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Holiday SSTV Experiment from the International Space Station (daily.hamweekly.com)

submitted 7 months ago by AG7LR@lemmy.radio to c/amateur_radio@lemmy.radio

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The ISS will be transmitting SSTV pictures from December 25th to January 5th on 145.800MHz.

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[–] BenDoubleU@lemmy.radio 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (6 children)

I’ve had sats/ISS on my list of things to learn for a while. Maybe 2025 will be the year I get that yagi built.

[–] AG7LR@lemmy.radio 3 points 7 months ago (5 children)

The ISS is an easy one to start with. The signal is much stronger than most of the others.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (4 children)

Do you think you could receive from it with an omnidirectional antenna?

[–] AG7LR@lemmy.radio 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, you can use a vertical antenna, but it's not ideal. There is a null overhead. They will work better on lower elevation passes. If the vertical is on an HT, you can hold it sideways to receive on a high elevation pass.

There are omnidirectional antennas for satellites such as a quadrifilar helix or turnstile antenna that will work very well for stronger signals like the ISS and the old NOAA satellites.

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