[Gracana]

Good suggestion. I was thinking the same thing. A cheap radio, eggbeater antenna, and gpredict will get you started. No need for a license just to see if you can hear one, but once you do, you'll probably want to get one. Luckily satellites tend to operate in VHF and UHF, so the lowest license class is all you need.

[cjsuk]

Yep you don’t need a lot of watts either. You can get a long way on 5W.