0048 UTC South West of England IO82ej Strong SSTV signal heard but not decoded. Satellite at 5 degrees elevation.
73 John G7HIA
Hi John
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:52 AM, John Heath g7hia@btinternet.com wrote:
0048 UTC South West of England IO82ej Strong SSTV signal heard but not decoded. Satellite at 5 degrees elevation.
I managed to get a SSTV image decoded at 5 degrees EL but lots of noise due to Oxford University buildings being in the way.
http://www.m3php.com/arissat/201108032348.jpg
Using a IC-910, 5element 2m beam + G-5500 rotator tracking the ISS.
73
Nothing heard here in Northern Ireland on the first pass of ARISSAT-1 - a very low pass (0.9 degrees) but a relatively strong carrier with deep fades seen, looked like traces of SSTV - BPSK also noted on SDR
AOS at 22:48:15 UTC LOS at 22:51:12 UTC
Some screengrabs:
http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv/tx1.jpg 145.950MHz AOS http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv/tx2.jpg 145.950MHz LOS http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv/tx1bpsk.jpg BPSK TLM
73
Pete
2i0VAX On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:52 AM, John Heath g7hia@btinternet.com wrote:
0048 UTC South West of England IO82ej Strong SSTV signal heard but not decoded. Satellite at 5 degrees elevation.
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Correction on the times, should be
AOS at 23:48:15 UTC LOS at 23:51:12 UTC
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:29 AM, P.H. bbjunkie@f2s.com wrote:
Nothing heard here in Northern Ireland on the first pass of ARISSAT-1
- a very low pass (0.9 degrees) but a relatively strong carrier with
deep fades seen, looked like traces of SSTV - BPSK also noted on SDR
AOS at 22:48:15 UTC LOS at 22:51:12 UTC
Some screengrabs:
http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv/tx1.jpg 145.950MHz AOS http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv/tx2.jpg 145.950MHz LOS http://tinyurl.com/3gwdacv/tx1bpsk.jpg BPSK TLM
73
Pete
2i0VAX On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:52 AM, John Heath g7hia@btinternet.com wrote:
0048 UTC South West of England IO82ej Strong SSTV signal heard but not decoded. Satellite at 5 degrees elevation.
73 John G7HIA _______________________________________________ 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
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