Awesome app for SSTV
I have tried a few other pieces of SSTV software, and none have been this easy to set up. The app is super easy to use and has great reception and options.
Absolutely awesome
CQ SSTV by Black Cat is one of the best SSTV apps available for amateur radio operators. The interface is clean, simple, and reliable, making it easy to send and receive SSTV images whether you’re a beginner or a longtime ham. The app performs extremely well with clear decodes, stable operation, and excellent compatibility with popular SSTV modes.
What really stands out is how fast and responsive the app feels during live operation. The controls are straightforward, audio handling is solid, and it works great for portable operations, field events, and casual SSTV nets. The developer has clearly put a lot of thought into both usability and ham radio functionality.
If you enjoy SSTV, especially events like SSTV Sundays or portable operations, CQ SSTV is absolutely worth downloading. Huge thanks to Black Cat for creating such a dependable and enjoyable app for the amateur radio community!
What really stands out is how fast and responsive the app feels during live operation. The controls are straightforward, audio handling is solid, and it works great for portable operations, field events, and casual SSTV nets. The developer has clearly put a lot of thought into both usability and ham radio functionality.
If you enjoy SSTV, especially events like SSTV Sundays or portable operations, CQ SSTV is absolutely worth downloading. Huge thanks to Black Cat for creating such a dependable and enjoyable app for the amateur radio community!
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Inconvenience in use
First, I miss the mode of automatic detection of the message encoding mode during Rx. Second, during tx at the beginning of the program, there is no code sound indicating the transmission mode. Thirdly, there are not enough modes for tx. Fourth, outdated interface. Fifth, when I want to take a photo using the camera in the application, it crashes. If all these points are fixed, it will be the best application on the market and sales will bring a lot of money
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Useless
I guess the last “what’s new” being from nine years ago should have been a hint. iPhone 15 pro and this app just crashes any time I try to do anything at all with it.
SSTV
I just tried this program for the cost it is great I couldn’t find any thing better!
App is crashing on second use
Dear developer the App is awesome in terms of the use cases but after first use its always crashing while trying to open it, im using 16 pro max and 17 pro both has same issues, as i have purchased it for professional use - now its not worth it, please fix the issue ASAP
while uninstalling and installing again i can use the app for once only.
while uninstalling and installing again i can use the app for once only.
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(Null)
Some people are mentioning that the program superimposes the word NULL on your image and there’s no way to get rid of it. Not true. If you press the transmit button, you’ll see the option to upload a photo from your Photos, or use your camera. If you press upload photo from photos library, AND you then select your photo, THEN you will see a list of five options. Pick option three, “set text.”
You have to put something in here to get rid of the word, NULL that shows up in your transmitted picture. Leaving it blank is not an option. At least it gives you the opportunity to make the superimposed text Tiny or Large. I picked Tiny and just put in my callsign. You might be able to get away with just dropping a period in the cell and making it tiny.
So, you can either choose to not put your call sign in your picture and let this program superimpose your call sign where it’s going to and build your photo around it, or you can create your call sign in your picture and then just have this stupid functionality put your call sign again, in super small letters and just say “whatever”. The functionality to get rid of NULL is there, it’s just buried.
You have to put something in here to get rid of the word, NULL that shows up in your transmitted picture. Leaving it blank is not an option. At least it gives you the opportunity to make the superimposed text Tiny or Large. I picked Tiny and just put in my callsign. You might be able to get away with just dropping a period in the cell and making it tiny.
So, you can either choose to not put your call sign in your picture and let this program superimpose your call sign where it’s going to and build your photo around it, or you can create your call sign in your picture and then just have this stupid functionality put your call sign again, in super small letters and just say “whatever”. The functionality to get rid of NULL is there, it’s just buried.
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Help
I just downloaded the app last night. I went to show my friend how it works with sending or TX. When I go to pick an image from my photos in my iPhone. The app shuts down. Please help. Thanks
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Pretty good
Works well and pretty impressive for a iPhone app, the Ui is abit buggy sometimes but it works
Too Exciting!
Sitting in my home office, it's a little after midnight, and a glorious pass of the International Space Station just streaked across the sky. With this app and a handheld radio, I captured two gorgeous images from the ISS. No cables, no sound card interface - just holding up my handheld radio near my smartphone. How much cooler can it be?
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Very convenient.
So far, so good.
Only and best iOS SSTV app!
I really like this app, and I am happy this developer really made sure everything works. Everything works very intuitively, with very minimal UI that is easy to learn and not too many colors and buttons to overload you. Some folks complained about how you can't save the image and that it sometimes disappears, but simply turning on "Save to Photos" works. I have also never encountered anything randomly disappearing. Also, many others complained about the app crashing upon startup. But no. I am on an 8th generation iPad, running iOS 17.0.3, and I have not experienced any crashes. Some others have complained about "NULL" appearing on their transmitted images, but that is a feature. It can be easily disabled by backspacing the text when in the image selection and editing menu. Finally, some have complained about some transmission methods not being able to transmit. They are completely correct about this. But they are ones I have never heard of, and ones I will probably never use. Anyways thanks for reading this review.
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Crash City
This app makes SSTV accessible to everyone. I would rate it five stars, but it refuses to open often enough that it becomes unusable.
Yeah!!!
Grateful for this being the only software I could find that is able to decode from an apple operating systems, it would be really great if when using from a computer that the save to photos feature worked. Otherwise does all I need it to already :)
pretty good, not perfect
it works pretty well for general SSTV use, but it is a bit sensitive when receiving (random noises can trigger it), and you can’t transmit in all formats (although you can transmit in most of the commonly used ones)
Hate it due to problem
I try to get a image, but they keep saying (null)
Needs some minor updates
The app works as advertised (mostly), and I enjoy using it to decode SSTV transmissions from the International Space Station. Curious that it hasn’t been updated in a long time. My biggest gripe is that every now and then the app crashes almost immediately after trying to open it. The fix is to delete the app from my iPhone, then download from the App Store and reinstall.
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