Results of ISS SSTV Activity 28/01/2021 – 29/01/2021

A sample of the images received from the ISS as it passed over Bristol

Images received during the 28 January 2021 – 29 January 2021 SSTV activity period from the International Space Station are shown at the bottom of this page. The Club had primed its members by:

  1. Preparing pass predictions for the duration based on the Clubhouse location;
  2. Announcing the planned activity periods through its on-line News Posts and via:
    • The Clubs News Post RSS feed linked to:
      1. the Clubs public Groups.io mailing list; and
      2. the Clubs private members Groups.io mailing list;
    • The Clubs FACEBOOK page;
    • The Clubs LINKEDIN page; and
    • The Clubs TWITTER feed.

The Clubs original News Post also contained links to:

  • The AMSAT guide to receiving SSTV from the ISS using home Equipment;
  • AN ESA video guide to receiving images from the ISS using the Goonhilly Web SDR; and
  • Links to suitable software for Windows, OSX, Linux (inc Raspbian), Android and iOS.

Below are some “warts and all” examples of the images received by members of the Club, if any members have not submitted their images and would like to do so please send them to the e-mail address at the bottom of the page.

There were 12 images in the set this time.

The Received Images

Image No. 1st Received Image 2nd Received Image 3rd Received Image Composite Image Example From The ARISS Gallery
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Anupong E22XGH
Location   Location   Location   Location Asia
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
15:46
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Nan E24TQK
Location   Location   Location   Location Asia
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
23:53
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by “Capi” LU7EHR
Location   Location   Location   Location South America
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 28-01-2021
12:37
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Roland PY4ZBZ
Location   Location   Location   Location South America
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
13:25
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Glenn YB8VRS
Location   Location   Location   Location Oceania
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
14:21
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by Andy G7KNA Received by   Received by     Received by Maciej SP3MS
Location Nailsea
IO81ok
Location   Location   Location Europe
Date and Time 28-01-2021
16:14
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 28-01-2021
15:14
Equipment Colinear
Yaesu FT-817ND
Signalink USB
QSSTV
Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by Andy G7KNA Received by   Received by     Received by Bogdan YO8STB
Location Nailsea
IO81ok
Location   Location   Location Europe
Date and Time 29-01-2021
17:53
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 28-01-2021
16:18
Equipment End fed ¼λ vertical
Yaesu FT-817ND
Signalink USB
QSSTV
Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by Andy G7KNA Received by   Received by     Received by F4ELJ
Location Nailsea
IO81ok
Location   Location   Location Europe
Date and Time 29-01-2021
17:07
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
17:07
Equipment End fed ¼λ vertical
Yaesu FT-817
Signalink USB
QSSTV
Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Bogdan YO8STB
Location   Location   Location   Location Europe
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 28-01-2021
14:46
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by F4ELJ
Location   Location   Location   Location Europe
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
17:01
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Bogdan YO8STB
Location   Location   Location   Location Europe
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 29-01-2021
13:58
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    
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Received by   Received by   Received by     Received by Wasin E25BOH
Location   Location   Location   Location Asia
Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time   Date and Time 30-01-2021
17:23
Equipment   Equipment   Equipment    

If there is another scheduled SSTV activity period it will be published on the Club website. It would be nice to get all 12 cards from an activity period at some point.

Copies of all of the images received by various Amateurs and SWLs around the world have been uploaded to the ARISS Gallery.

About Andy (G7KNA) 206 Articles
BEng CEng MICE. Chartered Civil Engineer and Licensed Radio Ham (G7KNA). Member of South Bristol Amateur Radio Club since 2005 and Secretary since 2010. Away from the club and work I play with computers and related gadgets exploring Open Source software and when necessary bodge the odd DIY project.