SSTV DX Gallery

SSTV DXing

Slow Scan Television has been my fascination since early days of my ham radio addiction. They say that one picture tells you more than 10.000 words – and I believe they are right. SSTV brings a new dimension to our hobby and gives it an additional flavour, especially when you are interested in DXing.

SSTV is also important for me as in late 80’s – early 90’s I spent a lot of time on constructing and utilizing my own SSTV converter ( basic 8 sec. B/W mode ). At that time it was really not easy in Poland to complete all the necessary parts and technical documentation, so I have had a lot of fun building it on my own right from the scratch. You can see my homemade SSTV converter at the attached photo ( right behind my head ).

In recent years SSTV has grown in popularity and – unfortunately – the SSB/newbie SSTV QRM became a real obstacle in working DX this mode. Since it takes quite a lot of time to complete QSO ( let’s say 4 minutes for 2 pictures and some voice exchange ), SSTV is not very popular among DXpeditions ( except for recent great N8S expedition – a fine example what IS possible ) and there is still a lot of room to activate new DXCC’s this on mode.

Since one picture will tell you more than 10.000 words I can write here, I welcome you to my SSTV DXing Gallery ( button above ) – see it yourself.