[W8MWA] International Space Station SSTV event this weekend

[Stephen DeVience]

I came across this and thought some people might be interested.
It's a good way to find out how well your antennas can receive signals
from space.
I've recorded some interesting Russian SSTV transmissions from the ISS
in the past.
I usually record a sound file from the pass and just process it later
on the computer.

The ISS passes this weekend are in late morning and afternoon.


REMINDER - ARISS/NOTA Slow Scan TV Event February 8 - 10

ARISS is running another of their popular Slow Scan Television (SSTV)
experiment events. Transmissions began Friday, Feb. 8 at 14:00 UTC
and are planned to run through Sunday, February 10 at 18:30 UTC.

SSTV operations is a process by which images are sent from the Inter-
national Space Station (ISS) via ham radio and received by ham opera-
tors, shortwave listeners and other radio enthusiasts on Earth, simi-
lar to pictures shared on cell phones using twitter or instagram.

SSTV images are being transmitted from the ISS at the frequency of
145.800 MHz using the PD120 SSTV mode. These can be received using
ham radio equipment as simple as a 2 meter handheld radio or a common
shortwave or scanner receiver the covers the 2 meter ham band. After
connecting the audio output of the radio receiver to the audio input
of a computer running free software such as MMSSTV, the SSTV images
can be displayed.

Transmissions consist of eight NASA On The Air (NOTA) images and an
additional, four ARISS commemorative images will also be included.
See: https://nasaontheair.wordpress.com/

Once received, Images can be posted and viewed by the public
athttp://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php

You can receive a special SSTV ARISS Award for posting your image.
See details at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/

Please note that the event is dependent on other activities, sched-
ules and crew responsibilities on the ISS and are subject to change
at any time. Please check for news and the most current information
on the AMSAT.org and ARISS.org websites, the AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
<http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>,
the ARISS facebook at Amateur Radio On The International Space
Station (ARISS) and ARISS twitter @ARISS_status.
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