International Space Station Slow Scan TV Reception on 145.800 MHz: Expedition 64 - ARISS Series 17 - 20th Anniversary (Die Launische Diva)

International Space Station Slow Scan TV Reception on 145.800 MHz: Expedition 64 - ARISS Series 17 - 20th Anniversary

Besides watching the International Space Station (ISS) as it sweeps the night sky, someone can also hear the Station using modest radio equipment even during daylight.

A Slow Scan Television (SSTV) event is scheduled from the ISS for late December. This will be a special SSTV event to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) operations on the ISS. The event started at 16:40 UTC on December 24 and is running continuously until 18:15 UTC on December 31. The transmission frequency is 145.800 MHz FM and the SSTV mode in use is PD120.

This is an SSTV image received on 27 December 2020, 10:28 UTC, using an ICOM IC-R20 handheld communications receiver using its whip antenna. A recording was made using the receiver's built-in recorder which later was demodulated using the freeware RX-SSTV software. I hope you enjoy this rather unique image!

Happy holidays!

Edit January 19, 2021: I've decided to upload the images I successfully received during the event. A series of twelve images were transmitted from the ISS from which I successfully received eight, and partially received two. After sending a reception report (QSL report in radio jargon), the event organizers replied with a nice prize.

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Description: Received at 2020-12-28 09:40 UTC

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Description: Received at 2020-12-28 09:36 UTC

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D

Description: Received at 2020-12-29 08:52 UTC

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Description: Received at 2020-12-30 08:04 UTC

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Description: Received at 2020-12-30 08:08 UTC

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Description: Received at 2020-12-31 07:15 UTC

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Description: Received at 2020-12-31 07:19 UTC

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I

Description: Received at 2020-12-31 08:54 UTC

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