SSTV.org.ukField notes
These are practical notes rather than product pages: receiving chains, audio levels, SDR recording habits, app choices, and the small station details that decide whether an SSTV image survives the channel.
Anniversary release
SSDV, Weather Fax and DRM A-E join the receiver, with remote SDR inputs, private iCloud station records, QSO logging and new protocol samples.
Updated 2026-09-28 · 2.0, release, protocols
Station practice
A practical UK bench note on handhelds, scanners, SDRs, microphones, audio leads, levels, and what to log after a noisy pass.
Updated 2026-09-01 · receive, audio, portable
Recording practice
How to record a wider slice once, keep the pass evidence, and decode from WAV later without losing the station log.
Updated 2026-09-01 · sdr, wav, archive
Digital image receive
A practical receive note for SSDV sessions: identify the transport, preserve packet bytes, track callsign and image ID, and only then judge the reconstructed JPEG.
Updated 2026-09-01 · ssdv, packets, ground station
Mode comparison
Analog SSTV paints a frame in audio tones; SSDV moves packetised JPEG fragments. The receive habits overlap, but the failure modes are different.
Updated 2026-09-01 · ssdv, analog, workflow
Digital image receive
A station note for DRM-derived digital SSTV: preserve audio, log robustness mode, check FAC/SDC/MSC, then judge the recovered image.
Updated 2026-09-01 · drm, digital sstv, workflow
Mode comparison
A comparison note separating analog line timing, SSDV JPEG packets, and DRM COFDM signals so station logs ask the right first question.
Updated 2026-09-01 · drm, ssdv, analog
App field note
A station comparison of SSTV Signal Desk and Lite 2.0 across iPhone, iPad and Mac, covering input paths, digital tools and the version-specific receive allowance.
Updated 2026-09-28 · apps, 2.0, field note