CQSSTV
Slow Scan TV - Pictures over RADIO
The SSTV SlowScan images on this website are uploaded automatically. Responsibility rests entirely at the station transmitting these pictures!
 

Latest RX images:

HF 20m
14.230 MHz
RX by
PA11246
Max
NL
Almere

HF 20m
14.230 MHz
RX by
K7VEY
Vincent
USA
Chandler, AZ

HF 20m
14.230 MHz
RX by
WF3F
Mark
USA
Florahome, Fl
   
HF 80m
3.730 MHz
RX by
PA0041SWL
Ed
NL
Makkum

HF 80m
3.730 MHz
RX by
G8IC
Michael
ENG
Todmorden

HF 80m
3.730 MHz
RX by
F4CYH
Yannick
FR
Sarry
   
VHF 2m
144.8875 MHz
RX by
PA3ADN
Arno
NL
Loosduinen

VHF 2m
various MHz
RX by
DL9DAC
Frank
GER
Hagen

VHF 2m
144.500, 144.8875 MHz
RX by
PA3ADE
Wim
NL
Den Haag

VHF 2m

RX by
PC1K
Barry
NL
Den Haag







Welcome
Thanks for visiting cqsstv.com. The ultimate SlowScanTV website.
The core of our website is   max.cqsstv.com   showing worldwide (live) receptions of SlowScan images on various bands and frequencies.

Facebook
You can also find us on Facebook with the highly popular international HF SSTV group:
 SSTV 20m 14.230 MHz HAM (& 80m 3.730 Mhz)

Also we have on Facebook the mainly Dutch language group for The Netherlands, Belgium and surrounding countries.
This group is also the home of the 1st official Dutch SlowScan repeater PI3DFT in The Hague.
 SSTV in Nederland



Other readings on this page...

 SSTV Basics
 Raspberry Pi 4B/400 & Windows 11
 Raspberry Pi 4B & QSSTV
      -  Install latest version v9.5.3 on the Raspberry Pi 4B
      -  QSSTV - Audio
      -  QSSTV - PTT
      -  QSSTV - FTP
 Make webpages look right on the Raspian Pi
 SlowScan Bands & Frequencies





SSTV BASICS

To receive SSTV images:

Necessities:
* Radio
* PC-Software: RX-SSTV



Connect the radio with an audio cable to the PC audio-in and install & run the progam RX-SSTV on the PC.




To receive & transmit SSTV images:

Necessities:
* Transceiver (To broadcast in SlowScan you need an HAM radio licence)
* Cat/audio interface or
  Transceiver with inbuild cat/audio interface
* Software: MMSSTV


RX:


Connect the transceiver (with internal cat/audio interface) to the PC.
           
Connect the transceiver thru an cat/audio interface (for Yeasu for example the SCU-17, or use an own build interface) to the PC.



TX: (with HAM radio licence)

     
Make an picture with text in mmSSTV and send it to the transceiver (with internal CAT/Audio interface). The CAT interface will activate the PTT.

           
Make an picture with text in mmSSTV and send it to the transceiver over the CAT/Audio interface. The CAT interface will activate the PTT.

Next wait for reply or check our live worldwide pages (http://max.cqsstv.com) if your transmitted image has been received by someone!






Raspberry Pi 4B/400 & Windows 11

Luckily you can now run Windows on the Raspberry Pi and use the familiar programs mmSSTV, RX-SSTV and/or SSTV-FTP etc...
For more information check out WoR (Windows On R) project Pi4 & Rockchip RK3588.
With WoR-project you can, on a windows 10 or 11 PC, create an bootable Raspberry Pi installation SD or SDD for Windows 11.
Also is there the WoR flasher (on github) that can create the SD or SDD installation on the Raspberry Pi under Raspbian.
Recommended is to use an SDD on the USB-port as this will be much faster then using an SD-card on the Raspberry Pi SD-slot!





Raspberry Pi 4B & QSSTV

You can install QSSTV very easily from the Raspbian menu, the version installed is then the older version v9.2.6 (from 17 aug 2017)!

