[amsat-bb] Re: SSTV

[Anthony Monteiro]

Hi Bob,

I also have put MMSSTV on 14.230 and most
of the images look great with a handful
that are terrific. I am not using anything
fancy just a 15' whip and an FT-847.

Maybe the noise level is really high there?

73,
Tony AA2TX
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On 11/20/2011 7:23 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
> Bob,
>
> It is just you.  ;)  Seriously, I do the same thing, and 3 out of 4 are good
> pictures, perhaps 1 in 5 outstanding.  I do use Ham Radio Deluxe, which has
> a few nice tricks such as automatic slant correction.  A suggestion is to
> calibrate the sound card clock.  Many are significantly off.  Not certain
> about MMSTV, but HRD has that built in.  Also, check the audio level to make
> certain it is correct.
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Bob Bruninga
> Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 4:48 PM
> To: Farrell Winder; AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SSTV Pictire Successful via ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V
> TRANSPONDER
>
>> Jeff, KB8VCO and I were successful in transmitting
>> a picture and receiving back an image via the
>> ARISSat-1/RADIOSKAF-V transponder.
>
> By the way, once I got MMSTV loaded I decided to just park it on 14.230 MHz
> all day long and watch the SSTV images come rolling in.  I have been
> watching them in my office (when I walk by that PC) and although hear SSTV
> all day long, and some signals very strong.....  I must admit, only ONE in 2
> weeks has been discernable as to what the picture actually is..
>
> ALl the rest you can tell MAYBE that it is some kind of picutre with maybe
> some text at the top and the bottom, but NONE of them have been readable.
> Yet, the signals sound like they would make a Q5 599 SSB signal.  Is it just
> me, or does HF multipath slur the imgaes beyone all recognition.?
>
> Bob, WB4APR
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