[IRCNews] ARISS Aug 4 & 5

[Barry Evans]

<https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipOFZGLbY1fjeL8v_HgKgjduNXLkzIymaVRAak86>

I caught it on the second pass today. I ain't pretty but it's there.




~Barry
N2FSM

On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 9:40 PM David Spoelstra <davids at mediamachine.com>
wrote:

> 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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