[jamsat-news:3833] [ANS] ANS-282 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

[Mark Johns, K0JM via ANS]

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN
ANS-282

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In this edition:

* ARISS SSTV Event Reported in Error

ANS-282 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin

To: All RADIO AMATEURS
From: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
712 H Street NE, Suite 1653
Washington, DC 20002

DATE: 2023 Oct 09

ARISS SSTV Event Reported in Error

The announcement in yesterday's AMSAT News Service bulletins concerning an
upcoming Slow-Scan Television (SSTV) event transmitted from the
International Space Station (ISS) was incorrect.

This SSTV activity is a verification test with new hardware uploaded to
ISS. This activity was never meant to be an operational SSTV event as some
sources have speculated. ARISS International encouraged informing the ham
community of the test and encouraged amateurs to post to the SSTV Gallery
at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php, only so that
the verification test can be fully evaluated.

Official ARISS participation certificates will not be issued for this
activity, because it is only a verification test. It should be noted that
third-party certificates mentioned in the ANS article are not official
ARISS awards.

Further, the Oct 16-20 dates, described in the ANS article for the SSTV
test are not correct because specific dates for this test have not yet been
selected or placed in the ISS crew schedule. The ARISS team is working to
fit the SSTV event in the crew schedule. Separate U.S. and Russian EVAs to
be performed in October will necessitate suspension of amateur radio
activity, as always. Further, ARISS school contacts planned in that time
period, as well as the normal science investigations that are part of the
crew schedule, make it difficult to establish a definite timeline in
advance.

The Service Module radio system will be down until the SSTV verification
test is completed. That means that the 145.825 MHz packet digipeater from
the Service Module radio is off for now.

Amateurs interested in ARISS activity should consult the official status
page at https://www.ariss.org/current-status-of-iss-stations.html

Those interested in receiving SSTV images from the ISS should monitor the
ARISS SSTV blog at https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/

ANS regrets the publication of incorrect information in the previous
bulletin and apologizes for the error.

[ANS thanks ARISS for the above information.]

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73 and remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space!

This issue's ANS Editor, Mark Johns, KØJM
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