Miles,
Maybe, but Richard is clearly conducting uncoordinated voice QSOs now. Hence the interest in the voice uplink.
Alan WA4SCA
We should not do any up-linking until we have verified the Image Slant settings are "close enough" to get reasonable images.
SpaceCam1 also has a built-in SSTV Repeater, and will Save images by "Call-Sign" (if your SSTV program supports "SSID" such as CPIX).
Perhaps as a general test, we could ask ARISS for an Uplink Only day, and let SpaceCam1 run in Auto receive for a specific day. Then have everyone for that 24 hour period send Robot-36 images up to ISS and have the crew take a peek the next day.
A receive only day, would not cause any thermal problems. It would also tell us how closely we have tweaked the Slant.
Miles WF1F MarexMg.org
--- On Wed, 10/15/08, Alan P. Biddle APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET wrote:
From: Alan P. Biddle APBIDDLE@UNITED.NET Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Need your help in Fine-Tuning SSTV on ISS To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 10:57 AM Both the voice and SSTV audio levels are excellent, almost studio quality, which means you can certainly turn down the SSTV audio a bit and still get good reception.
Will try and time the SSTV TX hold time on the next pass if active.
He is certainly working a lot of people, so when will the uplink be "officially" released?
Alan WA4SCA
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb