Re: [amsat-bb] Scanners

[Laura Denise Halliday <lha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 8 Nov 1998, James B Sibley wrote:

> What sateillites can i listen to with a handheld scanner?
> The freqencies on it are:
> 30-100MHz
> 300-500MHz
> 700-970MHz
> I think

The most fun you can have with a scanner is on the
137 and 150 MHz satellite bands. This is where you
find things like the NOAA and Meteor weather satellites,
and the low-orbit Russian navigation satellites.
Yes, they still exist...

These satellite are in low orbits, and are intended to
be heard. They're loud.

Keps from all the usual sources.

Laura Halliday VA3LDH   "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: FN03gs                pied a terre..."
                                   - Hospital/Shafte

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