[IRCNews] ARISS Aug 4 & 5

[Peter Pauly]

How is it encoded? Scottie S1?

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 17:35 David Spoelstra <davids at mediamachine.com>
wrote:

> 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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