Richard G7LEE

Richard G7LEE

Receiving images for Space Week from the International Space Station

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We received these pictures in Glastonbury directly from the International Space Station using slow scan TV (SSTV), the theme this time is World Space Week Oct 4-10.

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International Space Station (ISS) pictures received directly from space to Glastonbury

A different approach this time, using a turnstile antenna1 - two 2m dipoles at 90 degrees, one of them fed by a 90degree phase shift (¼λ of cable) for a more or less circular pickup pattern in the horizontal plane.

The turnstile antenna

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