This Thursday - 14th May 2026 - G5JJ will be operating SSTV on 2m. The hope is Club members and the wider 2m community will join in and a few contacts can be made.
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The Taunton & District Amateur Radio Club (TDARC), callsign G5JJ, will be operating SSTV on 2m FM. This will be from Trinity Hill Nature Reserve, near Axminster, and it's also a POTA site too (GB-5848).
The mode used will be Robot 36C (and maybe a B&W mode too?). We welcome listener reports as well as potential contacts. Here are all the details:
- Callsign: G5JJ/P
- Date: 14th May 2026
- Time: 18:00 BST
- Frequency: 144.500MHz, FM.
- Mode: SSTV Robot-36C
- Site: Trinity Hill Nature Reserve, Maidenhead locator: IO80MS12XC
The minimum equipment that you'll need is a 2m FM handheld radio and an app on your phone - get it set up and give it a go!
Please can you remind us of the Ap name
ReplyDeleteOn iPhone, the app is "SSTV Slow Scan TV" by Black Cat Systems. There are other apps available via the Apple App Store, but some of these only allow decode.
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