Due to lack of space on compuserve I am slowly using up my other resources on the Net! If you go to a temporary page below then remember to use the BACK ARROW on your browser to return to www.andythomas.org.uk
This site started life in December 1998, devoted to pictures received with my radio amateur equipment from the Mir Space Station.
The technical details of this activity are: Frequency 145.985 MHz +/- 5KHz (doppler), Frequency Modulation FM, SSTV standard Robot 36. Sometimes the pictures have lines of spots on them. This is due to noise on the signal, between Mir and my station in England, a distance of over 200 miles.
Mir has now been decommissioned; she burnt up on re-entry over the South Pacific. Goodbye old friend!! We look forward to the development of amateur radio on the ISS. This site also covers my experiments in amateur radio astronomy and other space-related amateur radio projects.
Andy, G0SFJ
70374.440@compuserve.com
New Crew on Mir: 6 April 2000
Download short .WAV file from the command channel, 12:38 utc 6 April 2000SSTV Pictures from Mir
December 1998Amateur radio contact with Jean-Pierre Haigneré and Mike Foale
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