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Yay! more #SSTV from the #ISS

Now to determine how civilised the orbital pass times are over #IO81QK

Rumour is that @g7kna.co.uk is going to try using #GPredict with #GQRX to provide Doppler Shift to a #SDRPlay RSP 1A SDR which sounds like fun
arissintl.bsky.social ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · 7d
SSTV Event Incoming!

ARISS SSTV Series 33 will feature images focused on student education, transmitted from the International Space Station October 2-6.

This special Expedition 75 SSTV event is just 9 days away. Get your SSTV software and decoders ready!
Graphic promoting ARISS SSTV Series 33. The left side shows a star-filled space background with two images: a circular Expedition 75-themed emblem featuring a large “75” and stylized space graphics, and an “SSTV Series 33” logo with the International Space Station above Earth. The right side contains event details on a dark blue background. Text reads: “SSTV Series 33. The first Expedition 75 SSTV event will be a weekend sprint! Get your decoders ready! Here’s what you need to know.” Start: Friday, October 2, 09:00 UTC | 5:00 AM ET. Frequency: 437.550 MHz (+/- Doppler shift). SSTV Mode: Robot 36. Schedule: 36 seconds on / 2 minutes off. End: Tuesday, October 6, end time to be determined. Submit SSTV images at ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/. Submissions to the gallery are eligible for an official event certificate. An ARISS logo appears in the lower right corner.
September 22, 2026 at 7:35 PM
sbarc.co.uk
The last viable pass for receiving #AmateurRadio #SSTV from the #ISS in #IO81qk has completed

We hope you successfully received images and look forward to future SSTV activity

Thank you to @arissintl.bsky.social, www.facebook.com/ARISSIntl, @ARISS_Intl
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May 12, 2026 at 2:43 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 18/18: Imminent 15° 03:51 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 03:09:27 -- WSW
Max -- 03:11:22 -- SW -- 15°
LoS -- 03:13:18 -- S

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 12, 2026 at 1:54 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 17/18: Imminent 53° 06:34 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 01:31:50 -- W
Max -- 01:35:07 -- SSW -- 53°
LoS -- 01:38:24 -- SE

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 12, 2026 at 12:16 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 16/18: Imminent 85° 06:44 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 23:55:01 -- W
Max -- 23:58:22 -- N -- 85°
LoS -- 00:01:45 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 15/18: Imminent 64° 06:38 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 22:18:16 -- WSW
Max -- 22:21:35 -- SSE -- 64°
LoS -- 22:24:54 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 11, 2026 at 9:03 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 14/18: Imminent 19° 04:52 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 20:42:47 -- S
Max -- 20:45:13 -- SE -- 19°
LoS -- 20:47:39 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 11, 2026 at 7:27 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 10/18: Imminent 26° 05:44 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 21:29:48 -- SSW
Max -- 21:32:39 -- SSE -- 26°
LoS -- 21:35:32 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 9/18: Imminent 29° 05:54 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 03:07:12 -- W
Max -- 03:10:09 -- SSW -- 29°
LoS -- 03:13:06 -- SSE

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 10, 2026 at 1:52 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 8/18: Imminent 81° 06:44 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 01:30:14 -- W
Max -- 01:33:36 -- SSW -- 81°
LoS -- 01:36:58 -- ESE

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 10, 2026 at 12:15 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 7/18: Imminent 89° 06:44 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 23:53:24 -- W
Max -- 23:56:46 -- S -- 89°
LoS -- 00:00:08 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 9, 2026 at 10:38 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 6/18: Imminent 36° 06:13 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 22:17:02 -- SW
Max -- 22:20:08 -- SSE -- 36°
LoS -- 22:23:15 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 5/18: Imminent 21° 05:11 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 03:55:00 -- W
Max -- 03:57:35 -- SW -- 21°
LoS -- 04:00:11 -- SSE

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 4/18: Imminent 68° 06:41 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 02:17:50 -- W
Max -- 02:21:10 -- SSW -- 68°
LoS -- 02:24:31 -- ESE

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 9, 2026 at 1:02 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 3/18: Imminent 85° 06:44 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 00:41:00 -- W
Max -- 00:44:22 -- N -- 85°
LoS -- 00:47:44 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 2/18: Imminent 49° 06:30 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 23:04:24 -- SW
Max -- 23:07:38 -- SSE -- 49°
LoS -- 23:10:54 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 8, 2026 at 9:49 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 1/18: Imminent 13° 03:19 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 21:29:46 -- SSE
Max -- 21:31:25 -- SE -- 13°
LoS -- 21:33:05 -- ESE

@arissintl.bsky.social
May 8, 2026 at 8:14 PM
sbarc.co.uk
Thank-you @arissintl.bsky.social for this information.

