[amsat-bb] AO-7 Excellent SSTV Performance !!

["Farrell Winder" <fwinder@xxxxxxx>]

 Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 9:28 AM
 Subject: AO-7 Excellent voice and  SSTV Performance !!


  Hello All,
      AO-7 was  launched in 1974 and recently discovered  by Pat Gowan,
G3IOR to have a rebirth
and  back on the air!  It was  performing in an excellent fashion this AM
July 11, 2002 beginning around
13:00Z as its footprint passed through Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.. AO-7 was in
Mode B .  I  was
  transmitting on 432.151.5 MHz and received on 145. 953.5 MHz.  I called CQ
for
 a long time with very strong return voice signals. Since no one responded I
decided to
   test the ISS  SpaceCam1 setup  at my station  and sent an  SSTV  picture
thru AO-7.
 I recorded the picture I received from my return signal and it has the time
stamp at 13:07 Z.
  A little noise but otherwise very good.    I'm guessing but I believe this
may be the 1st SSTV picture thru AO-7 since
 its rebirth ? Would others be interested in seeing what quality of video
comes through AO-7 and  also send some pictures? I will be standing by for
some of the future AO-7 passes through Cincinnati. .
    For those not acquainted with SpaceCam1 it is the SSTV System being
completed by the group of us on the Marex-NA team which will be installed on
the International Space Station.. Further details may be found in  Marex-NA
web site:  http://www.marex-na.org.
    The picture that I sent and received may be posted later on the Marex-NA
web.
 .
  73, Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA..





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