[SFDXA] ARLS003 Slow-Scan Television Transmissions from ISS Set for February 21-23

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ARLS003 Slow-Scan Television Transmissions from ISS Set for February 21-23

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Space Bulletin 003  ARLS003
 From ARRL Headquarters
Newington, CT  February 19, 2015
To all radio amateurs

SB SPACE ARL ARLS003
ARLS003 Slow-Scan Television Transmissions from ISS Set for February 21-23

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) has announced 
that continuous slow-scan television transmissions are scheduled from 
Saturday, February 21, at about 1030 UTC until Monday February 23, at 
about 2130 UTC. The AMSAT-NA website has a pass prediction calculator 
at, http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/ .

"It is expected that 12 different photos will be sent on 145.800 MHz FM, 
using the SSTV mode PD180, with 3 minutes off periods 
between transmissions," said ARISS-EU Chairman Gaston Bertels, ON4WF. 
The call sign will be RS0ISS.

Bertels said one of the images will depict the certificate from 
PZK, Poland's IARU member society, commemorating the 80th anniversary 
of the birth of the first Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. The 
SSTV transmissions will include other images commemorating Russian 
space history that were transmitted previously last December.

The equipment used will be the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver in 
the Russian Service Module of the ISS.

Received images may be uploaded to the image gallery at, 
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php .  Plans 
are being discussed for transmitting new images from space 
enthusiasts around the world in the coming months.