Fast-Scan Television (ATV)

Related wiki pages: Slow-Scan Television (SSTV), Modes

Fast-Scan Television, often known simply as Amateur Television and abbreviated ATV and HAM TV, allows amateur operators to send and receive live-action TV images identical to analog broadcast TV.

Because ATV requires substantial bandwidth, it is only permitted at UHF and higher frequencies. This means that ATV is strictly a local communications medium, and DX is not common. (However, the record is Hawaii to California.) Amateurs wishing to exchange images with operators thousands of miles away should investigate Slow-Scan Television (SSTV).

External links

• ATV Wikipedia entry
• British Amateur Television Club
• PC Electronics Supplier of ATV equipment
• ATV page from ARRL

Modes of operation
Modes	CW * AM * FM * SSB * Digital * Echolink * Emission Classification * IRLP * Optical communications
Packet	APRS * D-Star
SSTV and ATV	SSTV frequencies * SSTV Modes