Raspberry Pi 4B
       
If you want the latest version you can download it from the ON4QZ download page.
(We used v9.5.3, 10 Mar. 2021, Currently v9.5.8, 6 Oct. 2022)

Downloading the latest version can be done from the link above from your browser or
use the Raspberry Pi Terminal


Install version v9.5.3 on the Raspberry Pi 4B

First make sure you have the latest updates
Type or copy/paste: sudo apt-get -y update
Type or copy/paste: sudo apt-get -y upgrade

Before going to download the program it's needed to install some libraries that are necessary for QSSTV
Copy & paste: sudo apt-get -y install g++ libfftw3-dev qt5-default libpulse-dev libhamlib-dev libasound-dev libv4l-dev libopenjp2-7 libopenjp2-7-dev

To download the QSSTV file, create the directory "cqsstv" (mkdir: make dir), and go inside the directory "cqsstv" (cd: change directory):
type: mkdir cqsstv
type: cd cqsstv

Now download the QSSTV tar.gz file
type or copy/paste: wget -N http://users.telenet.be/on4qz/qsstv/downloads/qsstv_9.5.3.tar.gz



Next you need to unpack the tar.gz file:
type or copy/paste: tar -xvzf qsstv_9.5.3.tar.gz



The program is now unpacked in the directory 'qsstv_9.5.3'



Go into this unpacked 'qsstv_9.5.3' directory
type or copy/paste: cd qsstv_9.5.3



Now to build the program:
type: qmake



and
type: make
!!! Patience this part will take a while... almost 20 min. or longer!



The program is build !



So now you can install QSSTV
type: sudo make install



QSSTV is now installed on your Raspbery Pi !
(To remove it again one day... use: sudo make uninstall qsstv_9.5.3 from within this directory qsstv_9.5.3 )


You can start QSSTV with the command QSSTV from the menu "Run" !
or if its there... from the Raspbian menu: Internet > QSSTV
or at the menu, right click on the icon and add it to the desktop !


QSSTV - Audio
For RX only it is now fairly easy.. just select your audio card in Options > Configuration > Sound



Then you will see on the mainscreen audio or noise coming in...




QSSTV - PTT
For TX we need to set the PTT, for example for the Yaesu SCU-17 interface or Yaesu FT-991/991A with internal interface.
Select from Options > Configuration > CAT
Select there the first option Special Serial Port PTT Serial Port: /dev/ttyUSB1 and select +RTS and +DTR



You should now get the set on TX. Even better when you have audio too !
No audio ? Then go to Options > Configuration > Sound and select Swap left and right channel.



QSSTV - FTP
Especially interesting is that QSSTV has an inbuild file transfer !
Recieved images can be uploaded to your website.
If you want your images also to appear on max.cqsstv.com then use the image 1 to image xx selection !
And send us the website where you have the images.
No website? Or for more information see: Your RX images on max.cqsstv.com!



Comments, questions, requests are always welcome on our Facebook group(s) !






Make webpages look right on the Raspberry Pi !

Download the familiar Micorsoft Windows fonts !
Copy/paste to the Pi termnial: sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer

Fonts included are:
- Andale Mono
- Arial Black
- Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Comic Sans MS (Bold)
- Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Impact
- Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
- Webdings

NOTE: the package contains free variants of the Times, Arial and Courier fonts.





SlowScan Bands & Frequencies

SSTV Frequencies:
160m     - 1.890 MHz
160m     - 1.924 MHz
80m     - 3.730 MHz
30m     - 10.132 MHz
20m     - 14.230 MHz
17m     - 18.117 MHz
15m     - 21.340 MHz
12m     - 24.927 MHz
12m     - 24.940 MHz
11m     - 27.700 MHz
10m     - 28.677 MHz
10m     - 28.260 MHz
2m     - 144.500 MHz
70cm     - 433.400 MHz

The most used freq internationally for SlowScanTV is 20m, 14.230 MHz, locally that is VHF 2m, 144.500 MHz.
Except for the 11 meter band it are all legal, HAM, Amateur radio frequencies.
On the 11 meter band on 27.700 MHz in USB are pirate slowscan stations active!







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