[amsat-bb] mmstv help

Jeff kb2m kb2mjeff at att.net
Sat Feb 9 01:43:42 UTC 2019


I think the 2m d/l antenna is in a  different location and the signal 
isn't as good as it's been for awhile...


73 Jeff kb2m


On 2/8/2019 8:38 PM, Joe Puma wrote:
> Someone forgot to turn on the heater up there
>
> Joe
> Kd2nfc
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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> From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
> Sent: Friday, February 8, 2019 1:54 PM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] mmstv help
>
> Hi Rick!
>
> Normally, the ISS SSTV signals are very easy to copy. So far,
> this is not the case with today's SSTV transmissions. For some
> reason, signals are much weaker than normal. A 20-degree pass
> in the past hour only yielded parts of two pictures for me,
> where normally that could be a pass with two complete pictures
> with little or no interference.
>
> I have some higher passes later this afternoon and evening;
> maybe those will work better. If not, I'll try and see what I
> can get...
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 6:46 PM saguaroastro <saguaroastro at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> I use robot36 on my phone. Get in the app store. I believe there are
>> version for both droid & I phone (I'm droid) It's free.
>> Just hold the phone next to the radio's speaker. Save it as soon as it
>> finishes or it will overwrite. The signal is strong enough to work with an
>> html and stock antenna. Doppler correction is really not needed.
>> Good luck!
>> 73Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)Saguaro Astronomy ClubWww.saguaroastro.orgThunderbird
>> Astronomy ClubWww.w7tbc.org
>>
>>
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