• International Space Station SSTV Set to be Active June 6 – 7

    From ARRL de WD1CKS@VERT/WLARB to QST on Tue Jun 5 21:43:17 2018
    06/05/2018

    The International Space Station (ISS) Amateur Radio Slow Scan Television (SSTV) system is expected to be active on 145.800 MHz FM on June 6 and 7, likely using PD-120 format. The schedule calls for transmissions on Wednesday, June 6, 1230 - 1630 UTC, and Thursday, June 7, 1150 - 1525 UTC.

    The SSTV images will be transmitted using the Kenwood TM-D710 transceiver in the Russian ISS Service Module. The call sign will be RS0ISS. ISS transmissions use 5 kHz deviation FM. Good results have been reported outdoors using just a quarter-wave whip antenna.

    The AMSAT-UK website has more information[1] on tracking and decoding
    software. 


    [1] https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/

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