{"id":56,"date":"2016-04-14T00:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/?p=56"},"modified":"2016-04-14T00:03:19","modified_gmt":"2016-04-14T00:03:19","slug":"international-space-station-sstv-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/international-space-station-sstv-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"International Space Station SSTV reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m super stoked. \u00a0I listened to the International Space Station (ISS) pass yesterday with my kids. \u00a0Lots of beeping and screeching, but it was coming from a radio on the ISS, that we were hearing in Margate, so it was exciting none the less. \u00a0So this morning I thought I&#8217;d best install some decoding software (<a href=\"http:\/\/hamsoft.ca\/pages\/mmsstv.php\">MMSSTV<\/a>) to see if we could receive the images they were transmitting, which I did, and wouldn&#8217;t you know it, the ISS was due for a long pass (eight minutes) almost directly overhead as soon as I&#8217;d finished. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-58 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2-300x233.png\" alt=\"ISS 20160414-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2-300x233.png 300w, https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I called the kids who watched the pass with me, and got some images decoded. \u00a0Even my wife came into the office to see what all the excitement was about, and I think\u00a0she was impressed. \u00a0At least she pretended to be for my sake \u00a0\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Below are the two images we decoded. \u00a0Now to tune the software to remove the slant. \u00a0Something to do with reference clocks for timing synchronisation. \u00a0Will have to try to find a local ham to calibrate with. \u00a0Oh, the antenna was my home made flowerpot dual band 2m\/70cm unit. \u00a0So whilst not ideal, it did the job!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58\" src=\"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2.png\" alt=\"ISS 20160414-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2.png 640w, https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-2-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-57\" src=\"http:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-1.png\" alt=\"ISS 20160414-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-1.png 640w, https:\/\/lance.conryclan.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ISS-20160414-1-300x233.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m super stoked. \u00a0I listened to the International Space Station (ISS) pass yesterday with my kids. \u00a0Lots of beeping and screeching, but it was coming from a radio on the ISS, that we were hearing in Margate, so it was exciting none the less. \u00a0So this morning I thought I&#8217;d best install some decoding software &hellip; 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