ISS – South Bristol Amateur Radio Club

#ISS #SSTV Series 31

29/03/2026 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

Despite problems with the Service Module Radio which led to the untimely cancellation of Series 30 from the ISS, ARISS have determined that UHF 70cm operations remain viable despite not being able to diagnose, as far as we are aware, the cause of the problems on 2m. So, in a departure from the norm, Series 31 will be Robot 36 via UHF. Have fun but watch out for that Doppler Shift!

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Update #ISS #SSTV Series 30

17/11/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

Numerous social media reports were quickly received after about 2 hours into Series 30 that SSTV Transmissions had stopped. ARISS have been investigating this for a couple of days and have been forced to scrub the activation period

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#ISS #SSTV Series 30

03/11/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

ARISS had to postpone the original plans for Series 30, which was originally intended to coincide with the Scouts JOTA/JOTI weekend due to EVA’s and other operational requirments on the ISS. New dates for this event have now been confirmed, read this post for more information.

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Two Possible #SSTV Activity Periods From the #ISS are being Scheduled

31/08/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

The ARISS team plans two short SSTV activiations in October 2025, each running from Friday to Monday (unless extended).

Participants who receive and submit at least one SSTV image to the gallery can earn electronic award diplomas.

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#ARISS #SSTV Activity from the #ISS (14 – 20 July 2025)

09/07/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

ARISS has once again organised a SSTV activity period from the ISS. Lasting 7 days, 12 images will be tansmitted on 145.800MHz using PD120

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ARISS-Russia #ISS #SSTV Activity Period

05/05/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

Details on this period seem to be sparse and slightly contradictory but it is believed that ARISS RUSSIA have a short #SSTV activity period running from 12:00UTC on 05/05/2025 possibly through to 12/05/2025. In case this is true we have prepared our usual pass predictions for the SBARC Clubhouse

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The International Day of Human Spaceflight (#ARISS #ISS #SSTV)

09/04/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

Saturday 12 April is the International Day of Human Space Flight. ARISS have created another series of 12 images in their SSTV activity periods entitled “Humans in Space”. Can you catch them all?

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FRAM2Ham #SSTV #ISS Simulation

14/02/2025 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

FRAM2 is a manned Low Earth Orbit mission that will insert into a Polar Orbit around the Earth. The manned mission will be in operation for 3 – 5 days in March 2025 from a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and will be transmitting SSTV on the 70cm band. ARISS have partnered with the FRAM2 mission to create FRAM2Ham including an engaging competition for students aged under 25.

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SSTV Experiment Upcoming

19/12/2024 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) have organised another SSTV Experiment from the ISS over the Christmas/New Year break. It looks like a lot of the passes over IO81qk (the GX4WAW Club House) are in the early morning.

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Another ARISS #ISS #SSTV Experiment

08/11/2024 Andy (G7KNA) Comments Off

A bit like buses, you wait forever and then there’s two ISS SSTV experiments in a matter of weeks

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