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Subj: ARISS SSTV Event Continues Until Monday October 14
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ARISS is planning a Slow Scan Television (SSTV) experiment from the
International Space Station started this past Tuesday and is scheduled to
run until Monday, October 14, at 14:10 GMT.
The transmission frequency will be 145.800 MHz FM, using SSTV mode PD120.
The ISS callsign will be RS0ISS.
The SSTV transmissions will be made using the station in the Russian ISS
Service Module. The equipment used is a Kenwood D710 transceiver running
about 25 watts output which provides a very strong signal enabling
reception using simple equipment. Images received by amateurs world-wide
during previous transmissions can be seen at
http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV.
Amateurs can receive the SSTV pictures directly from the space station by
connecting the audio output of their two-meter transceiver via a simple
interface to the soundcard on a Windows PC or an Apple iOS device. On
Windows PCâ€Ös the free application MMSSTV can be used to decode the signal,
on Apple iOS devices you can use the SSTV app for compatible modes. For
Linux systems try QSSTV.
The ISS puts out a strong signal so even a 2M handheld with a 1/4 wave
antenna will be enough to receive it but oneâ€Ös chances of success are
significantly improved with the use of a handheld beam antenna. The FM
transmission uses 5 kHz deviation which is standard in much of the world.
Many FM rigs can be switched been wide and narrow deviation FM filters. For
best results you should select the filter for wider deviation FM. Handhelds
all seem to have a single wide filter fitted as standard.
Reports are requested: please send ARISS uploading your decoded pictures in
the official ARISS SSTV gallery:
https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/
An SSTV Award is also available. To get this award one should receive and
decode at least one picture in the session. The quality of the received
image does not have to be perfect, but good enough to be able to identify.
Rules for earning the award are available at https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/.
Useful information to receive the pictures can be found here at
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/
Follow ARISS on X for official updates during the event
https://x.com/ARISS_Intl.
*[ANS thanks ARISS and AMSAT-UK for the above information]*
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