ISS SSTV image 12/12 received by Michał Zawada SQ5KTM at 2055 UT on January 31, 2015

The Russian ARISS team on the International Space Station started the Slow Scan TV (SSTV) experiment, using the call sign RS0ISS, on 145.800 MHz FM at 1000 UT on Saturday, January 31.

ISS SSTV image 5/12 received by Murray Hely ZL3MH January 31, 2015

Initially there was an issue with the transmissions, Paulo PV8DX in Brazil reported that the 1030 UT pass had a strong carrier but no there was no SSTV audio. As expected there was the 3 min transmission gap between what should have been SSTV transmissions.

The issue was resolved late afternoon and radio amateurs around the world were able to receive the SSTV pictures.

In New Zealand Murray Hely ZL3MH received several good pictures. He used a J Pole antenna with a masthead pre-Amp and a 1970’s FDK Multi 2000 transceiver. Murray has two computers one running the Instant Trak software and the other MMSSTV.

ISS SSTV image 1/12 received by Murray Hely ZL3MH January 31, 2015

The transmissions are expected to continue until 2130 UT on Sunday, February 1.

See pictures that have been received and upload your images at http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/

ISS Fan Club for current status
http://issfanclub.com/

Links for free SSTV software and tracking information at
https://amsat-uk.org/2015/01/29/iss-sstv-this-weekend/

ISS SSTV image 8/12 received by Raul LU5AG at 1120 UT on February 1, 2015

Raul LU5AG reports: This morning [Feb 1] during the ISS 1120 UT pass over Buenos Aires, Argentina, this interesting image was received.

During the pass, and together with the SSTV audio, a soft, treble lacking female voice, was heard from time to time repeating a cyclic voice message I cannot understand, perhaps in Russian.

This audio was low, several dB below the SSTV audio. This voice message has some minor impact in the image quality that can be seen below the “RS0ISS” letters and about middle of the picture.

ISS SSTV image 11 received by Sally Dixon G7UCL at 2045 UT Jan 31, 2015 using tri-band omni antenna with FT-897