No luck on ISS SSTV, but NOAA 17 looks nice

August 3, 2009 | Amateur Radio, Amateur Satellite | By: Mark VandeWettering

I tried to record the pass of the ISS as it came over, but I heard nary a peep (or beep) from it as it went over. Annoyed, I did a quick search, and found that the NOAA 17 satellite was just coming up. I retuned and hand tracked that, yielding the following rather nice image:

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Comments

Comment from Scott
Time 8/4/2009 at 6:33 am

Good looking results for a spur of the moment thing.

Comment from N6SPP_Eric
Time 8/16/2009 at 9:11 am

Nice image Mark.

For NOAA 15,17, +18 image capture, I use the”Poes-Weather” APT program.
Ant: GP-15 vertical Rig: ic-746
What is your setup for these captures?

+Have u tried HF-WX Fax?
Here are a few HF “Ute” freqs(all usb,+- hz): 4.3442, 4.316, 8.6805,11.0882
Program: MultiPsk (de F6CTE)..

Enjoy your site. 73 Eric n6spp

Comment from Mark VandeWettering
Time 8/16/2009 at 9:59 am

I use the simplest setup imaginable: an old radio shack Pro-60 scanner set in WFM mode, and my Arrow antenna, which I track by hand. The software I use is a little gadget that I wrote myself.

I have done a tiny bit of WX-FAX, see for instance this blog post.

Comment from N6SPP_Eric
Time 9/20/2009 at 7:36 am

Thanx Mark_ got ur reply. 73 eric