Slow-scan Television - Current Systems

Current Systems

A modern system, having gained ground since the early 1990s, uses a personal computer and special software in place of much of the custom equipment. The sound card of a PC, with special processing software, acts as a modem. The computer screen provides the output. A small digital camera or digital photos provide the input.


A spectrogram of the beginning of an SSTV transmission
Calibration header
VIS code
RGB scanlines
Sync pulses

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