AMATEUR MODES of OPERATION
Slow San Television (SSTV)
Slow Scan Television (SSTV) has been around for many years and in the past
has required a fair amount of equipment to send and receive the
pictures. In simple terms, SSTV is sending pictures over the radio. Today
with a computer with a sound card, software, and a simple interface and
you can send and receive SSTV.
Kingston area SSTV
Images - Check out the pictures that have been sent via SSTV
in the Kingston area on 145.500 simplex directly to our web page.
How
do the SSTV pictures get from radio to the web site?
Need a program to save all you audio settings for the each of the
different programs that you run, for example SSTV, EchoLink, PSK31, etc,
then check out QuickMix.
SSTV FREQUENCIES
2 Metres: 145.500 MHz
6 Metres: 50.680 MHz
10 Metres: 28.680, 28.690, 28.700 MHz
15 Metres: 21.340 MHz
20 Metres: 14.230, 14.233, 14.236 MHz
40 Metres: 7.170 MHz
80 Metres: 3.845 MHz
160 Metres: 1.916 MHz
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MIR crews when it was in orbit sent back to earth
pictures and there will be SSTV aboard the ISS (International Space
Station).
The last SSTV picture transmitted from MIR.
Captured by VA3SF
Click on the image to view at full size.
The pictures can be QSL cards, video capture shots, or pictures.
There are several forms of SSTV formats and the software available
covers most of them. Some software even lets you customize the
pictures before you send them out.
Links for SSTV information and software:
SSTV Primer
By: Michael Tondee, W4HIJ and Edited by: Jim Sheldon W0EB
MSSTV
- JE3HHT's Free SSTV software using soundcard (Win95/98/ME/NT/200)
- Being used by KARC members
DIGTRX
- is the work of Roland Zurmely PY4ZBZ from Brazil. To function as a
Digital SSTV program, it requires the HDSSTV DOS programs provided by
Barry Sanderson KB9VAK
DIGGISSTV
is the work of VK4AES Erik from Australia. It requires Windows XP
HDSSTV
by Barry Sanderson KB9VAK
VE3RDN SSTV
page, Rob's SSTV
software links
VA3SF - SSTV links
KB4YZ -
extensive links page
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Interfaces
PSK31
& SSTV Interface Home Page - K4ABT
(below the advertising for the Lil Rascal)
VE3SQB
- modified JVFax
schematic
WM2U
- Understanding Soundcard interfacing
W5BBR -
Soundcard interfacing for RTTY, PSK31, and SSTV
Commercial Interfaces
(listed here for your info, Kingston ARC is not endorsing any company)
Rig
Blaster
Lil Rascal
SignaLink
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