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General Category => Amateur Radio => Topic started by: osiris on November 15, 2022, 1026 UTC

Title: Common SSTV Freqs?
Post by: osiris on November 15, 2022, 1026 UTC

Anyone know of the common SSTV freqs these days? I googled it and I've been tuning around to those freqs for a couple weeks now and I have not found anything. I thought maybe the gentleman's freq agreements have changed since those lists were posted to the interwebz.

Thanks.

Title: Re: Common SSTV Freqs?
Post by: Shortwave_Listener on November 15, 2022, 1513 UTC

Leave your decoder on 14230 kHz during the daytime. You should be able to decode many SSTV images from amateur radio operators on that frequency.

Title: Re: Common SSTV Freqs?
Post by: osiris on November 15, 2022, 1623 UTC

Quote from: Shortwave_listener on November 15, 2022, 1513 UTC

Leave your decoder on 14230 kHz during the daytime. You should be able to decode many SSTV images from amateur radio operators on that frequency.

I'll park it there and see what I come up with. I love this mode. Got back into it with the ISS SSTV events and the pirates who are gracious enough to use SSTV in their broadcasts.

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Title: Re: Common SSTV Freqs?
Post by: RobRich on November 16, 2022, 1049 UTC

When 11m DX is hopping, particularly from Europe, you might also try 27700. It is a popular SSTV hangout for freebanders.

Chris has pages here for both frequencies:

https://www.hfunderground.com/sstv_pics/ (sometimes it serves 43m pirate decodes instead)
https://www.hfunderground.com/sstv_pics_11_meters/

About 11m, many freebanders use country code prefixes:

http://fldx.org/site/downloads/prefix-list-11m/Prefix-List-11m.pdf