Slow Scan TV from ISS in 5 weeks?
By Miles Mann WF1F
MAREX-MG News www.marexmg.org
Manned Amateur Radio Experiment
Hi everyone:
Slow Scan TV from the International Space Station, may
be activated in as little as 5 weeks. Note: All dates are subject
to change.
At the present time there are tentative plans to have a Space Walk
(EVA) taking place from ISS sometime around December 8, 2005. It
is possible that during this Space Walk, the ISS crew may “Hand”
launch the ARISS SuitSat project during that EVA mission. Again,
all dates are subject to last minute changes. Please Keep monitoring
the ARISS and AMSAT web pages for more updates.
The SuitSat project is a free floating satellite that will be running
on Batteries Only! The life span of the project will be limited
to the power in the batteries. SuitSat may last as little as 1 week
or as long as 6 weeks. So it is very important for you to get your
satellite monitoring station ready now. You should not wait for
the Official activation date, because you may miss the opportunity
to hear the new bird.
I will keep posting updated links for the SuitSat project as they
become available.
SuitSat Specific links
"SuitSat,"
New ARISS SSTV Gear Arrives at International Space Station
SSTV details:
The SuitSat project will transmit, Telemetry, Pre-Recorded Voice
messages and one SSTV image. The whole process will repeat approximately
every 9 minutes.
(Robot 36 format).
All transmissions will be in FM mode and will be on the 2-meter
amateur radio satellite band. This means that the Doppler frequency
drift will not be much of a problem and you will be able to use
your existing 2-meter station or a police scanner to hear and decode
the signals SuitSat.
If you have already have been successful in working the Packet
station or talked to the ISS crew on 2-meter voice, than you already
have most of what you need.
What’s left is to connect your computer to the speaker
of your radio and some SSTV decoding software, such as
ChromaPix
or similar software.
So have fun, find your best setup and start practicing how to decode
SSTV on 2-meters.
Slow Scan TV Decoding Software:
Here are just two of the many Share-Ware SSTV applications on the
market. There may be many more.
W95SSTV
by Silicon Pixels
MMSSTV
There are also many High quality pay software applications that
offer many more features, such as multiple windows that allow your
to simultaneously receive an image while preparing your next image
that you want to transmit.
CPIX
What is Slow Scan TV:
On this web page you will find many links to help you
learn more about Slow
Scan TV
Tips on how to use ISS,
SSTV, Packet and Voice
Location of Hardware on ISS
This link will show you images of some of the amateur
radio hardware already installed on ISS
Marexmg Web page
73 Miles WF1F MAREX-MG
Until we meet again
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