SSTV extension for KiwiSDR

[Ray Lalleu]

The SSTV extension for KiwiSDR does not allow frequencies outside of a short list of frequencies.

[Shortwave_Listener]

Not true, it works but you don’t pick a frequency. Just tune into the one you want and leave the extension open. It is a terrible decoder anyway though.

[ChrisSmolinski]

FWIW: My Black Cat SSTV decoder https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/sstv.html can be used along with my KiwiKonnect program https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/kiwisdr_software.html to decode SSTV on KiwiSDRs, just pipe the audio through a virtual audio device/cable.

[Ray Lalleu]

Not true, it works but you don’t pick a frequency. Just tune into the one you want and leave the extension open. It is a terrible decoder anyway though.

Well, nothing happened as I was hearing SSTV from Pop Shop Radio relayed in Europe with a good signal on a KiwiSDR. Not the first time I tried this way.

SSTV images are scarce on free stations here in Europe. So I no longer want to try independant decoders. The one I used years ago was a plague to save the decoded images.

[Shortwave_Listener]

It likely missed the images just because it is a poor decoder, if it misses the start it won’t work and some modes I can never get to work. I always use MMSSTV, getting the audio routed to it can be kind of difficult but once you do it works great.

[nitroengine]

You can record on the Kiwi while running the SSTV decoder, and if it misses a decode, make note of the timestamp, and go back to the recording later and pass it through a different decoder program.

[Ray Lalleu]

European stations Markies and DeltaRadio48 have recently sent many SSTV images.

With the SSTV add-on in Kiwi SDR, I could get them, but only if the decoder is already ON (in use) before the beginning of the SSTV image. Then, the last 3 images are displayed on top of the screen, easy to save if I want, and disappear later if I don't want to save them, and are not messing with the copy-paste system. At least Scottie2 and Martin1 are decoded.