[amsat-bb] ISS SSTV This Week?

[Dave Taylor]

MAI-75 is part of an experiment conducted by the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI).  As such, it concentrates on Russian passes and is seldom available over North America.  Fortunately, this leaves open time for ARISS activity.  For this session, the 17:15 UTC cutoff on Dec. 5 is critical because Council Rock HS South in Holland PA has an ARISS contact 40 minutes later.  This should be audible over much of the eastern US.  The school plans to stream the contact at https://www.facebook.com/pg/crsouthradio/posts/?ref=page_internal <https://www.facebook.com/pg/crsouthradio/posts/?ref=page_internal> 

Dave, W8AAS

> On Dec 4, 2019, at 7:11 AM, Hasan al-Basri via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> It looks like all of their operational windows will have NO PASSES visible
> in the USA (or at least not in central USA).
> 
> Did I miss something, or is it just bad luck?
> 
> In any case, have fun, 73
> N0AN
> Hasan
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:16 PM Clint Bradford via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
>> Surprising, especially with a cargo mission heading its way to the ISS
>> this week. BUT ...
>> 
>> Russian cosmonauts are expected to activate Slow Scan Television (SSTV)
>> image transmissions on 145.800 MHz FM from the International Space Station
>> on Wednesday to Friday, December 4, 5 and 6.
>> 
>> This is the schedule for the planned activation of the MAI-75 SSTV
>> activity from the ISS.
>> 
>> • Dec 4: On - 12:00 GMT, Off - 16:50 GMT
>> • Dec 5: On - 11:25 GMT, Off - 17:15 GMT
>> • Dec 6: On - 10:20 GMT, Off - 16:40 GMT
>> 
>> Transmissions will be sent on 145.800 MHz FM in the SSTV mode PD-120. Once
>> received, images can be posted and viewed by the public at
>> http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php
>> 
>> ISS SSTV uses a Kenwood TM D710E transceiver which is part of the amateur
>> radio station located in the Russian ISS Service Module.
>> 
>> Please note that SSTV events are dependent on other activities, schedules
>> and crew responsibilities on the ISS and subject to change at any time. You
>> can check for updates regarding planned operation at:
>> ISS Ham https://twitter.com/RF2Space
>> 
>> 
>> ARISS Status https://twitter.com/ARISS_status
>> 
>> 
>> ARISS SSTV Blog https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/
>> 
>> 
>> AMSAT Bulletin Board http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>> 
>> Read the MagPi article Pictures from space via ham radio
>> https://www.raspberrypi.org/magpi/pictures-from-space-via-ham-radio/
>> 
>> ISS SSTV info and links https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/
>> 
>> 
>> 
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