July 2015 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ISS - Mission Accomplished
by Jerry Buxton 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Viewing the ISS SSTV pictures is always fun for me, that's part of what we all like to do. But today I had our 11 year old nephew Juan, who is visiting from Colombia, in the shack. He got an earful on the ISS from me about the SatPC32 tracking map, which we also compared on the globe, and who and what was up there on ISS. ISS passed over Colombia on the 1610 UTC pass too, so he saw how it's possible to see or hear them even from his home. He got a wonderful eyeful with the image we saw come down live, and I explained what the various things in the image were about. But hearing the cosmonaut calling, when I told him it was a real astronaut talking on the ham radio, was a real gol. Eyes wide open! ISS accomplished their mission of bringing "outer space" to kids today, and Juan jumped right on the tell-me-more wagon after the pass with great interest in the ISS, our amateur radio satellites (I showed him other ISS and ARISSat SSTV pictures I had received), and even HF ham radio as we tuned the bands and watched ISS track down across South America and into the Atlantic. It doesn't get any better than that. Thanks, RS0ISS! Thanks, ARISS! -- Jerry Buxton, NØJY

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SV5 Karpathos Island July 21-28
by JoAnne Maenpaa 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hello everyone, This may be of interest to satellite stations in range of the Mediterranean This operating news is more timely sent now instead of waiting for the next weekly bulletins. ----- SV5, DODECANESE. Kim, ON4BCV, will be active as SV5/ON4BCV/p from Karpathos Island (EU-001) between July 21-28th. Kim states, "I'm working SO-50 Satellite with my Yaesu VX-7R and a hand-held Arrow (USA) antenna. All other SSB SAT's with my portable radio FT-817 using also the Arrow antenna with build in duplexer. I'm also working HF with the Yaesu FT-817 portable QRP, 5 watts and a telescopic multiband antenna abt. 1.5 meter long. QSL via ON4BCV. --- Thanks to the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1223, July 20, 2015. Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org AMSAT VP User Services

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ARISS Apollo-Soyuz Commemorative Diploma
by Frank Bauer 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

All, The ARISS commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission is going quite well. Some absolutely beautiful pictures have been posted on the ARISS SSTV image gallery. See: http://spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php Kudos to all on the great reception! Also, fantastic efforts on ISS and in Dallas Texas yesterday for the Moon Day/Frontiers of Flight Museum contact. It was fitting to have a US school and the Russian Cosmonauts conducting a joint ARISS contact on the 40th anniversary of the of the Apollo-Soyuz docking. In commemoration of the Apollo Soyuz SSTV event, ARISS will be distributing a limited edition diploma to all that received the SSTV images. If you want to get a commemorative diploma e-mailed to you, we are cordially invite you to listen on 145.800 MHz FM, decode the audio and share your received images with us. You can receive a commemorative diploma by filling in one of two application forms: English version: http://ariss.pzk.org.pl/Apollo-Soyuz/en or Russian language: http://ariss.pzk.org.pl/Apollo-Soyuz/ru The deadline to apply for the diploma is the end of July 2015. Enjoy! 73, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO ARISS International Chair

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ISS SSTV
by Steve Kristoff 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

On the 1430 UTC pass here in EM79 (SE IN) I was wonderfully surprised to hear voice greetings from a cosmonaut in between pictures. It wasn't a QSO, of course, but it was the first time I've heard voices from the Space Station. Thanks to the Cosmonauts and Astronauts for doing things to keep us Earthbound folks interested in Outer Space! Steve Kristoff AI9IN EM79ji skristof(a)etczone.com

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ISS SSTV reception
by Steve Kristoff 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Got a full picture on the 1300 UTC pass here in EM79 (SE IN). My expectations were low, as the max elevation was 25 deg, but it worked fine. Using M2 Eggbeater, an old Yaesu FT290RII, Signalink USB interface, and MMSSTV software (in AutoMode it picks out the correct mode very quickly). Steve Kristoff AI9IN EM79ji skristof(a)etczone.com

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ISS SSTV @ 1431 UTC in central Arizona
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hi! I was able to copy one complete picture on a shallow ISS pass at 1431 UTC this morning. The pass had a maximum elevation of only 9 degrees, and the signals were strong even at the low elevation. I posted the picture on my Twitter feed, and you can see it at: http://pic.twitter.com/sEojLbhQkV I used a TH-D72A with my Elk log periodic, recording the audio with a Sony audio recorder. After the pass, I downloaded the recording to my laptop and played it into RX-SSTV. I tried to resync the recording at the two points where there are glitches, and this was the best I could get. Looking forward to the next pass at 1605 UTC, a higher pass with maximum elevation of 65 degrees... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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ISS SSTV Mode to use?
by Bob KD7YZ 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Never worked with SSTV before. ISS is quite strong thru all passes. I hear the SSTV and am using MixW to "try" and decode. There are however numerous "mode" choices. So far I get scan lines, a upper-left to lower right slant, but no picture. What SSTV Mode? 73, -- Bob KD7YZ http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AMSAT LM#901

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Reception Report ISS SSTV
by ka2pbt 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Solid copy in Warren County, NJ at 1300 UTC ... when the transmission started it blew me out of the chair :) https://youtu.be/73l9EVOmGpU http://pabut.org/PD180_20150719_131742.png 73 de ka2pbt --> Rob

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ISS SSTV Mode to use?
by Cor PDØRKC 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hello Bob, Try RX-SSTV it does support the PD180: http://users.belgacom.net/mysoftware/Setup_RXSSTV.exe 73s Cor PD0RKC

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ISS SSTV
by F6GLJ 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

This morning at 09:58 UTC I have received a very beautiful picture from RS0ISS. The signal was very strong, 59+ 73 QRO de Michel F6GLJ

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