There was supposed to be an event before Christmas that didn’t happen due to an issue with the SSTV radio. However we were surprised at this last minute event that was put together.
December 25, 2023 — Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) announces a special SSTV experiment to be held this week. The ISS Voice Repeater will be our downlink and several ARISS selected ground stations around the world will serve as SSTV uplink stations. Two special images will be sent on 437.800 MHz using PD120 formating. This limited experiment will be conducted on several passes over Europe, Australia and the USA between Wednesday Dec. 27 to Saturday Dec. 30, 2023.
This was a bit challenging as a number of people ignored the event and were trying to use the repeater to make contacts while the event was going on.
