[amsat-bb] SSTV

[Ed Krome]

HDSDR can be programmed in frequency and time for multiple unattended operations. It can save the data as full RF signal, IF or AF demodulated audio. 

Ed Krome   K9EK
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> On Jul 13, 2017, at 10:18 AM, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Kevino,
> 
> 99 percent of the time I am receiving with my Arrow antenna outside.
> One time there was a telebridge in the middle of the night and I
> parked my car on the top of a parking deck that had a good view of the
> pass (at the time my girlfriend's deck) and left my Zoom H1 audio
> recorder going. The quality was surprisingly good, even they were
> using the 5 watt radio, not the more powerful Kenwood. I can't
> remember if I left it in WAV or mp3, but it worked. I had a huge file
> of course.
> 
> If you have a PC it should be able to handle multiple gigabytes even in WAV.
> 
> If I'm reading this site the standard WAV settings will get you a file
> around 2.5 GB for eight hours:
> 
> http://www.audiomountain.com/tech/audio-file-size.html
> 
> Of course there are ways to automate/script recording at a specific
> time. I know of at least one SDR program that can do it for sure (saw
> a screenshot of it, can't remember which one)
> 
> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
> 
>> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 6:35 AM, kevino z <z_kevino at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> John,
>> Do you do unattended recording by scheduling an app to record the pass? Or
>> do you leave it recording for the whole time and then edit a humongous audio
>> file? I have to work Thursday and was hoping to record in an unattended
>> mode, and then come home and see what I got.
>> The audio will be mono, so I assume recording at 44kHz mono, uncompressed is
>> how you do it? What app do you use?
>> Thanks,
>> -Kevin (KK4YEL)
>> 
>> 
>> No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number
>> of electrons were terribly inconvenienced !
>> 
>> On Jul 12, 2017, at 09:14, John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I highly recommend recording the audio.
>> 
>> That way if you have issues decoding during TX you can always replay to the
>> decoder later. Also you can try different decoders and settings to see
>> which produces the best image.
>> 
>> I have more tips and info on this page on my website:
>> 
>> https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/iss-sstv-reception-hints/
>> 
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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