Hi I need help with amateur radio please.

Recently my lecturer lend me the icom 9100 transeiver for my class project, but i dont really know how to use it. as of now i think i intercepted someone's walkie talkie around 430-440MHz. i wanted to try two things if possible.

1) i want to try and get a signal or call sign or anything from a satellite. because i saw a satellite mode in the instruction manual but im confused.

2) i want to try to get signal from any radio. like Hitz.fm etc if possible.

currently i've installed eggbeater satellite antenna of 144 MHz & 430 MHz to the Icom IC-9100.

Thank you so much

Wow, this is an all band all mode EXPENSIVE transceiver, please be careful handling it

To work on satellites, first thing first, you need to know which satellites are available. Most satellites are orbiting the earth and probably have few passes over our head in a day. Download software that could track those satellites. Example of satellites tracker, for PC, like Orbitron or  gpredict. For Android, AmsatDroid. No idea about iOS though.

Satellites that are passing over our head usually ISS, LAPAN-A2 (IO-86), AO-92, etc. Using the apps mentioned above, it listed all the transponders used that you could monitor. If you want to make a contact on voice channels, you need to have a valid amateur radio license, some universities have their own radio club, so you may ask for permission to use their callsigns. Please, do not transmit if you don't have permission or a valid license.

On listening a commercial radio such as hitz, it is such a waste of to do so

Oh, please familiarise yourself with the transceiver, you tube will be the best source on how to learn by yourself. In any case, do not transmit, do not press the PTT button on the remote mic.