda para mim, um iniciante (Your video was of great help to me, a beginner) Agradeço de coração (Thank you from the heart)

Appreciated the video very much, my first exposure to Satellite, and it clarified a lot, well done!

Excellent video! I just watched another video that said "Beginners Guide" and all it was, was him showing his first satellite QSO. LOL! Thanks for going through everything you need to know. I worked some stations via satellite but it's been years and needed a refresher. Keep up the great videos. 73 de W6OBB

Very good information. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you

Very helpful and informative thank you for posting

Strong work. Thanks for the video!

Great video! Keep them coming.

That dog is so considerate. He patiently waited and understood he's recording a video and he silently went where he wanted to go.

Awesome work and video. I am now interested in trying this! 73

Thanks, really enjoyed the vid.

very cool. I'll be trying this in the near future

I’ve been a ham for over 20 years and just now interested in birds. I’m in em77 also. Richmond. Hope to catch you on 2m sometime. Thanks for the vid man. Looks stressful as hell. Lol

Thank You !! GREAT JOB !!!

Thanks for a great video.

Nicely done. I always like seeing the "real world" version of an activity, instead of the overly scripted, slickly edited version. My only question/suggestion is, when you 'compass' malfunctioned, you should have still been able to find your bearing. Just know which direction is North, and you can always approximate it from there. Google street maps will tell you where North is, and i guess the Heavens Above app would give you the bearing. (and also give an idea of the path overhead that the satellite will follow so you can track it manually. I'm just getting into the satellite tracking thing, and your video was both enjoyable and helpful. 👍

Awesome video! Was confused on exactly what to say (I.e. etiquette). Gonna try this with the iss on the next pass! 73s from KE2CDK.

Good job on the video.

What a great video. A lot of very good tips. I will give the Arrow Antenna a try. Thanks.

Dude! You’re in my hometown! Go big E!

Great video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 73 Bret/AC0AE

Great video. Tx and 73

Nice video; I learned a lot. I'm kind of amazed there are 25 downvotes.

TNX for all the great info! WV0Q

Took your phone app advice - thank you!

A girlfriend that helps monitor radios in the field? Man is living the dream and doesn't even know it. Thanks for the video!

Man that was cool!

I will never ignore the dog!😁😊👍

I feel like this is something best done on a base station with a reference material on a computer screen. You sir are definitely playing on hard mode

good video and a nice dog

Thanks for the video. You are not joking about the stress. iPhones make it a lot easier with the built-in compass and the level in the measure app. More transmit power helps you win the capture on the repeater, but only at the expense of guys with HTs. What really sucks are the guys with 100W and a computer-controlled az-el rotor. They can get really chatty with their pals, killing the window for us QRP handheld guys. Still, we win our battles now and then. Overnight passes are definitely easier due to fanatics and insomniacs being the only ones out there.

You can use any voice recorder you want. I use one that is called.... voice recorder.

Well done I got one SO50 but best 4-7 Doppler setting my issue and not done as well as could have been. Ft50R +arrow even one armed I got first bird.

Hi Billy. I just stumbled upon your channel and been watching all night. Heavens Above is not the same app anymore. Another app in their collection can help you locate the Ham sats but no other info. By chance do you have an updated recommendation for working satellites that gives all the freq. info etc?

Hi Billy, enjoyed your video. May I suggest that you only use the 4 digit grid square. It is faster and what most people use. 73 de AJ5C EM36

heavens above is a great app

Nice tutorial.

Do you just keep the TX Memory selected? Or do you have to toggle with the uv5r from tx to rx?

Nice .work showing us how to work the birds. I'm just getting my feet wet in this aspect of the hobby. I'll use much of what you presented here. Hope to contact you down the log.

nice video ,bro¡¡¡¡ saludos desde argentina LU4HMS ,73"

wow thhank you

If there is a Wall behind you, the wall will reflect the signal and improve your radio reception?

Did u say people want to make there contact and get there rewards? What did u mean by that? Thanks and awesome video!!

Awesome video that taught me a lot. I just heard my first satellite here in Norway so it triggered my curiosity. 73 LB6WI Thor

Is there a way to listen to the sub band while transmitting on the main band? My old ft530 could do it. Trying to get the UV5R to do it.

Hey good video

What is the type of duplexer this arrow antenna was equipped with?

Been trying to get a satellite with an omni-directional 1/4 whip, but it’s been difficult. I get mostly static, but I’m better at tracking now.

Thanks! I'm not sure I can keep it up anymore, so a simple alt-az tripod mount will help.

"Doppler Shift" has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with distance [as described starting at 1:17 min]. It is a function of speed and wavelength (or frequency) alone. The analogy with moving trains is that the pitch of their whistle increases as they MOVE towards you, and decreases as they MOVE away from you, compared to what they sound like when they're not moving relative to you. It has nothing to do with the distance they are from you. Since satellites are moving along their orbits while you're communicating through them, a similar effect occurs between the operator and the satellite. (the dog is awesome)

Excellent, thanks for sharing, mate. 73 de ok8msw.

