Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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I show you how to receive Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images from the International Space Station (ISS).

Several times a year SSTV images are sent from the ISS. In December 2021 from the 26th through the 31st SSTV images will be transmitted.

A simple two-meter amateur radio, or scanner, is able to receive the signal on 145.800 MHz. You can receive the signal using the antenna on an HT, mobile antenna, or a vertical antenna mounted outside.

I show you how to learn when the ISS will be in the range of your station.
Heavens-Above is a good website to use and it will generate a list of passes for your station.

To decode the SSTV signal you will need software on a computer or portable device. I show MMSSTV on my Windows computer decoding the SSTV signal. I also show decoding SSTV on my iPad

After you receive your ISS images, you may apply for a certificate at -
spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/submit.php
https://ariss.pzk.org.pl/sstv/#award_rules_en

My video of SSTV sample transmissions
youtube.com/watch?v=sG4UhlByFyw&t=870s

My video shows how to build a simple 2 meter antenna
youtube.com/watch?v=HkmD3Sgz7Q0&t=697s

Heavens-Above-
heavens-above.com/main.aspx

MMSSTV-
hamsoft.ca

iPad SSTV
blackcatsystems.com/software/sstv.html

Other SSTV Decoding software
Android
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=xdsopl.robot36&hl=en_US&gl=US

Linux
users.telenet.be/on4qz/qsstv/index.html

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