[IRCNews] ARISS Aug 4 & 5

[David Spoelstra]

Matt-

The rule of thumb is that you should open your squelch all the way before
the pass. The decoding software will listen and hear the starting tones and
start a new picture automatically.

That was a good picture however for such a low pass. If they do a
certificate, that's good enough to get one. Tomorrow the 2:06pm pass is 71
degrees! You should be able to get a great picture on that pass.

Good to see some of you trying a new ham radio skill!
-David, N9KT

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:28 PM Matt Brown <drt-rcr1 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> You got more of the picture than I was able to. Signal wasn’t strong
> enough initially to trigger my squelch so I just held down the monitor key
> on my FT-70.
> Here’s all I got.
>
>
> Thanks for the heads up!
> Matt KD9FLZ
>
> On Aug 4, 2020, at 1:33 PM, David Spoelstra <davids at mediamachine.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Here's a pic from today's ISS pass. The pass was at a low elevation so it
> was noisy, but good enough for a certificate! Tomorrow's passes are at a
> much higher elevation so should be much clearer pictures.
>
> <image.png>
>
> -David, N9KT
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 9:56 PM David Spoelstra <davids at mediamachine.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Get your 2m HTs ready for Aug 4 & 5. There will be another picture being
>> transmitted from the ISS! If you successfully receive the picture, you
>> can get a certificate!
>>
>> Here is a schedule I did for all the passes over Indianapolis (using
>> LOCAL times):
>> Aug 4 1:18-1:27pm
>> Aug 5 12:32-12:39pm
>> Aug 5 2:06-2:17pm
>>
>> Remember, all you need to receive the picture is:
>> 2m HT set to 145.800 MHz (a better antenna than the stock one would help)
>> Smartphone with software set to PD120 mode:
>> -Android: Robot36
>> -iOS: Black Cat Systems entitled “SSTV Slow Scan TV”
>>
>> Have fun!
>> -David, N9KT
>>
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