SSTV Reception on the K3

[pastormg]

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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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Mark,

HRD/DM780 will try to set your K3 to SSB, but if you can override that
and select DATA A instead, there will be fewer problems - for one thing,
K3 DATA modes automatically set TX EQ and RX EQ to flat and set the
compression to zero. so you don't have to invent macros to turn those
things off.

I admit, the last version of HRD that I have used is the 5.0 beta from
before Simon sold it.  There may have been changes beyond that point
that I am not aware of.

I don't know the future of HRD other than I understand it will become a
"for pay" application.  While that is not bad, it makes me investigate
other applications for my purposes.  I have been experimenting with
Fldigi which seems to fill my needs at the moment.  I do not desire
complete rig control, only that associated with digital modes.
I had used LP-Bridge with NaP3 for panadapter display and Fldigi with
RIgCat (yes it requires 2 soundcards)  before I lost the shack
computer.  New computer is up and running, but not with all applications
yet.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 9/8/2012 8:16 PM, [hidden email] 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

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[ve3dvy]

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




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