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Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957 (hackaday.com)
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[–] BillTongg 2 points 4 days ago

I've had a few QSOs though amateur satellites. I bought a dual-band antenna from a company in the US and used a cheap Chinese handheld and my 20 year-old FT817 for the uplink and downlink. There was a surprising amount of activity, really tricky to make myself heard.