I'm interested in doing some more SSTV, either analogue or digital. However, I dislike the operations methods that one usually finds omn the standard SSTV calling frequencies. Usually, SSTV operations take the form of SSB phone chats before and after a a QSO. Then folks send pictures, often semi-naked females. They chat again, and exchange more pictures. Often, it seems that the calling frequencies are dominated by the same or or two i ndividuals for several hours at a time. It is almost like "net" and the person running the net calls the shots.
I would like to see SSTV opertion be more like the standard digital mode operations. Contact established via image or data "CQ's" and then the exhanghe of station info and signal report. Currently sofware like Multipsk, Hampal, SSTV and the soon to be released DM780 with SSTV all enable the typing of an image that would contain text that you create. I would like to recommend 4 templates for SSTV 1. Standard CQ Image CQ CQ CQ de K3UK K3Uk Picture Fredonia, NY . USA. FN02HK 2. One of several "reponse" images with varying signal reports and a picture matching the report. de K3UK. Thanks, clear picture. Picture BTU de K3UK 3. de K3UK, OK TU SSTV QSO 73 image 4. If responding to a QSO de K3UK K3Uk Picture Fredonia, NY . USA. FN02HK Is there any interest in this? What "new" calling frequencies for 20M and 40M would you suggest?
