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How ham radio endures - and remains a disaster lifeline - in the iPhone era (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I first learned about SSTV over a decade ago from Portal! I remember I had to get a two sided 3.5mm audio cable to plug my computer's speaker. https://youtu.be/DlIvnc-AZJQ (Video of someone decoding it.)

[–] MrShankles 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's freaking cool, I never knew that. Appreciate the link

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

No worries! I think this was before Portal 2 and meant as a teaser. The person in the vid clearly has an interesting setup but you could do it with just a normal PC very easily.