A TALE OF TWO CITIES..MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM WITH SSTV
One Tuesday morning in June, I awoke to find an email from our Club Chairman. It was simply titled “FWD: SSTV Repeater”. Needless to say, I was interested—to the extent of even putting my glasses on to read further.
It was simply titled “FWD: SSTV Repeater”. Needless to say, I was interested—to the extent of even putting my glasses on to read further.
The message read:
“My name is Dennis, G6YBC. Would it be possible to pass on my information to the person responsible for your SSTV repeater? The reason for writing is that I would like to set one up here in the Manchester area.”
Dennis was contacted as soon as I reached the workshop, with an offer of help to establish the new repeater. So began a collaboration between the West Manchester Radio Club and the Wythall Radio Club in South Birmingham.
After a couple of emails back and forth, we switched to WhatsApp and the telephone to make life easier.
I explained that we were using MMSSTV, together with the YONIQ version, on an old Windows PC. Once Dennis had the computer in place, we arranged a remote support session to get the basics configured.
As of the beginning of July, we are delighted to announce that MB7TX is now on the air in its new home.
Hopefully, this will be the first of many collaborations between the two clubs. The author is already looking forward to visiting the West Manchester Radio Club to give a presentation on the history of Slow Scan Television and the development of the SSTV repeater.
