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ChrisSmolinski:
Downloading a file based of a URL sent via easypal isn't SSTV :)
SSTV is still popular on 20m, 14230 has activity most of the day, although the lids calling CQ in voice take their toll. Quiet at night due to the low solar activity.
A few kHz up from 7173 is probably a reasonable place for SSTV, open to all license classes.
Speaking of SSTV, time to flog my app! https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/sstv.html
SV1XV:
--- Quote from: Matt285 on March 21, 2019, 1711 UTC ---How common is SSTV currently?
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It is quite common on 20m. Main frequency is 14230 kHz, as Chris Smolinski wrote, but it's tricky to receive a complete image because of several stations transmitting over each other. During busy times (weekends) some operators move to 14227 and 14333 kHz.
There is some freeband SSTV on 27700 kHz but the band is closed due to poor propagation conditions these days. Also there is some occasional activity from the ISS space station on 145.8 MHz (FM).
The software I prefer is MMSSTV by Makoto Mori, JE3HHT (for MS Windows).
Josh:
20m has two freqs for sstv, one is analog, the other easypal. They're right next to each other, 14230 and 14233. The euros have a 40m sstv channel around 7171 or so, and are often heard by guys on 7173 stateside. And yes, a 40m channel for all with hf privs would make a lot of sense.
MDK2:
--- Quote from: ChrisSmolinski on March 21, 2019, 1815 UTC ---
A few kHz up from 7173 is probably a reasonable place for SSTV, open to all license classes.
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All except the license classes that can only do CW on 40m.
ChrisSmolinski:
Beerus and I were exchanging SSTV on 40m a few months ago. With the uptick in solar activity, things might be decent this weekend, if anyone wants to give it a go. We can arrange a sked here, or perhaps better yet on the HFU rocketchat which would allow us to select the frequency in real time. I was going to say "hopefully no contests this weekend" but that would be like the Sun not rising.
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