"ml" wrote in message
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In article 6qHBg.9394$qw5.7976@trnddc06,
"Jerry Martes" wrote:

"ml" wrote in message
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Someone asked if i was referring to amateur sat's, yes i was referring
to the amateur sats exclusivly

my question remains, so if i must loose one compass direction what
should it be?

thanks

Hi ml

The least valuable compass direction for you is either East or West, if
the satellites are Polar Orbiting Satellites.

Jerry

SNIP SNIP

thanks very much, being a real newbie i have to ask one quick one

so are 'most' of the sat's polar orbiting?

Hi ml

I thought all the amateur satellites were polar orbiting. But, I really
am not sure. Perhaps you could Google then download Orbitron. That site
will show you all the satellites and their location as well as their path
prediction.

I'd strongly recomend your contacting the AMSAT group. There are some
very well informed guys there.

I mentioned that you might be willing to let your building shadow either
East or West only because there will statistically fewer times when
satelites will be passing there. the majority of the passes will be within
a sector to your North-South. You will have to consider what kind of
communication you want. That is, if you are interested in communicating
with someone in Europe, and you are located in Florida,
you sure wouldnt want to block out satellites to your East. But, if
you are in Maine, you may have little interest in communicating with
stations to your North.

Jerry