[amsat-bb] Re: ISS/MKS sending SSTV

Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Sun Dec 7 15:32:32 PST 2008


Scott Richardson wrote:
> I copied inside ISS SSTV images at 1640z and pictures out the window at 
> 1815z. I always miss the first second or two transmitted because of my 
> setup. It would be great to have a CW ID ahead of each SSTV transmission. I 
> heard this once during Richard Garriott's time on the station and it took 
> the guesswork out of when I should press 'record'.

I just start recording at the beginning of a pass, stop at the end, and 
decode the images (if there are any) as I play back the recording.  Now, 
if I could just tune my radio remotely to follow the doppler shift, I'd 
be all set for unattended reception!

Gordon


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