How to receive Analogue SSTV or Digital SSTV

Anyone can receive SSTV, you don't need a ham licence. All you need is a receiver, Analogue software for your PC Digital Master 780 (DM780) & MMSSTV are excelent, For Digital EasyPal software HERE And you connect the audio out from the receiver to the sound card on your PC, Interface infomation HERE.You will then be able to pick up SSTV from all over the world. To see the latest SSTV pictures I have received with MMSSTV just click HERE or to see my digital RX images from EasyPal click HERE. Click here for History of SSTV

Find all the latest news and download links SSTV or Digital SSTV programs

Keep up to date with what's new in the world of analogue SSTV and digital EasyPal. As new updates and beta versions of ham SSTV and EasyPal programs are released you will find links and information about them HERE. Associated programs like graphic editing and FTP of your received digital and analogue SSTV images will also be found HERE. I try my best to keep this page up to date with all the latest links and news but if you find any errors or you know of anything you think should be added just let me know. You can also sign up to get a email when I make any updates to the page.

FreeDV for digital voice over HF

FreeDV is a program for sending and receiving digital voice over the radio for VHF and even HF. The place to find most activity is on the 20m band 14.236. The program and the codec used are all free open source and are cross platform so it can run under both Windows and Linux with the source code available to everyone. For RX only you will only need one sound card but for RX/TX you will need a second sound card, one of the cheap USB sounds dongles will do fine. First tests with FreeDV were very encouraging finding 3 others on 14.236 within 10 minutes of installing the software. Click HERE or the image on the right for more info and videos.

AirNav Radar box LIVE

The AirNav Radar box has a antenna connected and from here in Clacton on Sea Essex I can pick up the aircraft up to around 200 miles. For a small subscription you can also collect data from the internet and display aircraft from all round the world and zoom into airports ETC. The screen at the user end displays all sorts of data and by clicking on each aircraft you can display information including a photo of the aircraft being tracked, where it is flying from and to, the height and speed, flight ID, Airline and company details. The latest software from Airnav includes 3D google images at a extra cost. Click on the image on the right for full size.

Live Weather Station

I have installed a Watson W-8681 MK2 Weather Station and have now made up a set of pages to display the data. The weather station is located in Clacton on Sea, essex, UK. The Watson W-8681 weather station monitors wind speed and direction, rain fall, outside and inside temperatures and outside and inside humidity. You can display The Clacton on Sea Weather for now, today, last month and last year as well as a page that displays a full set of live weather gauges. There is also a page that shows the latest animated satellite weather images from around the world. I will soon add a live weather cam showing the real time local weather.

TruckCam LIVE Streaming Video

The truckcam is fitted into my truck and video is streamed live while I am working. This is monday to friday from 4am until I finish each day. I also run APRS from the truck so you can also follow me on the live map. The live images from truckcam rely on a 3G mobile internet connection so in some parts of the UK I will lose connection. Same goes for the APRS tracking as when I am not in range of a APRS I-Gate the tracking will stop until my signals are picked up again. Truckcam has its own URL http://www.truckcam.tv and by clicking on the image on the right will take you to the TruckCam site.

11mtr CB Gateway on FRN "Free Radio Network"

I run a 11 mtr CB gateway on 27.88125 FM that is connected to the FRN network. You can use this CB gateway in two ways, from your radio if you are local to me or via your PC using the FRN software. I have a page with links to download the FRN software and full FRN setup details. When you connect to our server you will find gateways on both 27mhz and 446mhz as well as PC only stations. If you want to run your own gateway you will also find full setup & interface details on my FRN page. By clicking the image on the right it will take you direct to my 11mtr gateway page. Give it a try and see what you think. Click HERE to visit the 11mtr gateway page

Radio Control Models

I am just getting into radio control models + FPV "first person view" and I have joined my local RC model club "Clacton radio control model club" So far I have got myself 2 plane's and Raptor 30 and Raptor 60 helicopter's a 450 size Electric and a Blade MSR mini Helicopter. At the moment I am learning to fly using Phoenix RC simulator connected to my Spektrum DX7 transmitter. I now fly my helicopter's on Sundays and stream live video from the club, click HERE on sunday mornings to watch. I also have a miniature spy camera / recorder so when I get time I will get some videos from the sky for download. Click HERE to go to my RC Model page

Home Security Camera control with PTZ

I have been experimenting with home security cameras and have added 2 IP camera's with full control "pan tilt and zoom "PTZ" and have made up a page that shows the setup. On this page you can also view the live camera image and have full control over the movement and zoom too. the security camera's in use is a Apexis APM-J901-Z-WS and when you buy one of these security cameras you also get a free DDNS to allow up to 9 users to view it at a time. It can be accessed via the internet or via your smart phone with full movement control and 2 way audio if you want. Click HERE or the image on the right to see it in action

FPV - First Person View / First Pilot View

As part of my model plane and helicopter hobbie I am also getting into FPV. FPV is short for First Person View or First Pilot View and allows model flyers to fit a video camera to their craft and see the pilots view via video goggles. I will be using 5.8Ghz video transmitters so not to interfere with my 2.4Ghz radio control gear. Over the winter months I will get my Raptor 60 helicopter fitted up and hope to stream the video live via the internet over the summer months. It would be good to hear from anyone else into FPV as this is all new to me and want to know about adding on screen flight information too. Click the image on the right to see my FPV page.