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January 23rd 08, 09:24 PM
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where is SSTV these days?
During the last solar cycle, I used to receive a lot of SSTV on 20
meters. Now that that band doesn't propagate so well, I haven't found any SSTV in a long time. I've been checking the 40, 80, and 160-meter frequencies listed at http://www.tima.com/~djones/net.txt lately and not only do I never find any SSTV, but often there are QSOs close enough to those frequencies that nobody could go on air there if they wanted to. Once in a while I scan the entire band, but I never find anything. Am I just checking at the wrong times, or did everybody give up? The last time I was getting SSTV regularly, there were a lot of people switching to digital, and with my antenna at the time I could never get a clean copy. But I know what digital SSTV sounds like, and I'm not even hearing that now that I have a better antenna. |
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#2
January 23rd 08, 09:32 PM
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where is SSTV these days?
Jim Shaffer wrote:
During the last solar cycle, I used to receive a lot of SSTV on 20 meters. Now that that band doesn't propagate so well, I haven't found any SSTV in a long time. snip What's your QTH? I've heard SSTV around 14.250 +/- 100 kHz occasionally in No. MN. in the last several months. Regards, Michael |
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January 23rd 08, 09:47 PM
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where is SSTV these days?
On Jan 23, 4:24*pm, Jim Shaffer wrote:
During the last solar cycle, I used to receive a lot of SSTV on 20 meters. *Now that that band doesn't propagate so well, I haven't found any SSTV in a long time. *I've been checking the 40, 80, and 160-meter frequencies listed athttp://www.tima.com/~djones/net.txtlately and not only do I never find any SSTV, but often there are QSOs close enough to those frequencies that nobody could go on air there if they wanted to. *Once in a while I scan the entire band, but I never find anything. *Am I just checking at the wrong times, or did everybody give up? *The last time I was getting SSTV regularly, there were a lot of people switching to digital, and with my antenna at the time I could never get a clean copy. *But I know what digital SSTV sounds like, and I'm not even hearing that now that I have a better antenna. Tune to 14230 khz and it's only a matter of time. |
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January 23rd 08, 09:53 PM
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where is SSTV these days?
On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 15:32:18 -0600, msg wrote:
What's your QTH? I've heard SSTV around 14.250 +/- 100 kHz occasionally in No. MN. in the last several months. Central Pennsylvania. I used to mostly get propagation from the south when I was getting it. |
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January 24th 08, 03:15 AM
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where is SSTV these days?
Jim Shaffer wrote:
During the last solar cycle, I used to receive a lot of SSTV on 20 meters. Now that that band doesn't propagate so well, I haven't found any SSTV in a long time. I've been checking the 40, 80, and 160-meter frequencies listed at http://www.tima.com/~djones/net.txt lately and not only do I never find any SSTV, but often there are QSOs close enough to those frequencies that nobody could go on air there if they wanted to. Once in a while I scan the entire band, but I never find anything. Am I just checking at the wrong times, or did everybody give up? The last time I was getting SSTV regularly, there were a lot of people switching to digital, and with my antenna at the time I could never get a clean copy. But I know what digital SSTV sounds like, and I'm not even hearing that now that I have a better antenna. Historically, there has rarely been any SSTV activity on 160-40 meters. It's always been 20 with just a very small amount of activity on 15 or 10...and 15-10 have been pretty bad lately due to being at the bottom of the solar cycle. So, that leaves 20 meters. Leave your radio at 14.230 + or - and you will hear/see it. |
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