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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 22:14:42 GMT
All, Not really astronomy related but cool none the less. I just started working satellites with my Ham radio and managed to capture a ISS SSTV broadcast live yesterday. Super excited as it was my first attempt and it actually worked. I mounted a homemade yagi to my old nexstar SE mount and used satellite tracker software to follow ISS. Here is the result and here is the setup 20140906_120319 by william.hemmingsen, on Flickr Hope yall enjoy!! Hemmi
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 22:25:42 GMT
Very cool! How long are you able to track it for during a pass?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2014 22:40:08 GMT
I can track horizon to horizon as long as no obstructions. But I would say it needs to get above 10 degrees befor I can get useful data. This was a short 10 min pass at a max of 25 degrees. So It was not idea, but it was just a test. I think the system works as designed. Now if I had a clue when the ISS is doing what beforehand. Sometime they do voice, sometimes a ham repeater, and sometimes SSTV. I caught another pass today and there was nada on that frequency. But the APRS beacon was operating on a different frequency.
I have looked for some kinda of online schedule, but can't find anything.
Hemmi
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Post by johnno on Sept 8, 2014 1:25:34 GMT
Nice one Hemmi, I've not done any sstv for about 15 years, looks like its moved on quite a bit since then
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Post by davy on Sept 8, 2014 8:44:07 GMT
quality. .like it
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