i will be at boy scout camp south east of grand junction, co. in late july. what are the chances of making a short contact with iss on 2 meters for a ham radio demonstration? i was hoping to overhear a couple of contacts before then to get an idea of what to expect. thanks for any help CJ, KD0JUS

iss on the 1412 pass over europe signal was 60db/5 the whole pass
glad you sorted the conection problem
job well done crew
thank you
73s & to all the crew & god bless you all
M3PQQ robbie .

Hello All,

ISS SSTV signals where heard at 14 May 2010.
The transmissions started arround 12:48 UTC for the MAI-75 experiment.
If you have received images please send them via the ARISS SSTV submission page:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/submit.php
We may not be able to display every image because of quality or duplication .
But we keep them in the archieve for futher investigation and maybe
visible later.

ARISS SSTV gallery page:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/

The deactivation of the ISS SSTV hardware equipment will be arround 17:45UTC (according the crew work scedule).

For your information, read on http://www.southgatearc.org:

Slow scan TV pictures from space
The International Space Station (ISS) MAI-75 experiment (Slow Scan TV on 145.800 MHz) takes place on Thursday and Friday May 13-14.

The transmissions will take place in Robot-36 on Thursday May 13 from 10:00 - 17:00 UTC and on Friday May 14 from 12:45 - 16:00 UTC.

Previous activations of the SSTV system have produced some good images that can be seen on the ARISS SSTV picture gallery site.

The ISS puts out a strong signal on 145.800 MHz FM and a 2m handheld with a 1/4 wave groundplane antenna will be enough to receive it.

My first aprs packet off of the station this evening. 2234UTC this evening. I feel a sense of accomplishment. I was using diamond x50NA antenna on the roof of the house with 10 watts into 50ft of LMR400.

No special antenna was needed.

Mike K4MQF