That particular thing happens when the VC-H1 is left on and the battery runs down. Obviously Richard accidently left the VC-H1 on. I have accidently done that many times. When there is not enough power to run the camera there is a blank screen but the other electronics is still running and it captures a blank image and sends it down. Since the transmitter is powered separately so it's not bothered by the battery running down.
Lou McFadin W5DID ARISS US Hardware manager
On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:56 AM, Luc Leblanc wrote:
On 17 Oct 2008 at 10:44, David Barber wrote:
SSTV on over UK.
Long silent carrier before and after images though.
On the 1235 pass (Mostly over the atlantic) no transmission has been received yesterday only blue empty pics where transmitted in the last pass of the day. I am guessing the school contact takes priority?
From my "souvenirs" favorites folders:
http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2004/12/09/1/?nc=1
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Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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