[AMSAT-BB] SSTV EVENT ARISS 40th Anniversary event starting Dec 16

to All,

https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/

ARISS is celebrating 40 years of human tended operations from space. STS-9 was the first time amateur radio was operated by a person while on orbit back in late 1983. To commemorate that beginning, an SSTV activity has been scheduled to start on Dec 16 about 10:15 UTC and run until December 19 around 18:00 UTC.

Operations will be on the standard 145.800 MHz downlink using SSTV mode PD120.

Received images can be posted at the ARISS Gallery https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php. You can also apply for the an award at the ARISS SSTV award https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/ site.

73 Christy KB6LTY