[Elecraft] SSTV Reception on the K3

[david Moes]

H Mark

I play a fair bit if SSTV  both using analogue and digital.      for 
analogue (Martin, Scottie etc.  DM780 does just fine.  I cant really 
advise on how to implement switching mode for DM780 but Data A would be 
the best choice.  personally I am using MMSSTV  and manually change rig 
modes.  on air I find that DM780 and MMSSTV seem to be both very 
popular.     If you are interested in using Digital SSTV (Digital Radio 
Mondale or DRM)  it gets a little more complicated.   I dont think that 
DM780 will do DRM  as  I think this is amost exclusively done using a 
program called EasyPal.   where it gets complicated is the typical QSO 
involves sending pictures and often a comment or conversation on 
frequency with SSB usually talking about the image sent.   for this I 
have a short macro that sends at the begining and end of a image send.   
one macro at the start changes mode to Data A and reduces power to about 
70W.   At the end it changes back to SSB and sets power to 100W.   this 
way the image is sent without compression or EQ.  but then after sending 
a picture I can just pick up the mic and answer to any comments that may 
arise.   for receive I don't have much EQ anyway so SSB is just fine for 
that.

73

Dave Moes VE3DVY




      On 9/8/2012 8:16 PM, pastormg2 at verizon.net wrote:
> have just discovered that I can use DM780 to receive SSTV. My question would be what mode would I set my K3 to? Would it be Data A or something else? Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks!! Mark Griffin KB3Z
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