s21rc's shack

November 22nd, 2009 | Posted by s21rc

Live camera image transmitted from the “International Space Station (ISS)” is captured by me, Fazlay Rabby, call sign S21RC for the very first time in Bangladesh.

The Eggbeater Antenna

The transmission was received on 18 October 2008 at 4:18 PM local time when the ISS was flying its 56,793 number orbit, 1700KM away from Dhaka and at a height of 352KM from the ground.

To receive the image directly from the space station ISS, I made my own antenna which is especially designed and optimized for space communication. I have used locally available materials like PVC, copper and aluminum pipes to make this indigenous antenna.

In the past, analog voice communication with the ISS was performed by some other Bangladeshi amateur radio operators. But for digital image mode, this is the first time that this feat has been achieved by a Bangladeshi.










Images received by me from Dhaka:

SSTV image 01

SSTV image 02

SSTV image 03