[amsat-bb] Re: SSTV Pictire Successful via ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V TRANSPONDER
k6yk
k6yk at juno.com
Sun Nov 20 19:44:05 PST 2011
I have copied and worked LOTS of SSTV stations on 20
meters. And some were not all that strong. There is a lot of QRM,
doubling, people talking on SSB, etc etc on 14.230.
We also did some SSTV on AO-51 a while back and I got some
good pictures there, too.
Here are a couple of 20M ones attached.
73,
John, K6YK
On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 17:47:40 -0500 (EST) "Bob Bruninga "
<bruninga at usna.edu> writes:
> > Jeff, KB8VCO and I were successful in transmitting
> > a picture and receiving back an image via the
> > ARISSat-1/RADIOSKAF-V transponder.
>
> By the way, once I got MMSTV loaded I decided to just park it on
> 14.230 MHz all day long and watch the SSTV images come rolling in.
> I have been watching them in my office (when I walk by that PC) and
> although hear SSTV all day long, and some signals very strong.....
> I must admit, only ONE in 2 weeks has been discernable as to what
> the picture actually is..
>
> ALl the rest you can tell MAYBE that it is some kind of picutre with
> maybe some text at the top and the bottom, but NONE of them have
> been readable. Yet, the signals sound like they would make a Q5 599
> SSB signal. Is it just me, or does HF multipath slur the imgaes
> beyone all recognition.?
>
> Bob, WB4APR
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