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Posted: 5/8/2022 9:59:17 PM EDT
I haven't really spent a lot of time with SSTV but heard some today on 20 meters after stringing up an antenna.
There is a lot of background noise, so the decode is not great, but I managed to grab this image using the "Droid SSTV" app on my phone.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/8/2022 11:18:53 PM EDT
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I have never seen traffic when I was paying attention.. that could be my fault
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Posted: 5/9/2022 5:30:16 PM EDT
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I don't have any favorites but here are some I have.
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Posted: 5/9/2022 9:17:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't have any favorites but here are some I have. https://i.imgur.com/TfL5fGC.png https://i.imgur.com/ExGJ09Y.png https://i.imgur.com/KHci3kn.png https://i.imgur.com/TG4V250.png https://i.imgur.com/nUZnXWu.png Haha those are great! |
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Posted: 5/10/2022 9:00:35 PM EDT
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Not a "favorite" but it's what I have on this machine.
 I'll leave my rig on and decoding for several hours at a time. Sometimes I get several good images (some can be rather racey  ) and sometimes nothing.
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Posted: 5/10/2022 9:28:27 PM EDT
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I need to learn to set up for SSTV. It looks interesting
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Posted: 5/10/2022 11:31:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I need to learn to set up for SSTV. It looks interesting It's as easy as installing an android app and connecting your phone to your radio. If you don't want to transmit, just sticking the phone by the speaker in a quiet room will give high quality decodes. You can google for SSTV audio files and find youtube videos and other places with same SSTV audio, and just play it and decode it with your phone to get an idea of how it works and what it sounds like so you'll recognize it when you hear it. I have 2 apps, Droid SSTV and Robot36. Both support auto recognition of the SSTV protocol being used. There are some that they don't support, but I think they cover most of the popular ones. 50 years ago the equipment to do this would have filled a room. Now it fits in your pocket and costs less than a Big Mac. |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 12:34:59 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It's as easy as installing an android app and connecting your phone to your radio. If you don't want to transmit, just sticking the phone by the speaker in a quiet room will give high quality decodes. You can google for SSTV audio files and find youtube videos and other places with same SSTV audio, and just play it and decode it with your phone to get an idea of how it works and what it sounds like so you'll recognize it when you hear it. I have 2 apps, Droid SSTV and Robot36. Both support auto recognition of the SSTV protocol being used. There are some that they don't support, but I think they cover most of the popular ones. 50 years ago the equipment to do this would have filled a room. Now it fits in your pocket and costs less than a Big Mac. |
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Posted: 5/11/2022 7:42:48 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2022 1:19:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Interesting. I'm still on IPhone for now, any good apps for iOS? Don't know. I've never looked into iOS apps. It's possible, but it seems like there was a proliferation of various ham apps on Android a dozen years ago and then it really slowed down. Most of them now still work, but they haven't been updated in years. Seems like you need the rare combination of app developer/ham radio enthusiast to get apps made. The app everyone uses for APRS was abandoned by the developer because of all the people bitching they didn't want him to add digipeater capability, IIRC because they were afraid unlicensed people would set up APRS stations. |
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Posted: 5/15/2022 6:05:01 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/15/2022 6:18:39 PM EDT
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Found one earlier. I'll see if I can get in the shack
later and see if I can decode something |
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Posted: 5/15/2022 6:19:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Not a "favorite" but it's what I have on this machine. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/108158/ISS-2379460.jpg I'll leave my rig on and decoding for several hours at a time. Sometimes I get several good images (some can be rather racey ) and sometimes nothing.I was going to say, favorite decodes and CoC aren't compatible, lol. Some of the SSTZV decode programs will just capture and write to disk images continuously, I'll leave my rig tuned to 20M SSTV freq for a few days and then admire the results. |
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Posted: 5/15/2022 9:35:25 PM EDT
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Decoded my first one. I think it's a Furry........
 Attached FileETA: Also sent one out. No response from it. I didn't show up on PSK Reporter but I guess that isn't too big of a deal. ETA 2: Did get a response. From the Furry. |
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Posted: 5/15/2022 11:17:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Decoded my first one. I think it's a Furry........ https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/73718/SSTV_051622_0130_utc_jpg-2385458.JPG ETA: Also sent one out. No response from it. I didn't show up on PSK Reporter but I guess that isn't too big of a deal. ETA 2: Did get a response. From the Furry. Hah cool! It's nice to add another tool to the toolbox. I'm not really sure about the protocol for a QSO using SSTV, but it does seem like most of them are followed by CW ID. I did see one today where a responding station sent back an image that had the thumbnail of the other station's image in the corner. And sometimes I hear people using SSB on the SSTV freq. I guess they might be giving signal reports or deciding on a mode, etc. Here you can see the original image below, and the reply above with the thumbnail in it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/15/2022 11:23:32 PM EDT
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It appears that you send out your image with CQ overlaid. Then they respond. Then you respond. MMSSTV has templates where it fills in the info for you. That's how I did it anyway. I also included the CW ID'er.
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Posted: 5/15/2022 11:43:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It appears that you send out your image with CQ overlaid. Then they respond. Then you respond. MMSSTV has templates where it fills in the info for you. That's how I did it anyway. I also included the CW ID'er. MMSSTV is a desktop application? I've just been using phone apps. |
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Posted: 5/15/2022 11:45:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: MMSSTV is a desktop application? I've just been using phone apps. |
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Posted: 5/16/2022 12:39:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. Use a USB cable to communicate between the laptop/desktop and the radio. All of my radios are the generation before USB, so they all use D-Sub or DIN CAT cables and audio interfaces. I have an EasyDigi I built from a kit, and a Signalink USB. One of these days I'll modernize and get a radio that has a USB port built in. |
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Posted: 5/16/2022 10:15:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: All of my radios are the generation before USB, so they all use D-Sub or DIN CAT cables and audio interfaces. I have an EasyDigi I built from a kit, and a Signalink USB. One of these days I'll modernize and get a radio that has a USB port built in. |
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