Supporting Amateur Radio in Essex
From Saturday 28th December 2019 to Wednesday the 1st of January 2020, there is an opportunity to receive live SSTV images from the International Space Station. This is always a great opportunity to try to receive some live images from space, although note that some of the best passes are early morning in the UK,…
Want to try your hand at decoding images from space? Details of some good opportunities between now and Saturday 14th April 2018. The last two passes of the ISS today (11th April 2018) have included some excellent SSTV images. These are being sent in celebration of Cosmonautics Day, and ARISS Russia plans to be sending images…
The International Space Station has been transmitting SSTV images today. I’ve managed to catch one image per pass, although the quality of the first one wasn’t great. Here’s what I’ve captured: The third pass today at 14:20 GMT was silent, as was the fourth, so it looks like just the two images today. Great to…
The International Space Station has today started sending Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images, and for us in Essex, receiving pictures from space should be fairly easy. ISS Images 12:27 BST 04 Sept 2013 I was able to get one very clear image on 145.800MHz at lunchtime today, followed by a second image that failed to…
Sending and receiving images over amateur radio using SSTV can be lots of fun. This short article, courtesy of Andy M6XFC, gives some information on how to get started with SSTV on a Baofeng: SSTV on a Baofeng? Andrew M6XFC recently passed his Foundation exam at CARS, after studying with Essex Ham’s Foundation Online…
ISS was once again sending SSTV images from space this morning. Here’s what Essex Ham was able to capture from the space station today: For more, see ISS sending images 04 Sept 2013
My fascination with ham radio and the International Space Station stepped up a notch today, as I was able to receive and decode my first image from the ISS. Occasionally, the astronauts aboard the ISS turn on the SSTV (Slow Scan TV) equipment on their amateur radio station and beam signals from their vantage point…
SSTV stands for Slow Scan TV. In the amateur radio world, this allows you to send images as data to each other ober amateur radio. To send and receive messages, you need to connect your amateur radio rig to a computer, and then use software to send and decode images. Pictures typically take about one…
You don’t have long to try to tune into signals from the orbiting Amateur Radio satellite ARISSat-1. Here’s what you need to know about receiving some of the last signals from this ham radio satellite… Update: ARISSat-1 re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on 4th January 2012 and is believed to have impacted in the South Atlantic….
In 2020, the RSGB launched a new initiative aimed at getting newcomers to gain knowledge and stay interested in amateur radio after passing their Foundation exam. At inception, the scheme was referred to by the title “Brickworks”. It now has the slightly less catchy title of: “Beyond Exams Club Scheme” What does the Beyond Exams…
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