Can a DISH tv antenna be used for the bao feng?

Where can i buy this satellite antenna? Also how can i find what satellite can i communicate from my country?

Great video. I have my Baofeng UV5R all programmed. How do you alternate between frequencies? I'd like to try to communicate with the ISS. When I turn on the radio I see the downlink as programmed into the radio. How do I bring up the transmit frequency? I'm pressing the A\B and VFO buttons, and that just bounces the asterisk up and down. I'm using an image that I downloaded from the web. So the downlink and uplink frequencies, and all of the other parameters are all there. I don't see anything anywhere that shows you how to operate the radio buttons so that you CAN talk and listen to a satellite. B.T. W. I'm using one radio not two. Can you help? Thank you. Ernest Bazzinotti KC1LKB

Nice video. Hope you have since dropped the last two characters of your grid square. Seems everyone else uses just the first four characters. :-)

Thanks!

how do i connect the Yagi antenna to a Wouxan KG-905G GMRS 2-way radio and what connectors and cables will I need?

Just passed my license exam. This is one thing I want to try, I just need to find such a dualband yagi ;)

app link is dead

Great job! You have a nice personality. Id love to be your friend

You need a full duplex radio not another radio since your antenna has a built in duplexer.. you are receiving on downlink and transmitting on the same frequency. You should transmit on VHF and listen on UHF download in which your radio is not capable of. I dont think that Baofeng is a full duplex radio. You might try Alinco-DG7t HT.

Where did you order the antenna from?

Thanks for the video! Where do you log/confirm QSOs? Do satellite folks exchange QSL cards?

I love how the dog hears you talking to someone, then comes to see, then thinks you're crazy because nobody is there.

Hey, I am interested in getting this antenna diagram so that I can home brew it. New to HAM.

When you find the satellite how many minutes you can communicate before to turn again the antenna to a new position?

Did the coax come with the antenna?

Heavens Above app on IOS is not available :-/ Hope there’s another app that replaced it?

So much going on I recorded myself trying to make an so-50 contact I got a response but could not make out the call . But I heard myself saying my grid number backwards .😂

Is the central boom made by plastic or wood?

Great video on how to get started with Satellite mode of ham radio. You mentioned the satellite frequencies would be listed somewhere, not sure where to look on your video? Keep up the good work on your videos in the future..73 from Arizona..

Thanks. Great video. Seems like that app, Heavens Above is no longer useful. It doesn’t have any of the ability you show in the video. But there are many others out there.

were were you when you were working the satellite in this video

Cute dog.

Hi doggie ❤❤

Is that ft gordon in the background?

KI4OMV waving a hand..EM96 saying 73

Great video. Thanks for the effort. But let me make sure I understand: The point of this game is just to log who you hear and who hears you? There's no online chess or anti-government propaganda?

That's the problem with cell phones, and the younger generation today. If their phone fails they know nothing! You live in the northern hemisphere, so the sun is anywhere between southeast, and southwest depending on what time of the day it is. High noon it's straight south, give or take a few degrees. Looking at the time of day, and time of year you should be able to figure out where south is at within 10 degrees. That would be at 180 degrees, then just turn to 333 degrees, and that you can kinda guess at. With no compass on any sunny day, if you know the time of day, you should be able to get yourself within 10-15 degrees easy. Later in the video you never pointed your antenna up, and over down to the 138 degree angle. I think when you were trying to make some of the later contacts your antenna was pointed way off from were the satellite was at. Beam antennas do receive from the sides, and back to, but do not transmit well off the sides, and back. I'm not trying to be rude here, just trying to help. Thank you very much for the video! You have taught me much about satellite working, and I'm hopping to give it a try soon. 73's

Free like for dog, haven't even even finished the video

Try getting a lapel microphone, even an inexpensive one will help improve your audio quality

Not bad for chinees setup under 100$??

Wow only one channel. No dappled shift! . On ssb satellite more than one channel. Dappled should say Doppler.

oops that magnetic interference.... Modern TEch EHHHHH?

BIG NUTS TO NAME THIS ULTIMATE GUIDE

Why not get a real compass?

why do you guys say your grid square? cant they just lookup your callsign?

I'm a frequent listener with only one contact so don't mind if I'm wrong, but I think you talk too fast

I DID NOT find Heavens Above for my iPad or iPhone! So know T.U.

You don't quite understand how satellites I'm afraid. You got some good advice in there but it's very misguided. And I believe you were transmitting on output frequency the entire time which is why you had no contacts.

This video is way better at 1.25x speed.

Any idea how far you were making contact?