Space Station SSTV November 2024

[dickie757]

Nov 2024 SSTV

With the new hardware and software installed and tested, here comes another SSTV event. ARISS Slow Scan Television ( SSTV) transmissions ...

ariss-sstv.blogspot.com

Always fun trying catch images.

 

[dragon48]

I've had a portable running and connected to a digital recorder since I saw the AMSAT-UK email notification yesterday. I usually get these with more notice, but it didn't come in until yesterday 09:04 UTC. It's easy to tell if I picked up a transmission from looking at Audacity spectrograms of the recordings. I just changed batteries and checked the audio. Nothing so far, but I'm supposed to get two visible passes later today. The one at 21:52 UTC is a good (45°) angle, so I'm hoping to have something to share later.

 

[dickie757]

I had a decent pass last night, and only heard repeater traffic. I looked at the uploads page, and did not see any USA call signs, until this morning.

Keep listrning!

 

[dragon48]

Today, at roughly 10:55 UTC, I did meet the definition of making contact, but I'm very disappointed with the results. 😞

I wasn't setup with a splitter, so I didn't hear what was going on at the time, but I could tell that the start of the image wasn't going to be great from the flashing nature of the green reception light. Then, around 40-seconds in, the signal cut off completely. I was outside in a parking lot at the time and have no idea whether the vehicle passing at the exact moment of the dropped signal was to blame. I doubt it though, as it sped off quickly, and when it came back, the signal was just barely coming in for a while. I got a cleaner signal toward the end.

The next pass is approaching, but it looks like it's going to be too far away for my setup to pick up anything.

So, I'll start the image gallery here, but can somebody please reply with a decent image.

I'm going to be running my setup 24x7 for the duration of the scheduled broadcast, and hopefully I'll have something good to
show off.

 

[dickie757]

The timing of my long passes has been stupid. As it comes over the horizon, the sound becomes very distinct and clear. Perfect copy for.....40 seconds!!!! then end of transmission bleep. Then 2 whole minutes of silence then the start of another transmission as it fades away........

 

[jwt873]

I just managed to snag one. The pass was directly overhead. If it wasn't cloudy, I could have gone out and watched it fly by in the night sky.

A big fade midway left some noise on the image..

 

[ind224]

14 NOV 24 01: 17 EST pass and 13 NOV 24 19:33 EST