2023 Year-End ARISS Special SSTV Experiment!

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I received the following press release from Mark Tharp, KB7HDX,
Northwest Division Vice Director and ARISS Committee Chair. Thought
you might be interested.

73, Art K0AIZ

ARISS News Release No. 23-69

December 26, 2023 â-" Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) announces a special SSTV experiment to be held this week. The
ARISS Voice Repeater will be the downlink for enthusiasts, and several
ARISS selected ground stations around the world will serve as SSTV
uplink stations. Two special images will be transmitted on 437.800 MHz
using PD120 formatting.

This limited experiment will be conducted on several passes over Europe,
Australia and the USA between Wednesday, December 27 and Saturday,
December 30, 2023.

Go to www.ariss.org and ARISS social media posts to monitor for pass
information.

ARISS hopes enthusiasts will have fun downloading the images and follow
along with the event.

**IMPORTANT: Please, all hams should hold off from using the ARISS Voice
Repeater for voice contacts during the event times.

About ARISS:

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a
cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the
space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In
the United States, sponsors are the American Radio Relay League (ARRL),
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC), Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation (AMSAT), NASA's Space Communications and Navigation
program (SCaN) and the ISS National Labâ-"Space Station Explorers. The
primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology,
engineering, the arts, and mathematics topics. ARISS does this by
organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members
aboard the ISS and students. Before and during these radio contacts,
students, educators, parents, and communities take part in hands-on
learning activities tied to space, space technologies, and amateur
radio. For more information, see http://www.ariss.org.

Media Contact:
Dave Jordan, AA4KN

ARISS PR
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