The International Space Station is testing the new SSTV rig this weekend.

I used GPredict to know when to listen; the N2YO website would also have worked. Then I walked outside and used a Yaesu FT-60 walkie-talkie with stock duck antenna tuned to 145.800 and squelch off, holding up my cell phone to record into the voice memo app; a Baofeng UV-5 would also have worked. Finally I copied the recording over to my Raspberry Pi and used QSSTV to decode. Duty cycle is 2 minutes on, 2 minutes off.

I also posted an update to the AMSAT status dashboard.

ham radio is the coolest fucking thing in the world