Im in a similar boat. I have one beautiful pass, and I’ll be in the car, headed to a conference. All the other passes are during satellite quiet times. 
Planned SSTV transmissions: March 6 ~ 9 (12 to 12 UTC)
- 2026-03-06 17:30UTC
SONATE-2 over Brazil
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The schedules are terrible for my location here in Brazil 
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SONATE-2 06.02.2026 13:58-14:05 UTC - max. elevation 28 deg.
Recieved on foldable Yagi 4el. VHF +RTL SDR V4
This time the scedule was perfect - both pictures transmitted in full visibility of the satellite, second one - even near apogee.
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Partial of Sonate-2 on 145.880 MHz, Martin 1 mode, 20 degrees elevation, 3-element Arrow Yagi (fixed Az/El), LNA block, RTL SDRv4 dongle, SDR++ and MMSSTV.
I have a high noise floor at this new location in Siem Reap (Cambodia), and my previous attempts in the past few days to receive this satellite were unsuccessful. (I did receive it a couple of years ago at a better QTH in Laos).
So I grabbed a 3-meter plastic water pipe and attached my existing antenna mast to that and managed to increase my antenna height by that amount.
This is the image that I recorded and played back into MMSSTV. As with my previous reception of Sonate-2, Black Cat SSTV software only produced a totally-skewed image that was impossible to correct using the skew control. (If anyone else has experienced this problem with Sonate-2 and Black Cat, I’d love to hear your comments).
Update: Clicking on the ‘x20’ button in Black Cat skew control did allow me to correct the skew - below is the same image processed by Black Cat - the image is slightly better and the call-sign is just about visible 
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SONATE-2 13:14 and 13:16 UTC Nearly ideal conditons - high pass 80+ degrees, transmissions occur near apogee. Recieved on foldable Yagi 4el. VHF +RTL SDR V4
I`m using SDR# to replay the IQ recorded in the outdoors and RX-SSTV to to convert audio to SSTV formats.
Many thanks to SONATE-2 team!
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Again, somewhat random times and from what I’ve seen I’ll only have one low pass to the West with satellite transmitting SSTV.
Good luck to all !!
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Thanks for the heads up. Looks like I have a 35deg pass with aos at 1512 on 28th so hopefully I will get something this weekend.
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Ugh. Zero broadcasts here. Grrr…
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SONATE-2 12:06-12:15 UTC Two pictures recieved. Max elevation - 14deg. Hardware - RTL SDR V4 + 4 el.Yagi foldable antenna.
This time scedule was a bit off for my location (KO95, Moscow), but signal was quite strong, when the satellite was in clear visibility.
Don`t know if it is acceptable for an another QSL
12:07
12:12
Many thanks for the team. Will wait for more events.
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Yep, the Canary islands and the Alps
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Well got something. I heard some of the 1512 transmission but it was right at AOS so too low for much of the time and I didn’t get a good decode. The 1518UTC transmission was better but by the end starting to dip too low again so this all I got…
28-Mar-26 15:18UTC
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