Anybody doing SSTV?

KG9LD

I've got a used 6500 on the way and have downloaded Smartsdr Mac. I have looked all over the web before asking here but has anybody found a Mac SSTV program that will integrate with Smartsdr Mac? If so, which program and if you don't mind a pointer to a link to get it to be used with Smartsdr would be great.

73's and thanks in advance

K3DCW

If you're planning on doing digital, whether SSTV, WSJT-X, or something else, you're going to need some kind of audio routing program. I use LOOPBACK by Rogue Amoeba, but there are several others.

Once you have that setup, any SSTV program that can output to a soundcard will be able to output to SmartSDR for Mac. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of SSTV programs that support Macs. Black Cat Systems (a long-time Mac developer) has Black Cat SSTV (https://www.blackcatsystems.com/software/sstv.html) and there is an older software package called MultiScan 3B (https://www.qsl.net/kd6cji/) but I know many have had issues with it and I'm not even sure if it will run on the newer Macs.

Ted VE3TRQ

MultiScan 3B will run under MacOS 10.15 (Catalina), but I suspect it will be toast under MacOS 11 :-( I use MacloggerDX to talk to the Flex and Vox looks after PTT.

KG9LD

Thanks guys. I appreciate the help. I'll try and see if I can get an SSTV program running with LOOPBACK.

davidsmart

Only problem is Loopback costs an arm and a leg - well just have to wait till a nice person writes a SSTV that will work with the flex-radio at a reasonable price

W7NGA

Or ... you can do like I did in the '70's. I built a demodulator and sweep circuits to drive my oscilloscope sweep and Z-axis for a monitor. For the camera, I built a flying-spot scanner with a photon-multiplier tube. I focused a raster onto the target, converted the reflected light response to audio, and modulated my old Hallicrafters HT-32A.

Crude, but I think it does say a lot about what the spirit of amateur radio used to be and the efforts required to make it all work. Much simpler today .. but I truly believe the reward has faded.

Just thoughts from the shack ...

KD0RC

Or has the homebrew spirit just taken a different direction? Instead of analog circuitry, we use Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Teensy boards. Instead of rheostats and engraved dials, we use digital encoders and touch screens.

I have had a blast building my TeensyMaestro station accessory. I would rate it just as high on the Fun-Meter as the electronic keyer I built in 1968 from a pair of 12AU7A tubes (I still have it, and it still works!).

Different approach, same great home-brew feeling!

aa9js

Multiscan 3B will run on an M1 Silicon Mac. I haven't hooked it up to the Flex but I have run it many times to decode SSTV from the ISS, it works perfectly. I need to try that Blackcat software sometime.

Gary AA9JS

Mark_WS7M

For what it offers and does, Loopback is well worth the money.