ISS APRS "permanently" moved to 70 cm. Looks like 145.825 MHz won't be put back in service as the ISS APRS digipeater frequency. ARISS says it is now on 70 cm "through at least until the end of 2026".

Update: Experimenting with hamdash.app and its built-in SDR interface. I've plugged a Nooelec NESDR SMArtee SDR into my Chromebook and the SDR interface is running in the browser. Seriously impressive. Being in Vancouver, the station to test is Rock 101, 101.1 FM/

Experimenting with HamDash.app and its built-in SDR interface. I've plugged a Nooelec NESDR SMArtee SDR into my Chromebook and the SDR interface is running in the browser. Seriously impressive. @hamradiotoday.org @hamradioworld.bsky.social @ve7sar.bsky.social

Locally hosted Stirling PDF, free, is an amazing suite of tools.

Four interesting flights airborne at 0045z. A KC-15R refueler active over the Persian Gulf off Abu Dhabi, two support aircraft for the POTUS jaunt to Beijing (09-0016, and the support aircraft E-4B Nightwatch, 75-0125, as HANK99), and B-1 Lancer returning to the UK.

Wow! From far to the E of Vancouver, which is barely visible at upper left. METEOR M2-4 delivered this lovely image from a low-angle pass. TA-1 turnstile antenna by @wimo_de and SDR/LNA by @Nooelec. Raspi NOAA V2-4 software.

Is there a problem with METEOR M2-3? I'd normally get decodes for these daylight passes but nothing today. Using Raspii NOAA V2-4 so I don't actually look at any signals. It's all automated and just runs! Pretty sure this is a satellite problem rather than the setup here.

Off to China. POTUS on 92-9000, others on 09-0016, and the support aircraft E-4B Nightwatch, 75-0125, as HANK99. Snapshots at 2000z, 4 PM EDT.

My setup for the ISS SSTV event. 5 element Yagi, mostly aimed S, connected to SDRplay RSPdx tuner, Skyroof for Doppler correction, RX-SSTV to decode sound to images. DE VE7AFV, QTH Vancouver.

My setup for the ISS SSTV event. 5 element Yagi, mostly aimed S, connected to SDRplay RSPdx tuner, Skyroof for Doppler correction, RX-SSTV to decode sound to images. DE VE7AFV, QTH Vancouver.

12 out of 12. Not all perfect, but that's alright. From the current ISS SSTV event, the transmission of children's artwork. 437.55 MHz at 10 W. 5 element Yagi, mostly left aimed S. Skyroof tracking software for Doppler shift coupled to an SDRplay RSPdx tuner. Thank you @ARISS_Intl and all involved.

METEOR beauties from today. Wonderful detail in these images. These satellites have a nominal 1 pixel to the kilometer resolution. Turquoise coloration represents ice or snow, in clouds or on the ground. We've already seen a rapid pullback in ground snow/ice over the past two weeks in these shots.

Get ready for a superb pass of the ISS over Metro Vancouver (OK, BC/WA too) tonight, starting at 10:01 PM in the W, overhead at the handle of the Big Dipper at 10:06 PM, and contining to the E horizon at 10:10 PM. Very bright! Please RT.

Another beautiful day here on Canada's left coast. Terrific shot from METEOR M2-3 at 10:30 AM this morning as the weather satellite passed E of Metro Vancouver.

Want to see the ISS over Metro Vancouver, weather permitting, this evening? Starts at 10:49 PM in the W. At 10:53 PM the ISS will be directly overhead, passing through the Big Dipper. Continue watching until the space station fades from view in the E at 10:56 PM.

Also managed to decode some SSTV from UmKA-1 / RS40S as the satellite passed to the E of Metro Vancouver this evening.

Nice! SSTV capture from the ISS as it passed S of Metro Vancouver moments ago. 437.55 MHz, Robot36 mode. Yagi antenna with 5 UHF elements. Aimed ESE.

Lots of interesting USAF military aircraft action over the Middle East, including this "Wi-Fi in the sky" modified Bombardier Global 6000. 24-9049 is an E-11A BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node). Operating here over that Israeli "base" in Iraqi territory.

Another long-run beauty from METEOR M2-4, from Alaska down to Mexico, at 3 PM this afternoon. From a pass E of Vancouver. TA-1 turnstile antenna, SDR and LNA from Nooelec, Raspi NOAA V2 processing software. Lots of chilly air aloft still to be seen... the turquoise coloration.

Sunday morning shot from METEOR M2-3 at 11 AM as the weather satellite passed E of Metro Vancouver at an altitude of 800 km. Sunny, warm afternoon in the Metro area with some bands of high, broken cloud passing through the region. 137 MHz radio signal, TA-1 turnstile antenna, SDR/LNA by Nooelec.

ISS SSTV Series 32, heading into day 3. Eight images reasonably good, one so-so, another barely identifiable, and two missing. Two passes already complete on this cycle. More ahead overnight. Running in standalone mode.

