[amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?

[n4csitwo at bellsouth.net]

I thought I recalled that Frank posted the set of 12 images a few days prior 
to the event. Those would give the image without any overlay material so you 
could easily determine what is the image and what is being imposed over the 
image.

Dave, AA4KN
ARISS PR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Brier" <johnbrier at gmail.com>
To: "Greg D" <ko6th.greg at gmail.com>
Cc: "Amsat BB" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] NASA on the Air images with MMSSTV overlay?


> So I hadn't seen this image yet:
>
> https://www.reddit.com/r/amateurradio/comments/9s3bvh/iss_is_transmitting_sstv_in_1458_mhz/?utm_source=reddit-android
>
> Clearly that is not the template. It was just a choice to make RS0ISS
> larger. I believe it is the Russian equipment and these events don't 
> happen
> without them so it makes sense to me. I dont think all the images have
> NA1SS in them but I'm pretty sure they all have RS0ISS in them.
>
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 15:57 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks.  Looks like they have things sorted now.  Nice image received on
>> the 19:03z pass here in CM98.
>>
>> Greg  KO6TH
>>
>> p.s.  Just a nit...  Why does the RS0ISS call sign appear in a
>> significantly larger font than "NA1SS  10/12" in the SCaN images?  Is 
>> there
>> a legal reason (station license)?
>>
>>
>> John Brier wrote:
>>
>> Some of them have the overlay. It is not just you. It is weird how they
>> all don't have it though.
>>
>> Just had a nice 53 degree pass here. There was a 3 min gap between the
>> last two images.
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 13:25 Greg D <ko6th.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> I let my radio and SSTV program run last night.  Several passes, none
>>> super high, so my expectations were low.  Also the whole downlink
>>> frequency thing.  But, as I sift through the images and static of the
>>> night, I see about a half dozen partial pictures!  Yea!
>>>
>>> But, three of them, two from the 12:35z pass, and one from the 14:11z
>>> pass, have an overlay from MMSSTV calling "CQ SSTV"!  Were they sent
>>> down from the ISS this way, or was someone locally rebroadcasting them
>>> (incorrectly)?  The image from the 11:02z pass seemed fine, though I
>>> only go a part of it ("Curiosity on Mars"), as was the 15:49z pass.
>>>
>>> Next pass, a low one, beginning in 4 minutes at 17:27z... Fingers 
>>> crossed.
>>>
>>> Greg  KO6TH
>>>
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