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Page last updated on:
Monday, July 12, 2010
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MAI-75 experiment to be activatedThe Russian ISS crew members plan to activate the MAI-75 (Moscow Aviation Institute) experiment on July 15 and 16 at approximately 10:00 - 12:00 UTC, (mode to be determined). This may mean Amateur Slow Scan TV (SSTV) may take place on one or both of these days. Previous activations of the SSTV system have produced some good images that can be seen on the ARISS SSTV picture gallery site. The ISS puts out a strong signal on 145.800 MHz FM and a 2m handheld with a 1/4 wave groundplane antenna will be enough to receive it. The FM transmission uses 5 kHz deviation which is standard in much of the world.Many FM rigs in the UK can be switched been wide and narrow deviation FM filters so select the wider deviation. Handhelds all seem to have a single wide filter fitted as standard. Free PC sound card Slow Scan TV software such as MMSSTV can be used to display the pictures and you can use software such as the IZ8BLY Vox Recoder to save the audio for later decoding if you are away at work. Russian Federal Space - ISS Experiments January 25-31 (Google English) Information on the MAI-75 SSTV experiment How to access the ISS Slow Scan TV Free Slow Scan TV Software MMSSTV uses your PCs Soundcard IZ8BLY Vox Recoder, enables you to record the signals from the ISS on 145.800 MHz while you're away at work ISS Real Time Tracking (tick draw footprint) Amateur Radio on the International Space station (ARISS) SSTV picture gallery ISS Fan Club
AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full of Amateur Satellite information.
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