When there is normally a wait of multiple months between SSTV events, I got quite a surprise with the next SSTV announcement. This time there was a gap of just three days between events. So more time to validate my…
As usual, there was all of 4 days notice for an SSTV event. This is a pretty short event and optimized for passes over Russia, as all to often it happens. However as usual there were some passes over New…
I’ve posted before about lens flare impacting weather satellites, so this time it is slightly different with two images from GOES 13. A few interesting points about this one. First off the black area at the bottom left is where…
A few times a year, mainly around xmas – New Year, plus other random times there are SSTV broadcasts from the ISS, which are announced like: SSTV activation Feb. 2022Posted: 03 Feb 2022 01:58 PM PSTThe Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI)…
Just about every year between xmas and New Year, there are SSTV broadcasts from the ISS (International Space Station) which can be received worldwide. I use my QFH antenna which isn’t ideal as it is tuned for 137.6MHz, with the…