Comment on SSTV from ISS - My 1st attempt - Series 23: 2024 holidays

Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• AG7LR@lemmy.radio ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You don’t need any special equipment. A baofeng or RTL-SDR will work fine. The stock antenna on a baofeng will pick up the ISS on a high elevation pass if you hold it sideways. A handheld yagi can be built from some scraps of wire and wood.

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  • user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    A dipole will do just fine.

    And with RTL-SDR you could also receive NOAA APT and Meteor LRPT on 137MHz with the same dipole.

    I keep using that damn extendable dipole for everything xD It’s very portable, fits into a pocket.

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• CameronDev@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you have a cheapo handheld radio and a phone you can get them, doesn’t take very special equipment.

  Does take a lot of luck though.

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  • Winged_Hussar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Thanks for the heads up, I will definitely take a look!

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