ARISS SSTV November Event 2024

ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) has announced on their blog site that another upcoming SSTV is happening following new hardware being installed on the spacecraft.

With the new hardware and software installed and tested, here comes another SSTV event.

ARISS Slow Scan Television (SSTV) transmissions from the International Space Station are planned to start Monday, November 11 about 11:50 UTC and to end Monday, November 18 about 13:40 UTC. There will be some interruptions on Friday and Saturday to allow for the crew to conduct some school contacts. Downlink frequency will be 145.800 MHz FM. Images will be transmitted in SSTV mode PD-120.

The transmissions will consist of 12 imagers featuring activities from the 40th Anniversary celebrating amateur radio in human spaceflight. 

There is a new SSTV gallery site being used for this event at  https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/ so be sure to upload all downloaded images to qualify for your certificate!

ISS Passes should be as follows:

Monday 11th: 19:08, 20:43, 22:19, 23:56
Tuesday 12th: 01:32,19:54, 21:29, 23:06
Wednesday 13th: 0:43, 2:20, 19:04, 20:40, 22:21, 23:53
Thursday 14th: 1:30, 18:15, 19:50, 21:26, 23:03
Friday 15th: 0:39, 17:26, 19:00, 20:36, 22:13, 23:49
Saturday 16th: 18:11, 19:46, 21:23, 22:59
Sunday 17th: 0:36, 17:21, 18:56, 20:33, 22:09
Monday 18th: tbc.

As a quick reminder for the new club members, the best way to receive SSTV is to set your 2m radio/SDR Dongle to 145.800 and run the audio into either MMSSTV (PC) or QSSTV (Mac/Linux).

A small benefit can be achieved by tuning for Doppler shift, older radios like the FT857/IC-706 you can use the older versions of HRD and their Satellite Module. You can also use GPredict if you are on Mac/Linux coupled with either FLRig or rigctld.

A colinear mounted atop your roof is a good option, although you can also play with a yagi and use Android software like Heavens Above. Make sure your ‘ISS Spotting’ app is related to radio and not visible eye passes otherwise you’ll miss out on some passes.

You can also decode on the fly with mobile apps, just hold your phone and handy close by and keep background noise to a minimum. On iPhone use https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/sstv-slow-scan-tv/id387910013 and on Android use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xdsopl.robot36&hl=en