Slow-scan television (SSTV) is a picture transmission method used mainly by
amateur radio operators, to transmit and receive static pictures via radio in
monochrome or color.A technical term for SSTV is
narrowband television.
Broadcast television requires huge 5, 6 or 8 MHz wide channels, because it transmits 25 or 30 pictures per second (in the
NTSC,
PAL or
SECAM systems), but SSTV usually takes up to only 3 kHz of
bandwidth. It is a much slower method of still picture transmission, usually lasting from about eight seconds to a couple of minutes.
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