Now we have the timings we can update our pass predictions for #IO81qk and schefule our Social Media alerts.
arissintl.bsky.social ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · May 6
ARISS fans, we are GO for SSTV Series 32!

Transmissions will kick off on Friday May 8 around 10:30 UTC | 6:30 AM ET.

With the ARISS-USA.org domain currently off-line, we ask you hold your decodes and we'll announce when you can upload your images for certificates.
Graphic announcing SSTV Series 32, a 70 cm Slow Scan TV event from the International Space Station. Left side shows a colorful space scene with floating retro-style televisions displaying galaxies, astronauts in spacesuits, satellites, launching rockets with orange trails, and a large glowing blue number 32 in the center. Right side contains white and yellow text on dark blue background:SSTV Series 32 70 CM event in the concept stage for Ops and ISS Planners ARISS Ops teams are tentatively scheduling a May SSTV event. Here's what we can share at the moment: Targeting May 8 - 12 Event will be on 70 CM at 437.550 MHz +/- Doppler Shift Images will focus beyond the ISS for this event. ARISS logo (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) is in the bottom right corner.
May 6, 2026 at 9:42 PM
sbarc.co.uk
The last viable pass for receiving #AmateurRadio #SSTV from the #ISS in #IO81qk has now completed

We hope you experimented with receiving pictures and look forward to further activity periods

Thank you @ARISSIntl.bsky.social, www.facebook.com/ARISSIntl
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April 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
sbarc.co.uk
Thank you to the @arissintl.bsky.social team for this event

There were 21 viable passes over #IO81qk, possibly a few more marginal low angle passes that we didn't list

One of our members reports having configured his #GPredict setup to correct the frequency on his #FT817 for Doppler Shift
arissintl.bsky.social ARISS - Amateur Radio on the International Space Station @arissintl.bsky.social · Apr 14
ARISS Series 31 has one more pass to go, transmissions should wrap up around 13:55 UTC | 9:55 AM ET.

Don't forget to submit for your certificate. Upload at least one original decode to ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV/ before late Friday to get in on the award.
Graphic announcing the wrap-up of SSTV Series 31, a World Space Commemoration event from the ISS. Left column shows three historical panels:45th Anniversary of First Space Shuttle Flight with photo of STS-1 Columbia landing on April 14. 100 Year Anniversary of First Liquid Fuel Flight featuring portraits of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and Robert Goddard. 20th Anniversary of Suitsat-1/Radioskaf with image of the satellite being deployed from the ISS. Right side on dark blue background states:3,600+ images received so far. More than 40% of participants are educators or students. Submit images by Friday, April 17 at 23:59 UTC (7:59 PM ET) at https://ariss-usa.org/ARISS_SSTV for an event certificate. Allow several days for email delivery of certificates. Bottom right features the ARISS logo. Early Series 31 images credited to N2YZH, VU2KEA, and G4DCQ.
April 14, 2026 at 1:08 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 21/21: Imminent 16° 04:14 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 13:59:14 -- WSW
Max -- 14:01:21 -- SW -- 16°
LoS -- 14:03:28 -- S

@arissintl.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 20/21: Imminent 55° 06:40 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 12:21:44 -- W
Max -- 12:25:04 -- SSW -- 55°
LoS -- 12:28:24 -- ESE

@arissintl.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 19/21: Imminent 84° 06:49 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 10:44:53 -- W
Max -- 10:48:17 -- N -- 84°
LoS -- 10:51:42 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 9:29 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 18/21: Imminent 62° 06:43 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 09:08:08 -- WSW
Max -- 09:11:29 -- SSE -- 62°
LoS -- 09:14:51 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 7:53 AM
sbarc.co.uk
ALERT 17/21: Imminent 18° 04:48 Robot 36 #AmateurRadio #SSTV transmission from the #ISS over SBARC HQ in #IO81qk expected on 437.550MHz FM ± ~9kHz Doppler Shift

Pnt -- UK Time -- Azi -- Ele
AoS -- 07:32:44 -- S
Max -- 07:35:08 -- SE -- 18°
LoS -- 07:37:32 -- E

@arissintl.bsky.social
April 14, 2026 at 6:17 AM