SSTV
for Beginners
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A Guide for assembling a receiving system and viewing an image from
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SSTV for Beginners
You
Can be on SSTV in 1 Hour with 3 Easy Steps
INTRODUCTION
At least 90% of amateur
radio operators should have SSTV capability.
Hams are communicators:
visual along with auditory communications are natural!
Typical
minimum ham QSO interchange is: CQ, Name, QTH, Rig, Antenna, Wx., 73. Show
it.
Minimum
Set of Pictures: CQ, Operator, QTH, Rig, Antennas, 73
Supplemental
Set of Pictures: Family, Hobbies, Scenery, ---Whatever makes you a neat contact.
Typical
Local SSTV QSO
Typical
DX SSTV QSO
Video
QSL Cards
EQUIPMENT
Hardware
Software
Connections
OPERATING SSTV
Receiving your first SSTV picture.
- Correcting the slant
- Correcting hum problems
- Storing the image
Transmitting your first SSTV picture
- Sources
- Received Pictures
- Internet
- Image Capture from TWAIN compliant Internet Camera
- Frame Capture from TV Camera
- Hand Scanner
- Flatbed Scanner
- CD-ROM when you get your pictures developed
- Digital Camera
- Picture Basics - Contrast, Brightness, Saturation, Hue, Sharpness
- Picture Composition
- Image Art
- 3D Pictures - Anaglyphs
- Viewing a 3D Picture
- 3D picture sources
- Taking a 3D picture
- Processing the 3D picture
- SSTV Ediquitte
Storing your SSTV Pictures
- Receive
- Transmit - Sample Subdirectories
- CQ
- 73
- Operator
- Rig
- Antenna
- QTH
- Family - Wife (Husband), Kids, Grandkids
- Animals
- People
- Holidays
- Sports
- Scenery
- Other Hobbies
PROBLEMS & CURES
Receive
- Audio Level
- Frequency Stability
- Slant
- Adjust to Other Stations
- Adjust to WWV
- Hum
- QRM
- Fade
- Multipath
- Bandwidth Filters for Receive
- None
- 88 mh Torroids
- Wideband SSTV Filter
- Narrowband SSTV Filter
- Digital Filter - Single Passband
- Digital Filter - Dual Passband
Transmit
- Hum
- Transformers
- Opto-Isolators
- RF Feedback
- SWR
- Loose Connectors
- Fixes
- Grounding
- Shielding
- Clamp on Ferrites
- Stubs
SSTV Lids
FREQUENCIES
SSTV on HF
- SSTV Frequencies
- Unique Characteristics
- Problems
- Multipath
- Selective Fade
- Malicious QRM
SSTV on VHF/HF
SSTV on Satellites
- Sample Pictures
SSTV & THE INTERNET
- Software Downloads
- SSTV QSLs
- Monitoring Stations
- Some suggested SSTV Websites
FUTURE EXPERIMENTS
- Analog SSTV Experimentation
- SSTV Mode Experimentation
- Digital SSTV Experimentation
- Simultaneous Voice, Video & Data
- One One Sideband
- Double Sideband Experiments
APPENDICES
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