[Ccarc] status of Slow Scan TV on ISS

[kb9vmw]

ISS SSTV
As reported recently, ISS Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov 
activated the SSTV project for few orbits from the International Space 
Station. Pavel sent several manual test images from ISS to Earth to 
prove that the basic SSTV configuration has been set up correctly. The 
SSTV system was then shut down until the crew can spend more time to 
finalize the cable connections and configure the system for Slide Show mode.

The slide show mode will allow the crew to preload a directory full of 
images that will be automatically transmitted to Earth. The crew will 
not need to keep pushing a button to send images. In theory the system 
can run for weeks at a time without crew involvement.

The SSTV configuration parameters are now ready to be uploaded to the 
ISS. The next phase of testing may use the frequency 145.800 MHz FM for 
the SSTV down link. Radio Amateurs should also check the testing 
frequency of 144.490 in case it remains active. The Slide Show mode will 
only be testing these downlink frequencies. The uplink frequency will 
not be published.
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This is from the AMSAT News page
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/

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73,  Tom
kb9vmw