Hey everyone, I recorded the 1338UTC pass over the Eastern US this morning. Copied a nice SSTV picture and then Garriott flipped over voice mode and spoke to VE1SKY(?) and KG7HF.
I've posted the SSTV pictures that I grabbed on various passes today and the recording of the voice pass (Garriott starts talking about 5 minutes in) at http://www.innismir.net/article/49
~Ben
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Ben Jackson wrote:
I've posted the SSTV pictures that I grabbed on various passes today and the recording of the voice pass (Garriott starts talking about 5 minutes in) at http://www.innismir.net/article/49
For those of you who tried to download the recording last night, a typo prevented you from doing so. I've fixed it and it should work fine now.
Thanks to Dave, AA4KN for pointing that out to me.
- -- Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
Ben Jackson wrote: I've posted the SSTV pictures that I grabbed on various passes today and the recording of the voice pass (Garriott starts talking about 5 minutes in) at http://www.innismir.net/article/49
Here's an outstanding clip made from the October 16 pass at 13:45 UTC showing crystal clear SSTV reception and audio from Richard as he headed out over the Atlantic.
(I actually snagged a partial QSO with Richard just as he went LOS from my QTH during this pass.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF9GYoHbKEg
Enjoy!
73, de John, KD2BD
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Any MPG of SpaceCam1 running?
Does anyone have a MPG video of ISS running SSTV via SpaceCam1?
The easy way to tell the difference, is that when SpaceCam1 is running, it will send a CW-ID first, followed by the SSTV Image. You can also tell by the image format, SpaceCam1 will place the call sign and date and time at the bottom W5KWQ 20081017T0939Z
If so, please send the MPG to sstv@issspacecam.org or ka1rrw@yahoo.com
Thanks Miles
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ISS Amateur Radio Status: October 17, 2008 By Miles Mann WF1F,
Slow Scan TV Status
MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
Hello all: I hope you have been enjoying the Slow Scan TV show from the International Space Station.
Current Status: ISS has two operational SSTV systems running. This morning The ISS crew used the Laptop version from MarexMG called SpaceCam1 for a few images (October 17, 09:32 UTC). And then later the same day switched over to the Battery powered Kenwood VC-H1 System.
VC-H1: Since the VC-H1 will only run on batteries, (and it does go through 4 AA batteries in a very short time), Garriott's will only be using the VC-H1 when he is near by to shut it off when ISS goes into the shadow of the Earth. I do not expect much usage of the VC-H1 after Garriott's mission is over. The VC-H1 was flow as a last-minute back up because of a problem with missing cables for the SpaceCam1 platform and a problem with the existing VOX box.
SpaceCam1: In August 2006, ISS commander Pavel ran some Slow Scan TV tests from ISS. http://www.marexmg.org/imagessstv/SpaceCamImages1.htm
During the testing we heard from a few reliable ground stations that the transmitter was getting stuck ON and the radio's watch-dog timer would shutdown the radio after 3 minutes of continuous transmission. We were never able to debug the problem in flight. It was assumed that there was some stray audio or RF that may have been keeping the VOX box in a constant transmit state.
In June this summer a quick decision was made to send a full backup TM-D700 and full set of cables and new VOX Box up to ISS for Garriott's mission on the next available Progress Cargo rocket. Now we have plenty of cables, radios and theoretically two VOX boxes and a VC-H1.
The SpaceCam1 software has been used from ISS several days this past week, including October 12 and 17. We have heard rumors that the transmitter is staying keyed. If this is true, it means we need a better VOX box solution. SpaceCam1 has the ability to be left running 24/7. If we can achieve this goal, we will be able to present SSTV images to everyone around the whole world.
VOX Box Replacement Project: The Marex team is working on a new project proposal to replace the existing VOX box with an USB Off-the-Shelf version. We have been testing a production version for a few months now with SpaceCam with excellent results. We had tentatively planned on presenting the project at the July Moscow ARISS meeting, however due to cut backs in the meeting schedules there were just too many project and not enough time to work in more project presentations.
If you feel there is a benefit to the amateur radio community to provide 24/7 SSTV down link images, then please support Marex and the VOX Box Replacement Project. Contact your ARISS delegates and ask them too to support Marex SSTV from Space.
Sincerely
Miles Mann WF1F Marexmg.org
ARISS Delegates:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arissinf.htm
Slow Scan TV Links and Free SSTV software links. http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/sstvlinkpage.html
The standard downlink of 145.800 will be used for voice contacts, school contacts and SSTV transmissions. Anyone with a FM receiver capable of monitoring the 145.800 MHz downlink can receive audio and SSTV images. The standard voice uplink frequencies of 145.200 for ITU Region 1 (Europe, Africa and Russia) and 144.490 for ITU regions 2 & 3 (N. America, S. America, Southern Asia, Australia) will be used.
Additional info on SSTV operations is available at: http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/howtouseiss.html
Ground stations are encouraged to capture as many of the transmitted SSTV images and forward them to the Marex at SSTV@ISSSPACECAM.ORG
After you receive an image, please rename the images using the following format, (All Lower case letters). All dates and times must be in UTC.
Year 08, Month 10, Day 14, (UTC time), Call sign, (optional Short text description) .JPG
Example: 0810141905wf1f.jpg or 0810141905wf1fgreatlakes.jpg If you are not a licensed amateur operator, just place your initials after the time (0607311905abc.jpg)
We would also like to know the following information in your email: Name or Call sign Country / State Receiver Software decoding tool Elevation or range of ISS when you decoded the image.
The best image received for a given time period will be posted to http://www.issspacecam.org/ and www.marexmg.org
Additional information about Richard Garriott's flight and activities are available at: http://www.richardinspace.com/ http://www.challenger.org/ http://www.ariss.org/
If you do not have a tracking program, here is a live link to NASA that will show you where ISS is located.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html
Pictures of the Amateur Radio station on the International Space Station.
http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/radiohardware.html
Slow Scan TV: The Marex Slow Scan TV project, SpaceCam1 was activated for a few weeks in August 2006. We hope to see some new images in October 2008
http://www.marexmg.org/imagessstv/SpaceCamImages1.htm
Marexmg Web page http://www.marexmg.org
73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
Until we meet again
DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F
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