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The ISS occasionally transmits images with this method[0]. They usually do some "SSTV events" where they have a series of images sent over a period of 2-3 days

The ISS occasionally transmits images with this method[0]. They usually do some "SSTV events" where they have a series of images sent over a period of 2-3 days (allowing people the chance to receive many different images from the series as the ISS passes a respective area a few times during the period). You can browse a gallery of user-submitted received transmissions at https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ https://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/ [0] https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/ https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/iss-sstv/

rrix2 3y ago
I had a lot of fun a decade back pulling ISS SSTV off of a home-made Yagi behind my hackerspace with an old buddy. It was in the middle of Phoenix and there was no chance we could actually see the ISS because of light pollution but it sure was there!
- amatecha 3y ago
  nice! Yeah, I've picked up a ton of images from them with just a cheap $20 baofeng I got from a coworker, and my phone's built-in mic! Images from space! so cool! hahah :) (now I do have a yagi of my own, but haven't had a chance to tune into one of the ARISS SSTV events since building the antenna)
zikduruqe 3y ago
Yep. A few years ago, I pulled an old HT out of my junk drawer and one of my old Linux laptops, and copied an SSTV transmission from ISS. https://i.imgur.com/Mc8pOkH.png https://i.imgur.com/Mc8pOkH.png
bardan 3y ago
In the past they have done week long SSTV events, often over the Christmas / New Year period. They haven't had a long one in a while as the SSTV unit was malfunctioning, but just a couple of weeks ago they did a successful test so I think they might do another long one soon. The broadcasts are very loud and you can pick them up with a basic hand-held radio using the provided antenna. If anybody's interested, get a radio capable of listening to the 2m amateur band (specifically 145.8 MHz), a satellite tracker app (eg. Look4Sat for Android) and preferably a way to record what you hear. Later you can decode the transmission with a program like MMSSTV or QSSTV. You can decode it live but I feel safer getting a good recording. The ARISS-SSTV images blog [0] is what I check to see when an event is coming up. Bit of trivia is that the SSTV unit was brought up to the ISS by (or at least with) Richard Garriott, who created Ultima and sent out some of the first SSTV images. [0] https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/
- jayknight 3y ago
  There are apps like Robot36 that can decode sstv right on your phone. Just holding the phone near the radio's speaker will get you a recognizable image, though not great. I imagine getting the proper cable setup would work quite well.

rrix2 3y ago

I had a lot of fun a decade back pulling ISS SSTV off of a home-made Yagi behind my hackerspace with an old buddy. It was in the middle of Phoenix and there was no chance we could actually see the ISS because of light pollution but it sure was there!

amatecha 3y ago
nice! Yeah, I've picked up a ton of images from them with just a cheap $20 baofeng I got from a coworker, and my phone's built-in mic! Images from space! so cool! hahah :) (now I do have a yagi of my own, but haven't had a chance to tune into one of the ARISS SSTV events since building the antenna)

zikduruqe 3y ago

Yep. A few years ago, I pulled an old HT out of my junk drawer and one of my old Linux laptops, and copied an SSTV transmission from ISS. https://i.imgur.com/Mc8pOkH.png https://i.imgur.com/Mc8pOkH.png

bardan 3y ago

In the past they have done week long SSTV events, often over the Christmas / New Year period. They haven't had a long one in a while as the SSTV unit was malfunctioning, but just a couple of weeks ago they did a successful test so I think they might do another long one soon. The broadcasts are very loud and you can pick them up with a basic hand-held radio using the provided antenna. If anybody's interested, get a radio capable of listening to the 2m amateur band (specifically 145.8 MHz), a satellite tracker app (eg. Look4Sat for Android) and preferably a way to record what you hear. Later you can decode the transmission with a program like MMSSTV or QSSTV. You can decode it live but I feel safer getting a good recording. The ARISS-SSTV images blog [0] is what I check to see when an event is coming up. Bit of trivia is that the SSTV unit was brought up to the ISS by (or at least with) Richard Garriott, who created Ultima and sent out some of the first SSTV images. [0] https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ https://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/

jayknight 3y ago
There are apps like Robot36 that can decode sstv right on your phone. Just holding the phone near the radio's speaker will get you a recognizable image, though not great. I imagine getting the proper cable setup would work quite well.