ISS sending pictures

[Gary Hutton]

As you all may know the ISS circles the globe about every 90 minutes. This week as it passes it will be transmitting to earth pictures that we can capture. Here is a notification from ariss.org: 

Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces an SSTV event to be held next week. The event is scheduled to begin on Monday, November 11 at 11:50 UTC and to end Monday, November 18 at 13:40 UTC. SSTV transmissions will be paused during scheduled school contacts on November 15 and 16. Downlink transmissions will be at 145.800 MHz and the mode is expected to be PD 120.

1. To make this work you will need to know when the passes will be close to your qth. See heavensabove.com
2. You will need to listen on the VHF band at 145.8 Mhz
3. You will need software to decode the signals . See hamsoft.ca
4. Then send a picture or two as a winlink attachment to UCARESNET.

Gary