[amsat-bb] Re: Slow Scan

[Greg D.]

Hi John,

I generally have better luck connecting the Data Out port of the rig into the Line-in on the PC.  The Data ports usually have a fixed, and lower level of output, and are pretty well matched to the Line-in on the PC.  The Mike input on the PC sometimes has a bunch of extra gain, and is easily swamped, especially from the earphone jack of the rig.  My home-brew "rig blaster" is simply a patch panel with a bunch of switches to tie the right rig's Data jack to the PC Line-in, and vice versa with Line-out.  Works well.

I copied an image from KO6TZ on the last west coast pass of AO-51 today, way out over the ocean, using this method.  The software for my OpenSUSE Linux system is QSSTV, and if I had things configured correctly before the pass started, I might have sent one back...

Greg  KO6TH


> To: wb2llp at optonline.net
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:22:35 -0800
> From: k6yk at juno.com
> CC: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Slow Scan
> 
> 
> Try downloading "MMSSTV"  and install it. 
>  
> Plug a patch cord from your earphone jack of the radio to the mike 
> jack on your PC, and regulate the level with the volume control on the 
> radio.   As I recall, without doing anything else, you should be able to 
> copy pictures.  If there's no satellite and you want to test it, try
> listening
> to 14.230 on 20 meters. There are quite a few SSTV'ers sending on there
> daily. 
>  
> This thing is VERY easy to use !  Even I figured it out. 
> And I am NOT a computer geek by any means. 
>  
> One other note:  MMTTY  is for RTTY.  DIGIPAN is for PSK31. 
> They all work in the same simple way (for receiving).  You'll need
> another
> patch-cord to do the transmit part! 
> 
> 
> 73
> JOhn K6YK
>  
> 
> On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:17:18 -0400 WB2LLP <wb2llp at optonline.net> writes:
> > AO-51's handlers are doing a very nice job of presenting us with 
> > several different satellite modes.  This week it is an opportunity 
> > to try Slow Scan TV.   Now it would be very nice if  someone from 
> > the Slow Scan community would tell us how to receive the pictures 
> > and once we have done that, how do we send a picture.  We only have 
> > a week to play with something which is very different for some of 
> > us, so let us not waste any time.     
> > 
> > TNX es 73 de WB2LLP Gene
> > 
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