ISS SSTV experiment
The Russian Federal Space website lists the International Space Station (ISS) MAI-75 experiment (Slow Scan TV on 145.800 MHz) taking place from Wednesday January 27 to Friday January 29.
This may mean Amateur Slow Scan TV (SSTV) may take place on one or more of these days. Previous activations of the SSTV system have produced some good images that can be seen on the ARISS SSTV picture gallery site.
The ISS puts out a strong signal on 145.800 MHz FM and a 2m handheld with a 1/4 wave ground-plane antenna will be enough to receive it. The FM transmission uses 5 kHz deviation which is standard in much of the world.
Many FM rigs in the UK can be switched between wide and narrow deviation FM filters so select the wider deviation. Handhelds all seem to have a single wide filter fitted as standard.
Free PC sound card Slow Scan TV software such as MMSSTV can be used to display the pictures and you can use software such as the IZ8BLY Vox Recoder to save the audio for later decoding if you are away at work.
Russian Federal Space - ISS Experiments January 25-31 (Google English)
http://tinyurl.com/yhy49t4
Information on the MAI-75 SSTV experiment
http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/resear...cation-26.html
How to access the ISS Slow Scan TV
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtoisssstv.html
Free Slow Scan TV Software MMSSTV uses your PCs Soundcard
http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/
Again Many thanks to Skerries Radio Club for forwarding this information to me.
