[TVARC] SSTV from ISS next WEEK

[Larry Peterson]

*F.Y.I. for those interested in the ISS and SSTV.
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*Larry, N2AMW
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*Receiving these beautiful images** can be as simple as holding up your 
HT to your Smartphone with a $3 app installed.*

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**http://work-sat.com/SSTV.html*

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*The International Space Station (ISS) amateur radio Slow Scan 
Television (SSTV) transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM are expected to be 
activate over several days in April.**

The Inter-MAI-75 SSTV experiment should be active on:
• Monday, April 2 from 15:05-18:30 UT
• Tuesday, April 3 from 14:15-18:40 UT

SSTV is also expected be active from April 11-14 world wide as part of 
Cosmonautics Day which takes place on April 12. Detailed times are still 
being worked into the schedule and will be published later. Images will 
be related to the Interkosmos project 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interkosmos**).**

The SSTV images will be transmitted on 145.800 MHz FM using the Kenwood 
TM-D710 transceiver located in the Russian ISS Service module. It is 
expected they will use the PD-120 SSTV format.

Note the ISS transmissions use the 5 kHz deviation FM standard rather 
than the narrow 2.5 kHz used in Europe. If your transceiver has 
selectable FM filters try using the wider filter. Handheld transceivers 
generally have a single wide filter fitted as standard and you should 
get good results outdoors using just a 1/4 wave whip antenna.

The ISS Fan Club site will show you when the space station is in range 
http://www.issfanclub.com/**

ISS SSTV information and links at https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/**

Post your images on the ARISS-SSTV gallery at 
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/**

Listen to the ISS when it is over Russia with the R4UAB WebSDR 
http://websdr.r4uab.ru/**

Listen to the ISS when in range of London with the SUWS WebSDR 
http://farnham-sdr.com/**

Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, schedules 
and crew responsibilities on the ISS and subject to change at any time. 
You can check for updates regarding planned operation at:
ISS Ham https://twitter.com/RF2Space**
ARISS SSTV Blog https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/**
AMSAT Bulletin Board http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb**

If you receive a full or partial picture from the Space Station your 
Local Newspaper may like to know 
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/2016/july/now-is-a-great-time-to-get-ham-radio-publicity.htm**

The RSGB produce a handy Media Guide and Template press release for 
anyone to download and adapt, see 
http://rsgb.org/main/clubs/media-guide-for-affiliated-societies/**

An example of the publicity you can get for the hobby by telling your 
Local Newspaper
https://amsat-uk.org/2015/04/15/iss-sstv-in-the-press/**

-de AMSAT-UK*
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