11m SSTV Images from 11/17 to 11/19/13

I've captured a number of images on 27700 kHz, the unofficial SSTV "channel" for outbanders on 11m this week. It's so easy to leave the receiver on this frequency during the day and pull down images...but this is the Hobby Broadcasting blog, not the Outbander blog, so I'm going to cut back a little and maybe feature these images 1-3 times per week.

BTW, with a number of pirate DXers around the US leaving their radios on during the day, I wonder how long it'll take some pirates to run a few SSTV images on 27700 kHz, just to see if anyone's listening and to check propagation on the frequency. Testing here would be a great way to check propagation for potential broadcasts on the mostly empty 13-meter broadcasting band, afterall... Also, I wonder if any of the SSTV outbanders will ever stumble across sites like this one or HF Underground and try some pirate radio broadcasting?

Enough musing, here are those images:

10AD707, Mario, has been a regular on my radio. This image is from Monday, 11/18

14PH065, Henry, has probably been my most regular station from Europe. Image from Sunday, 11/17

This one is from Tuesday, 11/19

2AT563 is a new station for me. He's only the 2nd US station that I've received

11m SSTV Images from 11/14/13

Some more pics from the outbanders. I was starting to think that my R-5000's filter was set too narrow to receive audio that MMSSTV could decode from. I wasn't getting any images, so today I opened the filter to wide and I received a few. Seems like propagation to Europe isn't too hot right now, but Mexico is doing just fine (or at least 10AD707 is):

And then I received this unknown SSTV of angry Donald:

11m SSTV Images from 10/27/13

This weekend, I let the radio run on 27700 kHz USB when I was away or doing other things. 27700 kHz is a popular frequency for international outbanders, CBers who operate illegally outside of the citizen's band, and often with much more power. Conditions have been good on the high frequencies and, although these aren't pirate broadcasts, they can be interesting to decode. Here are the clearer images that I could decode:

According to the QRZ11.com database, Agostino transmits from Milan with a few different Kenwood transceivers and has been active for nearly 30 years.

Mexican operator 10AD707 has a nice-looking blog at http://10ad707.blogspot.com/

I couldn't find much on 13ECH21, but I like the TV test patterns.

I also couldn't find much on Gunter, but I received a few SSTV images from him over the weekend.

And finally, 104TDT001 is from Corsica and also has a nice website: http://104tdt001.blogspot.com/