What a beauty! METEOR M2-4 dropped this gorgeous image from a nearly overhead pass for Metro Vancouver at 3:15 PM PT this afternoon. Received and processed via 137 MHz radio signal with TA-1 turnstile antenna by @wimo_de and SDR/LNA by @Nooelec. @seattlewxguy.bsky.social @spann.bsky.social

2269 days straight! That's how long my FlightAware tracking station has been active here in Metro Vancouver. Here's how some of that looks. @steffanwatkins.bsky.social @adsbspotter.bsky.social

"In testing, it behaved like an elite hacker, uncovering a 27-year-old flaw in OpenBSD, an operating system prized for its security, that had eluded human researchers for decades. It was also able to discover weaknesses in the Linux kernel..." www.dailymail.com/news/article...

What we have so far from the @ARISS_Intl ISS SSTV event, including duplicates. Unsure of ordering or numbering. As received in Vancouver.

Today's lovely capture from METEOR M2-4, as the satellite passed W of Metro Vancouver around 3:30 PM PT this afternoon. TA-1 turnstile antenna by @wimo_de and radio gear by @Nooelec. Mostly overcast for SW BC today.

Pulling in SSTV images from the current ISS transmission series on 437.55 MHz. Here being received in Vancouver with a Yagi antenna aimed S. From a pass at 9:15 PM PT / 0415 UTC. Using SkyRoof software connected to an SDRplay RSPdx tuner. Decoding in RX-SSTV.

First images from the ISS SSTV event now underway. As received here in Metro Vancouver this morning at 4:30 AM PT from a low angle pass. Using a Yagi antenna aimed S, SkyRoof tuning SDRplay RSPdx tuner, RX-SSTV.

Today's beautiful "blue marble" shot from GOES-18, at maximum disk illumination, 2100 UTC / 2 PM PT. As received and processed with my own ground station here in Metro Vancouver via 1.7 GHz radio signal. Antenna and radio gear by @Nooelec.

Beautiful! Looking down on Vancouver Island, BC, WA, OR, and a little more, from about 800 km as METEOR M2-4 passed to the W of Metro Vancouver around 3:45 PM PT. Turquoise coloration is ice/snow.

Yet another beauty from a METEOR satellite. Covering a large swath of North America, with BC and the PNW on the upper far left. And the sun is out for Metro Vancouver.

A beauty from METEOR M2-3 as it passed E of Metro Vancouver at 10:30 AM PT. Marine cloud still permeating SW corner of the province, and down the coast to California. My own ground station: TA-1 Turnstile antenna by @wimo_de, SDR gear by @Nooelec, processing in Raspberry Pi running RaspiNOAA V2.

ISS SSTV event is a go for this weekend!

US RQ-4 Global Hawk GINGR20 10-2044 #AE541F out of Sicily with an interesting flight pattern at 53,000 feet between the Italian island province and Malta. Don't recall seeing this before.

Amateur radio balloon VE3OMV's 20 m WSPR beacon being picked up by my monitoring station here in Vancouver. Image shows the balloon's signal reach over the past 24 h, through 2000 UTC today. Not bad for 20 milliwatts!

20 m SSTV is off to an early start as the first image from KG5JJ rolled in here in Vancouver at 5:28 AM PT. 14.230 MHz, MLA-30+ loop antenna oriented E-W, SDRplay RSPdx tuner. Also monitoring 20 m WSPR. SDRuno, JTDX, RX-SSTV.

Using AI to "soften" accents of call center workers a threat to Canadian workers say union leaders. globalnews.ca/news/1183221...

Now that's a bridge under load, about 250 kilograms of load. Gearing up for the 46th annual Physics Balsa Bridge Building Contest here in Vancouver later this month. Check out one of several ways we recognize sponsors: www.calameo.com/read/0011987... balsabridge.com

A beauty from METEOR M2-4 centered around 3 PM this afternoon. The air remained chilly much of the day for Metro Vancouver as the marine air pushed inland. Here we see that air as fog still on the outer coast. Turquoise coloration is snow/ice, either on the ground or in clouds.

RQ-4 Global Hawk BLKCAT5 keeping an eye/ear on Cuba, off Havana, from around 50,000 feet. Snapshot at 0225z.

Military air traffic over Europe at 1730z Tuesday. 15 of the 76 aircraft in this snapshot are American. @osintgeek.de @osintukraine.com

Windows Defender: some important settings are off by default. www.zdnet.com/article/crit...

Concern over this USAF KC-135R after the tanker began squawking 7700 and heading towards Qatar.

Kremlin on high alert? istories.media/en/stories/2...

Security tightens around Vladimir Putin, aka #MadVladPutin. www.occrp.org/en/news/secu...

Gorgeous crop from today's GOES-18 "blue marble " shot, as received with my own ground station here in Vancouver. Check out the massive high pressure area W of BC, producing basically cloudless skies for most of the province.

Today's "blue marble" full disk illumination shot from GOES-18 at 2100 UTC / 2 PM PT. As received and processed from the 1.7 GHz radio signal with my Metro Vancouver ground station based largely on gear from @Nooelec. Check out the massive high pressure zone W of BC and WA.

A little visible USAF KC-135R tanker action over the Middle East, along with an RQ-4 Global Hawk up at 51,000 feet patrolling along the Saudi-Iraq border and out into the Persian Gulf. Also seeing sporadic civilian aircraft traffic over Iraq and Iran (image 2).

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Canadian PM Mark Carney aboard CFC01 330003 #C2C36D heading back to Ottawa after a European summit in Yerevan, Armenia. @steffanwatkins.bsky.social @bobmackin.bsky.social @borrowed7time.bsky.social