[IRCNews] ARISS Aug 4 & 5

[David Spoelstra]

PD120
FM

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 8:15 PM Peter Pauly <ppauly at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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