Noob here, trying to figure out what I heard this morning. As ISS passed over, on the FM voice downlink, I heard repeating tones that sounded kinda like "dadadee dadadee dadadee dadadee..."

Is that coming from ISS? Is it something from another ham on Earth that ISS was repeating? At the apex of the pass, it was strong enough to break squelch (Baofeng HT with handheld Yagi-Uda)...

Sorry for the noob question. Just trying to figure this stuff out in my very limited free time...

73,
Jeff, W5JEF

Receive SSTV from Space June 29-July 1

ARISS Russia is planning a special Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event from the International Space Station Station around 09:00 GMT on Friday, June 29 and continuing until 18:30 GMT Sunday, July 1.

Supporting this event is a computer on the ISS Russian Segment, which stores images that are then transmitted to Earth using amateur radio, specifically the onboard Kenwood TM-D710E transceiver.

These images will commemorate the various satellites that were hand-deployed from the ISS.

Hi All

Looking for some help with setting the tone on a THD72 to access voice sats. I know the tone needs to be 67hz but should the icon on the display read T or CT?

Cheers

Cris

ARISS would prefer that we NOT use the recently posted repeater pair for FM
voice work.

That was a test of the Tanusha birds, and NOT an open invitation to use it as an
ISS FM Voice repeater. Something definitely went wrong with the Russians' plan
for the testing. And that downlink frequency is - well, kind of like the US' 146.520 as
it is a common terrestrial frequency in Europe.

And the 15-year-old Kenwood D-700 cannot take that amount of ops, as its fan/cooling
is not adequate for such continuous operations.

ARISS contact planned for two schools in Germany

An International Space Station school contact has been planned for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO with two schools in Germany:
- Werner Heisenberg Gymnasium, Leverkusen
- Schickhardt Gymnasium, Herrenberg.

The event is scheduled Wednesday 27 June 2018 at approximately 10:32 UTC.

The conversation will be conducted in German.

The contact will be a direct operated by DL0IL and DL0GH.

The downlink signals will be audible in parts of Europe.

73 de IW2BSF Rudy

School Information:

Werner-Heisenberg-Gymnasium

I also use a J Pole for ISS SSTV on 145.800. It is reasonable at high angle and has some gain lower down. I have received many good pictures here in Christchurch New Zealand. Thanks Murray ZL3MH

Upcoming ARISS-Russia Voice Greetings, SSTV Transmissions from the ISS

Ham Video transmitter defective

Mid April, the Ham Video transmitter onboard Columbus stopped working.

June 1st 2018, an extensive test was performed by crew. This test comprized connecting the transmitter to the second ARISS L/S-band patch antenna on the nadir of Columbus.

The test was negative. Ground stations didn't receive any signal from Ham Video.

Presently, ARISS is planning to download the transmitter for repair. Onboard, repair is impossible.

We hope this plan will be accepted by the space agencies and the cost of operations funded by sponsors.

I currently use a dual band "tactical" j-pole antenna and have had several unsuccessful attempts at making contact with ISS. I am on a TYT TH-7800 using 50 watts. I have the downlink (145.800) and uplink (144.490) frequencies programmed into my radio. The antenna is not very high in the air right now and there are trees around. What could I do differently to have a better chance of success in contacting the ISS?

I currently use a dual band "tactical" j-pole antenna and have had several unsuccessful attempts at making contact with ISS. I am on a TYT TH-7800 using 50 watts. I have the downlink (145.800) and uplink (144.490) frequencies programmed into my radio. The antenna is not very high in the air right now and there are trees around. What could I do differently to have a better chance of success in contacting the ISS?