I wish the operating times were a little wider. I'm disappointed to realize that it won't even be making a pass over my QTH while they are operating SSTV. :(
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Trevor . <m5...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > > The Radio Amateurs on the International Space Station (ISS) will be > transmitting Slow Scan TV pictures on 145.800 MHz on Thursday and Friday May > 13-14. > > The transmissions will take place in Robot-36 mode on Thursday May 13 from > 10:00 - 17:00 UTC and on Friday May 14 from 12:45 - 16:00 UTC. > > Previous activations of the SSTV system have produced some good images that > can be seen on the ARISS SSTV picture gallery site. > > The ISS puts out a strong signal on 145.800 MHz FM and a 2m handheld with a > 1/4 wave groundplane antenna will be enough to receive it. > > The FM transmission uses 5 kHz deviation which is standard in much of the > world. Many FM rigs in the UK can be switched been wide and narrow deviation > FM filters so select the wider deviation. Handhelds all seem to have a > single wide filter fitted as standard. > > Free PC sound card Slow Scan TV software such as MMSSTV can be used to > display the pictures and you can use software such as the IZ8BLY Vox Recoder > to save the audio for later decoding if you are away at work. > > Information on the MAI-75 SSTV experiment > http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/researches/education-26.html > > How to access the ISS Slow Scan TV > http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtoisssstv.html > > Free Slow Scan TV Software MMSSTV uses your PCs Soundcard > http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/ > > IZ8BLY Vox Recoder, enables you to record the signals from the ISS on > 145.800 MHz while you're away at work > http://xoomer.alice.it/aporcino/VoxRecorder/ > > Simple Rig to PC Audio Interface > http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/g0ftd/data_dummy_interface.htm > > ISS Real Time Tracking (tick draw footprint) > http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544 > > Amateur Radio on the International Space station (ARISS) SSTV picture > gallery > http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/ > > ISS Fan Club > http://www.issfanclub.com/ > > AMSAT-UK http://www.uk.amsat.org/ publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR > News, that is full of Amateur Satellite information. > Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form > > ---- > 73 Trevor M5AKA > Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ > Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org > Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm > ---- > > >
