[GCARC] ARLS002 ARISS Plans Do-Over of Slow-Scan TV Transmissions over February 15 - 17 Weekend

Thu Feb 14 22:07:52 EST 2019

 For those who are interested in doing this, all you need is a HT and SSTV
software.
Last weekend I used a cheap Boafang with the stock duck antenna tuned to
145.80 no PL codes etc and just held my android tablet up to the speaker
I used the software Robot36 - SSTV Image Decoder set to PD120 mode.
. I did this outside the club house last week. It is really that easy.Here
is a chart of what should be all the passes of the ISS during the
broadcasting times.
I hope the formatting holds up in the email, otherwise it will be hard to
read. The pictures take 2 minutes to send and they are followed by a two
minute period of silance.
Do be discourage of the pass starts and you don't hear anything. The ones
that have pass times of 4 minutes or greater is your best chance. Also the
higher the ALt is at the Highest point the better the signal.
Good Luck to those who try.

Date Start Highest point End Pass Time
Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az. Time Alt. Az.
15-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58529.5756496538&type=A>
8:45:54
AM 10° SSW 8:48:56 AM 36° SE 8:51:58 AM 10° ENE 06:04
15-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58529.6427101648&type=A>
10:22:39
AM 10° W 10:25:30 AM 27° NNW 10:28:22 AM 10° NNE 05:43
15-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58529.7103564404&type=A>
12:01:49
PM 10° NNW 12:02:54 PM 11° N 12:03:59 PM 10° NNE 02:10
15-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58529.7781948516&type=A>
1:38:58
PM 10° NNW 1:40:36 PM 13° NNE 1:42:13 PM 10° NE 03:15
15-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58529.8457095727&type=A>
3:14:39
PM 10° NW 3:17:49 PM 42° NNE 3:20:58 PM 10° ESE 06:19
15-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58529.912607503&type=A>
4:51:38
PM 10° W 4:54:09 PM 20° SW 4:56:40 PM 10° S 05:02
16-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58530.5400447109&type=A>
7:55:17
AM 10° S 7:57:39 AM 19° SE 8:00:03 AM 10° E 04:46
16-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58530.6069289358&type=A>
9:30:50
AM 10° WSW 9:33:58 AM 44° NNW 9:37:08 AM 10° NE 06:18
16-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58530.6744269475&type=A>
11:09:30
AM 10° NW 11:11:10 AM 13° NNW 11:12:49 AM 10° NNE 03:19
16-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58530.7422635978&type=A>
12:47:49
PM 10° NNW 12:48:51 PM 11° N 12:49:54 PM 10° NNE 02:05
16-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58530.8099145415&type=A>
2:23:25
PM 10° NNW 2:26:16 PM 26° NNE 2:29:07 PM 10° E 05:42
16-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58530.8770049032&type=A>
3:59:47
PM 10° WNW 4:02:53 PM 38° SW 4:05:58 PM 10° SSE 06:11
17-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58531.5711909656&type=A>
8:39:14
AM 10° SW 8:42:30 AM 82° NW 8:45:47 AM 10° NE 06:33
17-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58531.638519332&type=A>
10:17:15
AM 10° WNW 10:19:28 AM 17° NNW 10:21:40 AM 10° NNE 04:25
17-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58531.7063050094&type=A>
11:56:27
AM 10° N 11:57:04 AM 10° N 11:57:42 AM 10° NNE 01:15
17-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58531.7740638089&type=A>
1:32:14
PM 10° NNW 1:34:39 PM 19° NNE 1:37:03 PM 10° ENE 04:49
17-Feb
<https://www.heavens-above.com/passdetails.aspx?lat=39.6862&lng=-74.9952&loc=Williamstown&alt=44&tz=EST&satid=25544&mjd=58531.8413310881&type=A>
3:08:13
PM 10° NW 3:11:31 PM 79° SW 3:14:48 PM 10° SE 06:35

Bruce
KD2LBU

On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 3:32 PM Jeff Comcast <jeff.garth at comcast.net> wrote:

> Looks like another chance this weekend to get some pictures from the ISS.
>
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> ZCZC AS02
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> Space Bulletin 002  ARLS002
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington, CT  February 14, 2019
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPACE ARL ARLS002 ARISS Plans Do-Over of Slow-Scan TV Transmissions over
> February 15 - 17 Weekend
>
> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is planning
> another
> popular slow-scan television (SSTV) event in the wake of an SSTV experiment
> last weekend, during which signals were reported to have been weak. Even
> so,
> more than 5,500 images were submitted. Transmissions are scheduled to begin
> on Friday, February 15, at 0845 UTC and run through Sunday, February 17, at
> 1725 UTC.
>
> "The ARISS team wanted to give the community another opportunity to
> download
> the SSTV images we developed for you, given the weak-signal situation that
> occurred last weekend," said ARISS-International President Frank Bauer,
> KA3HDO. He clarified that the same 12 images transmitted last weekend will
> be used for this weekend's experiment.
>
> Bauer said it's not entirely clear what caused the low-signal issue last
> weekend. "We believe it may have been either a loose feed-line cable or an
> antenna switch that did not fully engage," he said. "Once the crew reset
> the
> system and checked the cabling and switches, the radio system started to
> perform nominally."
>
> ARISS-Russia team member Sergey Samburov, RV3DR, worked with flight
> controllers to schedule ISS crew time to configure the JVC Kenwood radio to
> support SSTV operations, which take place from the Service Module. SSTV
> images will be transmitted on 145.80 MHz using SSTV-mode PD120. These can
> be
> received using equipment as simple as a 2-meter handheld radio, a scanner
> that covers that band, or even an online WebSDR receiver. Copying the
> images
> is as simple as connecting the receiver's audio output to the audio input
> of
> a computer running free software such as MMSSTV.
>
> Transmissions will consist of eight images from the NASA On The Air (NOTA)
> celebration and four ARISS commemorative images. Received images can be
> posted and viewed online. ARISS offers an ARISS SSTV Award for those who
> receive and decode at least one SSTV image in the session.
>
> As always, this SSTV event is dependent on other activities, schedules, and
> crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change at any time.
> Check for updates on the ARISS or AMSAT websites, the AMSAT-BB reflector,
> the ARISS SSTV blog at, http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ , and the ARISS
> Facebook page, as well as Twitter at, @ARISS_status.
>
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