SSTV Question

[Wahoos4Life]

I was just currious as to What equpiment do i need to recive SSTV from ISS

[WB2UZR]

A lot of folks use MMSSTV, there are others I imagine:

http://mmhamsoft.amateur-radio.ca/mmsstv/

Other than that, just a scanner or VHF rig, helps to have an outside antenna, but not mandatory.

Scott/WB2UZR

PS The ISS has gone over to Packet, you can check ISS Fanclub or AMSAT sites for updates!

[ka3jjz]

You can find other software, including a popular package for Macs, linked here...

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/SATCOM

73 Mike

[Wahoos4Life]

yea i had downloaded Mmsstv and ben playing around with it

So well my Radio shack pro 2054 work for this?

If so i just need to get the audio cable to connect it to my computer?

i also put my antena up on the roof

[ka3jjz]

Yes the 2054 will work fine. The trick is to get a clean connection from the scanner to the soundcard without getting a lot of junk from the PC in the way. Short and sweet, using shielded audio cable, is the way to go.

Getting the soundcard to work does take some doing, however. This wiki article will give you some hints and how to get around some common issues (anything in blue or underlined is a link)

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index..._to_Soundcards

73 Mike

[Wahoos4Life]

Originally Posted by ka3jjz

Yes the 2054 will work fine. The trick is to get a clean connection from the scanner to the soundcard without getting a lot of junk from the PC in the way. Short and sweet, using shielded audio cable, is the way to go.

Getting the soundcard to work does take some doing, however. This wiki article will give you some hints and how to get around some common issues (anything in blue or underlined is a link)

http://wiki.radioreference.com/index..._to_Soundcards

73 Mike

Cool, im using a Notebook so im just going to plug the scanner into the mic port of my notebook

What is the proper frequeny that the ISS uses for this?

[WB2UZR]

They have been on 145.800, but they have gone over to 9600 baud packet on 145.825. There hasn't been any SSTV for a few days now.

Scott/WB2UZR

[Wahoos4Life]

Originally Posted by WB2UZR

They have been on 145.800, but they have gone over to 9600 baud packet on 145.825. There hasn't been any SSTV for a few days now.

Scott/WB2UZR

How do you know when they are sending them out and changing freq's?

sorry for all the questions

[ka3jjz]

The freq is 145.8 for voice/sstv, 145.825 for packet.

Read the links in the wiki article I supplied in message 3 for more. There are several ISS related links there

73 Mike

[WB2UZR]

Originally Posted by Wahoos4Life

How do you know when they are sending them out and changing freq's?

sorry for all the questions

One good way to keep up with what's going on is the ISS fanclub site at http://www.issfanclub.com/

Over on the right side is a status listing that's usually pretty up to date, it's sent in by listeners around the world. Also check http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ There is a list of links there that can be helpful down on the right side of the page, especially the SAREX reflector.

Scott/WB2UZR